king of ros

Chapter 577
The Russian army set off in September 1106. When the huge Russian army left Kyiv that day, it seemed that the whole world was shaken.

An unprecedentedly large army in this land moved south along the Dnieper River, followed by a huge fleet on the Dnieper River, which contained the supplies of the army.

In the few days before the departure, the number of the army has increased a lot, mainly because many Polovite tribes said that if Kyiv is willing to give some money, then they will fight for Ross, so Rostislav did not hesitate. hired them.

Now the total number of the army has reached 3000. When such a large army appeared on the grassland, those Polovite tribes who had a grudge against Ross fled away, fearing that the Ross would beat the rabbits and wipe them out. up.

The Seven Dangerous Shoals, which used to be extremely deadly to merchants on the Dnieper River, have now become extremely safe, with a large number of people helping to tug the boats, and there is no need to worry about nomadic raids.

It is precisely because of this reason that the caravans going south along the way are also very fast. When the army travels, the merchants also follow for safety. This is a very normal phenomenon, not to mention that the army is still walking on the main road of the extremely prosperous Vaxi Commercial Road .

The army soon arrived at the Eastern Empire trading city of Korsun on the Crimea Peninsula. The local imperial officials warmly received the imperial allies and provided them with a lot of supplies. The army rested here for a few days before preparing to head east .

During the few days of recuperation in Korsun, Rostislav received a letter from Alexios. After seeing the letter from the emperor, Rostislav couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Alexios intends to take this opportunity to take back Trabzon. This land of the empire has been lost to the Rus for a long time. Alexios has always wanted to get it back. Now that Monomakh is dead, that opportunity is also Here we go.

Rostislav understands Alexios's hint very well, and he has no objection. What the Eastern Empire does has little to do with Ross. People are willing to inform Ross that they regard Ross as an ally, but the Ross people have nothing to do with that land. Territorial claims, so they are not in conflict.

The controller of the city, Amvrossi, rejected the three parties' persuasion. He said that he was waiting for the real king, the person who could really bring peace to Transcaucasia, so he defended the city and stood firm against all threats. Successors.

Therefore, Anton and Radko formed an alliance. Radko has the support of the adventurer military group, but it is still too bad compared to Oleg, and Anton's rule in Armenia is very unstable. God knows those Armenian lords What they will do, so he needs an ally who can hold the field.

But everything is worth it. After seeing those ports and roads, they just feel that the money is worth the money. Without these, the army may have to be paralyzed for a period of time due to the speed of material transfer when they first arrived here.

After leaving Kersun and crossing the Kerch Strait, the Ross army came to the southernmost territory of Ross, Temutorokan.

Around Tbilisi, the three parties continued to fight. The wealthy suburbs of Tbilisi suffered unprecedented torture in this round of military disasters. people.

Among the successors, Oleg is undoubtedly the most powerful. Both Trabzon and Georgia are in his hands. The Georgian nobles all support him as regent. In everyone's eyes, he is the most likely to clean up the mess people.

Many people in the Rus army are new to the land of Temutorokan, which is a place where Rus culture and grassland culture are mixed. For them, this is the wonderful distance in the story.

But with the death of Monomakh, all kinds of construction here began to advance, and the locals understood that they could no longer jump around and could only stand on the side of Rostislav, so this is the time for construction.

The locals were terrified by this army. The entire population of the Ross territory could not be compared with this army. The local prostitutes were so busy that they couldn't close their legs—sometimes they still had mouths.

But they have nothing to do with Tbilisi, this giant city is still standing proudly, and Amvrosi has already prepared a huge amount of food, plus those who have been transported into the city one after another, the city is hard to survive. What's wrong.

In Shirvan, many military aristocrats started a rebellion and openly challenged Radko's leadership. As soon as the old mercenary settled down, he had to suppress his former comrades-in-arms.

As Rostislav expected, Ros's pressure failed to unite the successors of Monomakh. The peace between them lasted only three months, and three months later, they went to war.

The fortress was directly made of bricks and tiles, the port was expanded eight times, and the road was built all the way to the Georgian border. In order to complete these projects, Kyiv directly sent tens of thousands of workers (although most of them were hired to do it. living nomadic tribes), working overtime to get the job done.

The result of the battle was the defeat of Anton and Radko. There were too many unstable elements in their army. Many Armenian lords defected directly at the beginning of the battle, and in the middle of the battle, there were also many in the military group The man was shaken and ran to the opposite side.

People regard this war as a successor war in Transcaucasus, because the parties involved in the war are the former generals and subordinates of Monomakh, and they are fighting for the kingdom left by Monomakh.

Under this bold and unrestrained handwriting, various constructions were completed before the arrival of the Ross army. The most important and costly port was the port, because it was related to the supplies from the Ross mainland, and the final bill was also The three Rostislavitches were stunned.

In order to speed up the progress, Kyiv also invited a construction team from the imperial capital. Although it cost a lot of money, it was worth the money as the construction speed increased.In addition, due to the chaos in the Monomakh Kingdom, many refugees came from the south, and these people were also hired to join in the great cause of construction.

In Armenia, the situation is even worse. This land has been ruled by independent Armenian lords for an unknown period of time. Now these guys have jumped out one by one to fight for independence, pouring out like endless gophers.

In the newly built brick fortress, Rostislav knew everything that happened in the Transcaucasus in the past.

Instead of continuing to pursue the enemy, Oleg turned to besieging Tbilisi, because taking the city was the key to victory. As for Anton and Radko, they had to be busy cleaning up the mess caused by the defeat.

However, Oleg's siege of Tbilisi did not go well.

As the territory of Ross closest to the country of Monomakh, the resources invested in this land in the past few decades have not been much. After all, the local nobles are a bunch of scumbags, and there is no need for much investment in this frontline area.

In the past few decades, Rostislav has promoted infrastructure construction in various places, but he has been advancing slowly and steadily, and the annual cost is actually not much. Now the Rostislavitches are engaged in centralized construction in Temutorokan , It costs a lot of money at once, which looks particularly scary.

The center of the war was Tbilisi. Although there was no capital in the Monomakh Kingdom, and the royal family was always on tour, as the largest and wealthiest city in the Transcaucasus, it was the center of everyone's contention.

In contrast, Oleg's team consists of the Trabzon nobles he has won over through marriage and enfeoffment, and the proud Monapasa of Georgia on the other.

Local fortresses, ports and roads have all ushered in construction. In the future, this place will be a crucial springboard for the Ross army to enter the Transcaucasus, so infrastructure construction must keep up, otherwise how can it become a material hub for the next conquest.

In the end, Anton was able to escape from the battlefield by relying on the Armenian soldiers of his father-in-law's family, while Radko relied on his fellow Bulgarians to work hard. Both of them almost lost their troops in this battle.

Ross sent troops on the grounds of retaking Georgia for Tamar Georgeshvili Bagration and her husband Mikhail Rurikevich Rurik, Trabzonspor does not claim inside the range.

The decisive battle took place not far from Tbilisi. Oleg faced 5000 people from Anton and Radko with [-] people. The two sides fought from morning to afternoon, and the battle lasted for a full six hours. .

The composition of Anton and Radko's army means that such a thing must happen, because in any case, their army is composed of a group of lords and mercenaries who change the king's banner on the top of the city. A very normal thing.

Under such circumstances, all three parties understood that they must defeat their opponents in order to achieve a siege of the city before proceeding to attack, so they fought a decisive battle.

The city was particularly strong. No matter how Oleg attacked, he could not do anything to his city walls. During the eight months of the siege, he adopted a series of siege methods such as storms, tunnels, and towers. As a result, All were resolved skillfully by the opposite party.

Divisiveness and persuasion are useless. Tbilisi is very simple to unite with Amsirov. He is good at disguising, so no one has found out, but now that person has shown his cards.

Oleg could not defeat Tbilisi, but suffered heavy casualties in the city. The troops' war weariness continued to increase. In the end, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops for repairs. After the withdrawal, he got a message that the Rostislav in the north was Assemble the army...

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