king of ros

In 1125, Rostislav set foot on the road to the east. He set out from Jerusalem, intending to go to the river through the Abbasid Empire, and then to the Song Dynasty through the Kara Khanate, Gaochang Uighurs and Xixia.

At this time, the Song Dynasty was in a critical period, and Rostislav planned to take a good look at the bustling city of Bianjing before that incident happened, and experience the prosperity of "Tokyo Menghualu".

Because the risk of this journey is quite high, Rostislav summoned a strong guard, most of them were Ross people who had followed Rostislav to Vinland, and now they plan to continue to follow Rostislav. Impressed by this grand duke.

In this way, Rostislav's team began to move forward. First, they arrived in the territory of the Abbasid Empire. The Seljuk Sultan who emptied them regained Iran, Khorasan and the middle of the river, and the southern shore of the Persian Gulf also surrendered to the authority of the Caliph.

This is a glorious moment that the monarch of the round city of Baghdad has not had for hundreds of years, and the black banner of the Abbasids can finally be revived again.

So the road to Rostislav should have been safe. Baghdad's authority has risen again, and this land has gotten rid of the chaos of the past, but after all, it is just what it is.

On the way, Rostislav met an old friend. He was Oleg who fled to Persia. During these years, Oleg became an emir of the Abbasid Empire through military exploits. Yes, he Converted to Islam, even the guy with him and the Monomakh family who were sheltered by him.

After knowing that Rostislav was about to pass by, Oleg immediately mobilized his troops to surround and kill Rostislav, but Rostislav broke out of the encirclement with a bow in one hand and a pistol in one hand, beheading Oleg's head.

After Oleg's death, his subordinates naturally dispersed. Rostislav's subordinates suggested that he should cut the weeds, but he finally sighed, "Forget it, let him pass everything."

After the episode in Persia ended, Rostislav's team continued to move forward, and the further east they went, the more uneasy the land became. These are areas that the Abbasid Empire conquered later, and bandits are common. , and many local warlords only surrendered to the Abbasid Caliph in name, but Rostislav, a team with hundreds of elite warriors, was not afraid of these bandits.

During the period, he met Yue Fei once, and persuaded him not to have too much hope for the emperor, but it was a pity that the general obviously didn't listen to him, or he completely misunderstood what he meant. Rostislav could only sigh secretly. Say, go and be his apartment.

Due to the huge team behind Rostislav, he directly became the key target during the next golden man's southward march, which made Rostislav cry directly, but there was nothing he could do about it.

They saw a lot of traces of war along the way, and the road was restless. The killing traces left by the Jin army still exist in this land, but Rostislav's team came to Bianjing without any danger. .

Not long after the Jin army left at this time, the city of Bianjing was in a mess, and then Rostislav's team was able to enter the city by virtue of the status of the tribute.

After leaving the Abbasid Empire, the Kara Khanate and the Gaochang Uyghur followed. The journey went smoothly. The only thing was that they encountered a lot of trouble when crossing Xixia. The territory of the head Uighur entered the Song Dynasty.

In Japan, Rostislav recorded what he saw. He noticed that the local samurai usurped the power of the nobles, and the local samurai basically controlled the grassroots regime. Seeing this scene, Rostislav almost understood what would happen in the future of this country Now, those pretentious aristocrats must be overthrown by these warriors who are still slaves in their eyes.

After presenting such a valuable gift, the emperors and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty naturally endowed Rostislav with wealth and a mansion, and even gave Rostislav an idle official position.

As a result, how could Rostislav be killed by a group of garbage borrowing heads, so they were counter-killed, but Rostislav chopped off hundreds of heads, and then they used the name of these people as bandits It was reported to the local government—in any case, it is better to take into account the face of the local host when going out, and it is not good to make others angry.

Although the risk of sailing at sea was huge, as a man who dared to go to Vinland, Rostislav was not afraid of it, so he crossed the sea and headed for Japan.

Because of the military exploits he created, Rostislav received good treatment in Lin'an, the mansion and salary were at a very good level, and Rostislav also recorded the war here.

Soon, that fateful moment came. Before Yue Fei was arrested, Rostislav tried to persuade him again, but he obviously didn't listen, and Rostislav didn't know what to say about it.

And the Jurchens did come very quickly, but then they lost the battle, because they underestimated Rostislav too much, so they directly plunged into his ambush circle.

At first Rostislav thought it would be okay to bring them along, so he didn't care, but he didn't expect that there would be more and more people, when he found that the crowd following them was too big to lose.

The first place Rostislav went to was Dazaifu in Kyushu, and then he went all the way north, visited Nara and Kyoto successively, and finally arrived in Hiraizumi in northeast Japan, where he had a good look at the style of Japan in this era.

So Rostislav took away Zhao Kuangyin's body, and decided to send the body to the holy mountain of Athos to enshrine after returning to the Christian world. He lied to the monks that it was the body of Priest King John, and then wrote it in Chinese characters. Put the three characters Zhao Kuangyin aside so that future generations can recognize them.

After Yue Fei's death, Rostislav also decided to return to China. How can I put it, seeing this incident made him extremely disappointed, and at this time there was a strong feeling of fatigue in his heart, which made him feel that it was time for him to return home. go home.

Not long after Rostislav left, he learned of the fall of Bianjing like a joke, and the complete collapse of the Song Dynasty's rule in the north. The banner of the official position of the Song Dynasty, and so many warriors around him, as a result, many uneasy people chose to follow him south.

After going south, Rostislav left the team to the local officials of the Song Dynasty. He originally planned to continue to stay in Lin'an as an apartment, but because of his record, he was forced to become a general.

The city gave Rostislav a feeling of being huge and depressed. Just looking at the size of the market, Rostislav could imagine how it used to be prosperous, but those towns that belonged to the wealthy districts were still prosperous.

But because of this, Rostislav was almost taken to sacrifice by the cultists, and he later found out that he had the habit of killing people and offering sacrifices to ghosts when he went there (historical facts, such cults existed in some places in the southern part of the Great Song Dynasty), but this It didn't scare Rostislav at all. If you say that in the old forests of Ross, there are more demons dancing around than this.

It was only later that Rostislav found out that his act of self-protection successfully slowed down the momentum of the Jin army going south and greatly saved the situation of Zhao Song. .

Song people called Rostislav Old Luchisi, and Rostislav also accepted this title, and then he began to observe this medieval city with a population of one million, wandering in its streets, looking at the golden people Take a good look at the city before you arrive.

As a result, shortly after entering the mainland of the Song Dynasty, Rostislav encountered a head-borrowing incident. The nearby Song troops saw that Rostislav and his party were barbarians with high noses and deep eyes, and thought it was a very good excuse. There was an opportunity for a headshot, so the attack was launched.

Rostislav claimed that his team had come to pay tribute to avoid trouble as much as possible, and after the head-borrowing incident, no one came to make trouble.

But what he didn't know was that the still young Ping Qingsheng had been eavesdropping on their conversation, let alone what these words had planted in that child's heart.

Rostislav's record is not just sitting in Lin'an listening to the battle reports, but going deep into the people to record people's feelings.

And no one doubted their tributary identities. After all, how could those fake caravans in previous years gather together the Bailai armored elite.

After wandering around outside for a while, Rostislav returned to Lin'an, but he didn't stay in Lin'an all the time. After finishing battle reports in Lin'an for several years, Rostislav couldn't stay idle in the end. , decided to use those merchant ships between Goryeo and Dasong to go to Japan to take a look.

Rostislav explored the imperial tomb carefully, and finally found in Zhao Kuangyin's tomb that although it was looted, his body was still there. Later, Rostislav thought about it, and God knows when it will be taken away here. The golden man He doesn't know how to maintain Zhao Song's imperial tomb, so he might as well take it away.

And the trip to Bianjing really made Rostislav feel very worthwhile. It is really satisfying to see this kind of prosperity in the middle ages.

However, when traveling through the Kingdom of Jin, Rostislav encountered an interesting incident. When he passed the Zhao Song Emperor's Tomb, he found that the Emperor's Tomb had been completely dug up, and all the gold, silver and jewels inside had been swept away. A ruin.

What Rostislav didn't know was that his unintentional move later became the key to solving the political mystery of "the sound of the ax and the shadow of the candle".

This thing can't be found in the whole old world, because it is produced in America. There is no blue amber in the old world. Ross only got three pieces of blue amber that year, and this one is relatively small, even so Its preciousness is also unparalleled in the world.

And Rostislav also met an interesting person, his name is Kiyomori Hira, but he was just a child, Rostislav had a good chat with his father Tadamori Hira, this is the first person in Japan to be allowed A warrior with a sword.

He could only pick out some suitable people from these people for training and establish discipline in this refugee team, because he knew that such a large team would definitely be targeted by the Jurchens.

But before the Jin army went south again, Rostislav left Bianjing, because he knew what would happen next, and he had no idea of ​​helping Zhao Song, and besides, a barbarian took the initiative to do such a thing, what do you think It all feels too suspicious.

As the team that came to pay tribute before Song Dynasty was in such a predicament, they naturally received a lot of attention. After all, this was a good opportunity to comfort people's hearts.

It wasn't until the Jin army retreated north and left Jiangnan that Rostislav was able to leave his job and go to Lin'an as his apartment. He didn't want to work for that Zhao Gou.

It's just that although he became a general of the Song Army, he was helpless in the face of this corrupt situation. The Jin Army was rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and that guy Zhao Gou even went to sea. Under such circumstances, Rostislav could only Do keep your own troops.

Rostislav came to Japan as an envoy of the Song Dynasty, so it was too easy to make friends with Heping Tadashi. They talked a lot about the collapse of aristocratic power, the rise of samurai, and the future of this island country. Rostislav I talked a lot with this person, some of which were naked words, but Ping Tadamori obviously did not have the same ambition as his son, which made Rostislav a little disappointed.

On the court hall of the Great Song Dynasty, Rostislav met Song Qinzong and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and then he presented a tribute that would not be considered cheap even to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, a piece of blue amber the size of a palm, this round The shaped blue amber is polished to be extremely warm and moist, and it looks so beautiful. It is also completely qualified as the collection of the Song emperor.

After bidding farewell to Ping Zhongsheng, Rostislav also returned to Dasong, and continued to return to Lin'an to be his apartment, and time passed unknowingly in such years.

On the way back to Ross, Rostislav sorted out two more books, one was "The Song-Jin War" and the other was "Journey to the East".

The former is a description of the war written by Rostislav from the perspective of a witness, which emphasizes what Zhao Goude did, and severely sprayed Zhao Laojiu, and all the bad things about him being scared of impotence by the golden man Write it in, crazy yin and yang, Zhao Laojiu.

The latter is Rostislav’s collation and collection of what he has seen and heard in the East, which focuses on the history and customs of Song and Jin (there must also be Japan). Rostislav has stayed in this land for 18 years , I know them very well, and also wrote about the legendary career of Yelu Dashi and the Xiliao he established in Central Asia, which later became an important historical material for the Christian world to understand the East.

It was 1143 when Rostislav returned to Rus, and when he saw the golden dome of Kyiv in front of his eyes, Rostislav was relieved, it felt like he was home, and he also had a strong feeling that he did not How many years can live.

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