Just as he said, Rostislav immediately started taking action on the matter after returning to Kiev, and the results were gratifying. Neither Koseniya nor Grigory had any objections to the marriage.

They can be considered childhood sweethearts who grew up together. They have a very strong affection for each other and do not conflict with each other. Moreover, it is very safe to choose Grigory as his son-in-law politically. With Yang's identity, he is not inferior.

The status of the Grand Duke's in-laws.

So the marriage of the grand duke's daughter was quickly discussed, but it was a pity that all three of his brothers were not here and could not come to attend the wedding.

The boss is directing the war in Pereyaslav. Recently, the steppe nomads have begun to attack the Russian border. The fighting continues on the border. Rurik must go to Pereyaslav to deal with the situation.

Since the death of Salu, the fighting on the grassland has been going on with high intensity, and all parties are competing for resources. This wave of impact on the Ross border is because the struggle on the grassland has produced another group of losers, but

These people did not plan to retreat to Rus and exchange their loyalty for asylum, but planned to attack the border, which led to fighting on the border.

For this reason, Rurik must personally take charge of Pereyaslav. If he cannot contain these guys on the border who are trying to attack, then there will inevitably be more chaos in the future. By then, the entire border may collapse, which will affect the core area of ​​​​Russia.

The second child is busy sieging Denmark. He is still floating on the Baltic Sea and there is no way he can attend his sister's wedding.

Volorida's journey was extremely smooth. The fleet of the Kingdom of Denmark was still blocked in that small area, and his fleet became larger and larger after gathering the members of the alliance who came along the way.

Vasiliko, the third oldest, is also busy with the war, busy with the Greek emperor's war. He is now besieging Nicaea, the capital of the Roman Sultanate.

Alexios' career has been extremely smooth in recent years. Although there are small nomads in the north, they are all contained by his new Pecheneg general Edgar, so Alexios can

He put all his efforts into regaining the empire, so he launched the siege of Nicaea.

Although the three brothers were very busy, they immediately sent congratulations and expressed their feelings after receiving the news. Although people could not be there, they always brought some of their thoughts with them.

Koseniya's wedding was the most gorgeous among Rostislav's descendants. For his daughter's marriage, Rostislav could be said to be extremely luxurious, so everything was the best and most expensive. For his daughter's marriage,

It doesn't matter how much money he spends.

Zoe was even more like this. She also used her savings to give her daughter a dowry. The huge amount of the dowry made everyone who knew her unable to help but marvel.

During the wedding period, Kiev received great donations from the Grand Duke and his wife, and the entire street was turned into a street of wine and food. Everyone could enjoy all this, and the streets of Kiev were filled with joy.

But it is a pity that happy times always pass very quickly. Cosenia's wedding has passed after all, and people's lives have quickly returned to the calm and cumbersome days of the past. However, the grassland invaders on the border

They were also eliminated, and those grassland nomads were driven further west.

But with the arrival of 1088, an exciting news came to Kiev. Rostislav's second son Volorida won a great victory in Denmark. They wiped out the Danish navy and successfully forced the Danish King Olaf to abdicate.

, gave up the throne to one of the Swain sons designated by the Free Trade Alliance.

Vollorida was victorious in a bloody naval battle. The scale of that war had exceeded that of the previous wars between Norway and Denmark. The two sides assembled a full seven hundred ships for the battle.

The Battle of Oresund was an extremely cruel battle. The two sides set up formations in the narrow strait, and then engaged in a battle of attrition. They continued to consume each other until one side could not bear enough and was completely defeated.

The King of Denmark hopes to take advantage of the relatively elite fleet in his hands and use such a narrow battlefield to change his own shortcomings of insufficient military strength. However, it is a pity that although the fleet of the Free Trade Alliance is not as elite as the Danes, it is not much worse.

Therefore, the battle between the two sides formed a stalemate, and no one was able to break through the other's defense line. It was also at this time that the fleet of the King of Norway arrived on the battlefield like a magic weapon descending from the sky.

The appearance of the Norwegian fleet ended the battle, and the Danes had only one outcome, which was to retreat.

After the battle, the ocean as a battlefield was dotted with burning and silent ships. Countless people died in this bloody whirlpool, but all the sacrifices and deaths were worth it because the Free Trade Alliance won.

After the battle, Olaf of Denmark knew that he had no chance, so he announced his abdication, which allowed the Free Trade Alliance's goals to be achieved, and also announced that from now on, the waterways under Danish control would be open to them.

The victory greatly excited the entire alliance. Everyone saw the gold and silver dancing after the victory. At the same time, Ross's position in the alliance became more stable, because it was Ross who led everyone to victory.

Rostislav was actually a little dissatisfied after receiving the report, because the casualties this time were indeed quite high. Thirty-six of the two hundred Ross ships were directly sunk, and another 82 suffered damage of varying sizes.

It can all be evaluated with words such as more than half of the casualties.

But no matter what, victory is victory, and victory should be celebrated.

When the news spread, everyone in the world lamented that the Grand Duke of Rus had won another victory, as if nothing in the world could stop him from winning continuously.

And those who saw more lamented that after this battle, no one can shake the hegemony of the Russians in the Baltic Sea. I think more gold and silver will flow into Russia in the future. The Grand Duke will definitely

Even richer, his treasury is estimated to be comparable to that of the monarchs of the Eastern Empire in the entire Christian world.

Speaking of the Eastern Empire, the Eastern Empire also won a victory recently. Alexios captured Nicaea, an important city of the empire in Anatolia.

Nicaea was the capital of the so-called Roman Sultanate. Alexios' victory was a huge blow to the Turks of Asia Minor and a huge progress in Alexios's recovery cause.

Compared with history, Alexios's empire recovery was not much smoother. The Anatolian coastal areas from Smyrna to Nicaea were recovered. Historically, such an achievement could only be achieved in the Crusades.

After the war started.

The key to this achievement lies in the Russians. The performance of the Russian mercenaries provided by Rostislav saved the empire many times and allowed the empire to seize the opportunity to expand more smoothly. Although Vasiliko fought not as bravely as his brothers

, but this man was very good at seizing opportunities on the border. For example, the imperial territory from Smyrna to Nicaea was actually the product of him seizing the opportunity to take risks.

However, just when Alexios was planning to further regain the territory of the empire, a big trouble came from the north of the empire, a big trouble that Alexios could not ignore.

The heretical Paulists operating in Macedonia and Bulgaria launched an uprising. Their activities covered almost the entire Balkan territory of the empire. To make matters worse, the northern nomads who had been restrained by General Pecheneg broke through General Pecheneg.

line of defense and united with the Paulists.

Pecheneg General Edgar said that the recent invasion from the north had been controllable, but this year for unknown reasons, more nomads suddenly came from the grassland. With his power

It was difficult to stop these guys from crossing the border. Now he could only gather his strength and retreat into the few castles under his control.

The situation in the north suddenly deteriorated. Faced with this situation, Alexios could only call back all the troops that had originally planned to further regain territory in Anatolia to deal with the nomads in the north, and at the same time strengthen domestic control.

Paul sent for heretics to be hunted down, and once these heretics were caught, they were immediately burned at the stake.

In this way, the empire, which seemed to be on the road to improvement, suddenly faced a huge challenge. What the people of the empire didn't know yet was that they thought it was just a temporary challenge, but it would turn into a crisis that would plunge the empire into trouble.

Quagmire.

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