As Rostislav made his decision, the entire military camp began to move.
First, soldiers who are proficient in water skills are secretly gathered. These people will swim from the north to the sandbars first, where they will first build some simple fortifications - using the wooden piles and stones on the sandbars they brought there.
Moreover, on the cliffs on the west bank, the engineering battalion led by German engineers was building the ballistae they had brought. The purpose of these ballistae was to alert the Bulgar warships that might appear, and to provide some fire cover for the Russian army to cross the river.
And next to these ballista positions are archer projection positions, which will provide cover for the advancing army.
Various ships of the Russian team were also summoned and began to build a pontoon bridge. There were ships of various sizes patrolling near the team building the pontoon bridge, and these ships were all loaded with archers.
As for the various armies, they were mobilized. They gathered in the area scheduled to cross the river and were always ready to cross the river.
When the busy army unfolded, everyone realized that this was Rostislav's real action, not a false shot - Rostislav had organized several fake landings in the past period.
Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention of the Bulgars on the opposite side, and the Russians did not want to hide it from them, because they could not hide it at all.
After the Russians arrived at the Kama River, the Bulgar army also gathered there, and now they also began to move towards the sandbank area consciously.
On this night when the battle will begin tomorrow, everyone is doing different things to pass the time before the war. Some people want to leave their own seeds before the war, so they sow seeds with prostitutes all night long. Some people
He was just quietly polishing his weapons and resting his armor to prepare for tomorrow's battle.
But more people are fast asleep. They don't have so many thoughts in their minds. Anyway, no matter what happens in the future, we can just talk about it when the time comes.
The soldiers below can do various things, but the commanders of the two armies cannot. Rostislav and his generals wait together.
At the same time, the news from the scouts was constantly being sorted out, and the distribution of troops was adjusted based on new information.
The Kama River is not peaceful now. At every moment, scouts from both sides are trying their best to lurk there in order to detect the movements on the other side.
Naturally, there were a lot of fights while lurking like this. There were even cases where two waves of scouts collided and started fighting. There were always a lot of fights in the dark.
Sometimes the scale of the battle even expanded, and the warships of both sides fired at each other on the Kama River. However, such battles were quickly stopped with the tacit understanding of the commanders on both sides.
Now is not the time to fight, now is the time to conserve strength for tomorrow's fight - this is the unspoken rule tacitly understood by both parties.
While Commander Ross was struggling, opposite them, Commander Bulgar was also struggling.
Akad Mosk Dulu, the so-called parricide and the usurper khan of the Bulgar Khanate, was sitting alone in his tent.
Akade's tent is very gorgeous and stands out among the ordinary tents, but this is not because of his desire, but because Akade needs the soldiers to see him at all times.
Akade's army relies entirely on his personal prestige. Without him, this army of mixed religious people, foreigners, and Bulgar lords would fall apart directly. His son would not have the ability to command these people.
Akade had a very thrilling period during this period, but at least he got through it and stabilized the situation.
And there is only one thing he has been doing during this period, and that is to bring Suval under his control.
Akade has always been aware of Suvar's betrayal, and he understands the purpose of this city very well. If there is an opportunity to deprive Bulgar of his monopoly, they will not let it go.
After Suvar had given refuge to those who dared to resist him, Akkad was convinced of their treachery and he devised a plan.
Just a week ago, Suval suddenly found a large number of refugees and believers pouring into their city. At that time, Aqad announced that he would attack across the Kama River, coupled with the war on the West Bank, although the emergence of these refugees did not make them feel too much.
strangeness.
As for those believers, Suvar is the second largest city in Bulgaria. The mosque here will naturally attract a lot of pilgrims. Coupled with the impact of the war, Suvar does not find it strange.
But it is not surprising that this ruined the city's autonomy. First, the refugees rioted because of lack of food, and then the believers said that Suwar was going to betray Allah, so the riots became more and more widespread.
That is to say, when Suval was busy responding to the internal riots, the army that Akadena said would have crossed the Kama River appeared under the city wall, and then the mob in the city opened the city gate.
After the city gate was opened, Akade's army entered the city. They quickly took control of various key points in the city. As for the citizen army of Suvar, they failed to assemble at all, and the standing army was immediately eliminated.
Next, Akade began a counterattack in the city and arrested all the opposition members protected by Suvar. He did not kill these people, but brought them here to use them as ammunition for the trebuchet.
A group of people went to meet his nephew.
He ransacked all the powerful and wealthy families in Suvar and exiled them. The wealth he gained allowed Akade to draw more Bulgar lords who were on the sidelines into his army, and he filled his army with foreigners and mercenaries.
Come down.
It can be said that the power of the city of Suvar was disintegrated. In order to ensure that everything was safe, Akade also moved a large number of his people into the city and let them take over the properties of those who had been exiled.
All this was achieved within a week, and the price for achieving this result was that the Russians fully achieved control of the Bulgar territory west of the Kama River.
This caused a lot of impact on his authority, but the use of the butcher knife quickly stabilized the situation.
Moreover, Akade had this idea from the beginning. He knew that the Russians were huge and their army was difficult to deal with. They were much more numerous than him, so he had to find other advantages to offset the strengths of the Russians.
Therefore, he set up the battlefield on the Kama River, a river that the Bulgars had controlled for countless years.
Here, he prepared many surprises for the Russians, and he was also prepared for a hard fight.