Chapter 462 Extra Story: Analysis of 'The Road to the West Sea'
Chapter 462 Extra: Analysis of "The Road to the West Sea"
Among the many works of Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik, "The Road to the Western Sea" is undoubtedly an extremely important landmark work. It can be said to have pioneered a literary form, that is, fictional literature.
"The Road to the West Sea" tells the story of a Christian named Nevavika (meaning "no such person" in ancient Russian) who came to a continent called "America" after suffering a shipwreck.
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This continent was built by Rostislav based on Prolev's North American adventures, and to put it simply, it is roughly divided into three forms of civilization.
The first form of civilization is located in the eastern part of the continent. This civilization is all east of the Colossus Mountains. What is distributed here is the classic feudal civilization. Feudal kingdoms and commercial city-states echo each other and jointly write a chapter of future development. This place is also known as
Eastern Kingdom.
The second form of civilization is located on the great plains in the middle of the continent, where nomadic tribes who make a living by grazing cattle are widespread. When Rostislav constructed them, he obviously referred to the North American aboriginal culture mentioned by Prolev.
The third type is the water conservancy empire. They are located on the huge islands to the west of the Frost Mountains. The water conservancy emperors use the control of water conservancy facilities related to the development of the entire region as the source of their power, and use this to build a strict bureaucratic system and social structure.
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These three civilizations make up the story of this continent. They have their own beliefs, and to their north and south are the endless broken Iceland and the endless desert respectively.
The story of "Road to the West Sea" unfolds among these three civilizations.
Nevaska first woke up on the beach of the Eastern Kingdom, and then he began his journey on this land. After some experiences, he met the merchant Myh and the hunter Jack, and became friends with them.
And next, they found themselves in a turbulent era. The monarch of the Water Conservancy Empire conquered the tribes of the Great Plains, and then he launched an invasion of the Eastern Kingdom east of the Colossus Mountains. The beacon of war filled this land.
superior.
The invasion of the Water Conservancy Empire was swift and intense. Attacked by a large number of Great Plains servants and its already huge standing army, the Eastern Kingdom destroyed three kingdoms and a commercial city-state with a population of 200,000 in just one month.
occupied.
At one time, it seemed that the occupation of the Eastern Kingdom was inevitable, but the next move of the Water Conservancy Empire aroused widespread resistance.
Due to the need for construction and maintenance of huge water conservancy systems, the water conservancy empire has always had a strong demand for slaves, and the construction of various domestic public infrastructures also has a huge demand for slaves.
It can even be said that this series of wars in the Water Conservancy Empire were launched to seek slaves.
The large-scale slave capture of the Water Conservancy Empire aroused strong resistance. When an entire village of peasants was captured, the news was wildly exaggerated in the spread of the news. After the fermentation, people who were indifferent to politics began to
Went and picked up weapons.
So the Water Conservancy Empire suddenly discovered that they were falling into an all-out war, and just when they were stuck in the quagmire, the eastern kingdoms that had been embarrassed by the Water Conservancy Empire's offensive also reacted, and they formed
The coalition forces integrated resources and issued their challenge to the water conservancy empire.
Against this background, Nevaska and others were first captured as slaves, and at the moment they were about to be sent to the hinterland of the empire, they were rescued by the army of a subjugated queen, Zakaria.
, and then they became a member of this army.
Sakariya's kingdom was defeated by the offensive of the Water Conservancy Empire, but she did not escape and went to the trading city states further east to work as an apartment. Instead, she organized people and soldiers to continuously resist in the areas occupied by the Water Conservancy Empire.
Nevaska followed the queen's army to fight everywhere. They won impossible victories one after another. The army became larger and larger, including the remnants of various destroyed kingdoms, and even the tribes of the Great Plains and civilians who were unwilling to follow the empire.
, and the scale of the water conservancy empire's encirclement and suppression of them is getting bigger and bigger.
Finally, when the queen's army developed to the point where it could no longer flexibly hide its march, and the water conservancy empire's siege reached its peak, she left the occupied area and went to the place where the Eastern Kingdom's heavy troops gathered - this was also her choice, it was
It's time for a decisive battle.
In that legendary decisive battle, the Water Conservancy Empire gathered a total of 130,000 people, and the Northern Alliance only brought out 100,000 people. However, the Northern Alliance was still relying on the morale inspired by the various atrocities of the Water Conservancy Empire.
Defeated the Imperial Army.
Since then, the water empire has failed one after another, the tribes of the Great Plains have betrayed them, and one eastern kingdom after another has been restored.
Immediately afterwards, a drastic change occurred in the Eastern Kingdom. The eastern countries announced that after experiencing this cruel war, everyone understood the necessity of uniting to face the water empire.
So at the moment when the Water Conservancy Empire declared the war failed, the Eastern Confederation was established, and the story of Nevaska also ended in the celebration of the establishment of the Confederation.
This is the plot of "The Road to the West Sea", a landmark in the history of fictional literature - or in literature as a whole - and this book has had such a huge impact that the word "America" is now used
It can be seen from the name used to refer to the American continent.
It can be said that Rostislav worked hard to build this continent, and the Grand Duke conducted detailed research on every place.
The descriptions of various scenery were strictly based on Povalev's descriptions, and he also referred to the samples he brought. He even drew many illustrations himself for reference in the descriptions of architecture and clothing, and the war scenes were more detailed.
The description is comparable to a war narrative.
Politics is even more interesting. Rostislav analyzed and discussed the three political forms on the mainland through the mouths of characters. Later scholars believed that Rostislav said something in his opinion through the mouths of fictional characters.
Information easily cut down by monks, this section can be called Roth's earliest political essay.
"The Road to the Western Sea" was a success in Kiev as soon as it was published, and then gained strong popularity in Constantinople. During those dark days of the Eastern Empire, the world and story created by Rostislav
It has immersed many people in it, and it has also been highly praised by many scholars.
The next step was naturally to spread throughout the Christian world, and continue to spread to the outside world, making Rostislav's name resound throughout the cultural groups of the Christian world. Rostislav's reputation was thus established, and as he wrote more
The emergence of works with the "America" continent as the background strengthened it.