1086 was a lucky year for Alexios, because Suleiman died during the conquest of Antioch, and his son was detained by the Seljuk Sultan, the self-proclaimed Sultan of Rum.
The country has fallen into complete chaos and fighting.
The emperor decisively moved into the land that he had not touched before, and the results were gratifying. Alexios' forces advanced to a place not far from Nicaea, the capital of the Roman Sultanate, across the lake.
The city had fallen to the Turks.
In other areas, the Varangian Guards led by Vasiliko, with the assistance of some Greek troops, swept the Anatolian coast west of Nicaea, dividing the Anatolian coast of the empire that was originally divided into two pieces.
The territories were linked together, and now Constantinople could be reached by land from Smyrna.
The form of the empire can be said to be Dashun, the territory is being continuously recovered, and the situation seems to be getting better and better.
But 1086 was an extremely unlucky year for the Kingdom of Georgia.
Internally, Tbilisi, which the kingdom lost, has still not been able to recover, and the adventurer named Monomakh still controls the city.
Externally, they were once again defeated by the Seljuk attack, not by the Sudan's main force, but by a group of warlords and adventurers.
An extremely negative atmosphere permeates the kingdom, and to make matters worse, the kingdom also suffered a major earthquake this year.
The earthquake caused heavy casualties in cities including the royal capital of Kutaisi. The entire kingdom was filled with complaints, and rumors were still prevalent. People began to think that it was the king and the rule of the Bagration family that caused all this.
Along with such rumors came the adulation of Monomakh. In these rumors, it would be better for Monomakh, who has the blood of the emperor, to rule Georgia. He has achieved such great achievements and conquered so many pagans.
There is definitely no problem letting him rule the land.
King George immediately realized that this was a deliberate manipulation, and he immediately took an iron-fist approach to such rumors. As long as anyone dared to mention these things, his fate was to suppress them.
Unfortunately, the bloody methods only encouraged the spread of rumors. More and more Georgians began to whisper. They believed that the king's rule had caused everything today, and they began to wonder whether it would be better for Monomakh to rule.
Moreover, the Georgian Church behaved extremely ambiguously in this. As an important auxiliary of the Georgian ruling class, they are generally the vanguard in dealing with such rumors, but this time their attitude is really difficult to explain clearly.
As a result, the situation of the Georgian king became more and more strange. On the surface, no one was dissatisfied with the Bagration family, but under the water, there was a turbulent undercurrent.
Soon, the instigator appeared, and the instigator was none other than the "old friends" of the Kingdom of Georgia, the nobles of Abkhazia.
Abkhazia has always been the largest opposition player in the Kingdom of Georgia. Long before the Kingdom of Georgia was formed, the Abkhaz nobles were fighting against Bagration, and they were also the most dissatisfied with Bagration's rule.
a group of people.
Therefore, among the three traditional components of the Kingdom of Georgia, Abkhazia has always caused trouble for King Bagration.
Bedia, where the Georgian Church is located, is also in Abkhazia. This is why the Church acted so ambiguously before. As the Abkhaz nobles showed their intentions, the Church also followed suit.
The Abkhaz nobles and the church announced that Monomakh should become the ruler of the Kingdom of Georgia. Compared with Bagration, who was obviously tired of God, Monomakh's rule was obviously more suitable. He was obviously favored by God.
man, just look at his conquests.
There is no doubt that for King George, this was the clarion call of rebellion, so the king did not hesitate. He declared that the Abkhaz nobility and church were traitors and summoned an army to conquer these traitors.
The main body of King George's army was the feudal heavy cavalry called Mona Pasa. The power of these people came from the king, and they were naturally extremely loyal to the king. In a short period of time, there were 5,000 Mo Napas under his command.
Napasa Cavalry.
Then came the various nobles of the Kingdom of Georgia, who formed the second largest fighting group after Mona Pasa. However, these troops were really uneven, and I don’t know what their quality was.
Finally, there are the infantrymen who were recruited from all walks of life as cannon fodder. These people reached a total of ten thousand people. They were the largest and most unreliable part of the entire army. However, there were also some strong ones among them, namely the Austrians invited by the king.
Seti mountain people, they are the traditional allies of the Kingdom of Georgia.
The king pulled out a total of 22,000 soldiers, which was a manifestation of the long-standing strength of the Bagration family. However, the morale of this army was very problematic, and the Abkhaz nobles only pulled out 7,000 people. This is still
The product of joining Oleg of Trabzon from the sea, if nothing happens, they will definitely be annihilated.
But there must be accidents. Monomakh of Tbilisi was indeed the conspirator behind all this. He brought out 20,000 people in a short period of time. The 20,000 people included all the ethnic groups he conquered. When they
The march can be called a national fair, but the most reliable ones are only the adventurers who gained territory during his campaign.
After joining the Abkhaz nobles, their army reached 27,000 people, forming an advantage over the king's army, but this was not the biggest advantage of Monomakh's side. The biggest gap between the two armies was morale.
The morale of King George's army was extremely low. The great earthquake in 1086 and a series of previous chaos destroyed the king's reputation. Many people truly believed that the king had been abandoned by God.
The king also understood this very well, so he used the most direct strategy from the beginning. He asked his five thousand Monapasa cavalry to attack the Monomach army, and other parts followed closely behind.
He completely intends to make a one-shot deal. If the move succeeds, he will live, and if it fails, he will die.
King George's move indeed almost killed Monomakh. The charge of the entire Georgian army dispersed the Abkhazian army at the first opportunity. Only a small number of nobles still persisted on the battlefield, and the main force of Monomakh was also almost killed.
was defeated, if the adventurers hadn't stabbed the battle situation by slaughtering the defeated troops wildly, even so, the Mona Pasa cavalry once rushed in front of Monomach.
But this is also the time for Monomacher to exert his strength. The cannon fodder in front of them only exists to consume the impact kinetic energy of the Mona Pasa cavalry. When the impact kinetic energy of the Mona Pasa cavalry disappears, the next victory will belong to him.
What followed was exactly what he expected. As the momentum of the Mona Pasa cavalry's impact was dissipated, they fell into a quagmire called cannon fodder. At the moment Mona Pasa fell into trouble, other Georgian troops
They also hesitated, and only the Ossetian mountaineers continued to rush forward desperately.
The problem of low morale in the Georgian army was clearly revealed. First, groups of soldiers fled, then dozens and dozens of deserters, and finally hundreds of hundreds collapsed. People were unwilling to fight for a soldier who was likely to be killed by God.
The cursed king fights.
King George looked at all this. He knew that the situation could not be changed. His big hammer had been blocked by Monomach. There was only one thing he could do now, and that was to escape.
It's just that he can't escape just because he wants to. Monomach has already locked his position during the battle and prepared a beheading commando team for him. This commando team is composed of experienced servants.
The soldiers were led by Radko.
The commandos quickly opened a path through the collapsed Georgian army and headed towards the Georgian king who was planning to retreat. The king's guards fought to the last moment to protect their monarch, but even this did not prevent their king from being beheaded.
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With the head of King George impaled on a spear, the Georgian army collapsed completely. For Monomakh, the throne of Georgia is now waving to him!