Monomakh's death was like a stone stirring up thousands of waves, causing countless waves in his country.
The first thing that happened was the split. Oleg of Trabzon controlled the Georgian mainland, Radko controlled Shirvan (Azerbaijan), Anton controlled Armenia, and the three-legged situation of the successors had initially taken shape.
But this does not mean that these three people are involved in this split. In fact, even within the territories of these three people, there are a lot of lords who only want to protect themselves. As for the ambitious people who want to use this opportunity to cause trouble,
That's even more.
Monomach's country is a country composed of adventurers and warlords. Now that Monomach is gone, everyone will naturally show their talents. Some people plan to use this opportunity to settle family feuds, and some people plan to resist foreigners.
There are conquerors, and there are people who simply want to be independent. In short, there are everyone.
And a series of things that happened during this period also overwhelmed everyone who paid attention to the situation in the Caucasus. First, Oleg took control of Monomakh's body, then he kidnapped Monomakh's wife and daughter, and then
It was Radko and Anton who announced that Oleg had evil intentions and fought several small battles with Oleg. However, after the end, the two sides suddenly shook hands and made peace, agreeing to deal with the current affairs together.
All this happened in less than a month. The three main successors of Monomach completed the process of peace-war-peace, and began to suppress the separatist forces that were independent of the three of them. At the same time,
Strengthen internal controls.
This suddenly curbed the collapse of the Monomach Kingdom. Many guys who danced too hard were instantly cut off like leeks, but this was just a containment. Everyone knew that these three people could not handle it well.
We have to start fighting again tomorrow.
In addition to Oleg owning Trabzon, most of Georgia also supports him. The Georgian military group built by Monomakh is now in his hands, and some Armenian lords have also come over. This is what Oleg has accumulated over the years.
The embodiment of human connections.
Radko controls the emerging military group built by Monomach in Shirvan. After all, these people who were mostly poor settlers and mercenaries trust Radko who also has mercenary experience more than those nobles. As for the local Iraqis,
Teach the people that they don’t have much choice but to follow the trend.
As for Anton, he is the weakest among them all. If it were not for marrying the daughter of an Armenian lord, he would not even be able to reach his current status. But after all, this is the only spokesman for the Armenians in the Kingdom of Monomakh.
No, they still want to see if they can gain more benefits in this country.
Of course, some people may ask, if Ross has made such a big fanfare, isn't he afraid that Monomakh's successors will not be able to defeat him? Rostislav has already answered this.
And the news about the chaos in this country was like a whirlwind, blowing in all directions, including the Eastern Empire, Abbasid, Seljuk, Rus, Roma, and even the Crusaders. Everyone who learned the news began to
After seeing the change, everyone began to make their own plans.
He is not afraid of the unity of those people. Even if they unite, they will be crushed to death by Ross's power. And in Rostislav's view, even if there is a huge external threat, those people have to fight.
However, no one rushed in, because everyone knew that it would only unite the followers of Monomach, so they were waiting, waiting for them to fight.
In Rostislav's estimation, the number of troops he could muster would reach 40,000, and to support such an army to cross the Black Sea and go to Georgia, the supplies required would be astronomical.
Among the many forces sharpening their swords, the one who reacted the most was Ross. After Rurik learned about what happened in Georgia, he immediately began to prepare supplies and spread the news of the recruitment.
These three waves of people represent the three main political forces in the Monomach Kingdom. The conflict of interests between these three is really too great, so many people are not optimistic about it at all.
However, everyone who is currently working hard to prepare for the future war has not mentioned that their waiting time will be extremely long. It was a full year and a half after the preparation order was issued that Rostislav appeared in Kiev.
Rostislav has always known a lot about Transcaucasus. The contradictions in this land are condensed with thousands of years of blood. This is not something that a foreign conqueror can change. Although the powerful Bingfeng can maintain peace for a while, but
After all, it's only for a while.
According to the military service roster, everyone whose name is on it has received preparations for the expedition. As for when the expedition will take place, I don’t know. We will have to wait until Rostislav returns to Kiev to find out. What they need to do is use this time to prepare their equipment so that they can best prepare for the expedition.
attitude to face this war.
Rostislav had left a complete plan to deal with this situation, so although the three Rostislavichs were very busy, they were still very organized.
In Rostislav's plan, this expedition will be an expedition that demonstrates the power and strength of Russia, that is, after so many years, the entire Russia will be mobilized.
They were mainly busy preparing supplies. Although they had been saving supplies in various places over the years for what the Grand Duke called "his last battle as the Grand Duke," they found that they were far from enough when they were used.
However, some people think that they may really be able to come up with a solution to maintain peace. In short, the Kingdom of Monomach has temporarily restored peace, yes, temporarily.
This was the national policy left by Rostislav, and Rurik did not dare to neglect it. Kiev entered a wartime state almost instantly, and as the news spread, Novgorod and Moscow also began to prepare.
Both Rostislavichs, who cared little about ruling, knew very well that this was something their father cared about very much. If his father cared about it so much, they would have to work harder.
By this time, everyone was even a little tired of waiting. They once thought that Rostislav was planning to disappear and play a bad joke on them. Many people even started to slack off, thinking that the expedition was no longer possible.
But Rostislav came out at this time. When he stood at the entrance of Vladimir Palace dressed like a beggar, the soldiers did not even recognize him.
With his arrival, the expedition also kicked off, and the entire Russian army began to gather.