eastern european eagle

Chapter 165 Westward and Southward

For Sigismund, the fall of Belgrade meant an open door to southeastern Hungary.If Serbia or Wallachia took this opportunity to attack, Hungary would be in danger.

And when Belgrade was taken, Transylvania cheered.This undoubtedly cheered them up, but for the Hungarian army, this was very bad news.The commander withdrew from Adelaide when he heard that Belgrade was occupied.

The Transylvanian army took advantage of this to push Hungary to the Tisza River, and Sigismund's plan for a quick victory failed.It is also a great victory of the Orthodox Church over the Catholic Church.

After capturing Belgrade, the corps continued westward and entered the Tisza River.If the Tisza River falls, Buda, which has no natural dangers, is the next target.Therefore, there are only two options before him, either continue to fight, or negotiate with his ex-wife.

Sigismund sent someone to test Mary, and he offered to pardon her and restore her membership as long as she made peace and admitted her mistakes.

Mary was happy with such a condition, why didn't she find out that her ex-husband was so conceited before.Obviously he came to ask for peace, but the conditions seemed to be won by himself.

Mary rejected this so-called peace exchange and put forward her own strike conditions: that is, all the land east of the Tisza River should be ruled by her, and she didn't care about the rest.

"Go back and tell Zigmund that one day I will get back what is mine and let him wait."

The messenger could only report the news to Sigismund, but as expected, he would not agree to this request.Promised that those Hungarian nobles had to eat him.He could only stop silently, hoping that something unexpected happened to Mary.

After retaining her own power, Mary began to establish her own rule.She entrusted some nobles to manage the place, and transferred the property of the former Catholic Church to the name of the Orthodox Church.These became the backbone of Transylvanian society.

Then there was the restoration of the economy. As a large number of Catholic nobles left, most of Transylvania's property was taken away.Mary relies on the chamber of commerce and local minerals to obtain some income, and relies on land laws to stabilize the situation. At the same time, she can also collect agricultural taxes, which has a long-term income.

Mary also sent someone to Bukuryeshti to express her willingness to form an alliance with Grand Duke Mircea.And Mircea has been waiting for her for a long time, not only gave many gifts, but also formally formed an alliance with her.Wallachia gave Transylvania protection, and in return, Transylvania would give [-] gold coins a year.

Seeing that Hungary was about to fail, Serbia quickly expressed its loyalty to Wallachia. Fortunately, Wallachia didn't want to swallow him for the time being, so he let him honestly watch.

Soon Sigismund's funds ran out, and the mercenaries and troops plundered the surrounding villages for their own pay.This caused the villagers to flee to Transylvania, which exacerbated the conflict between the peasants and the king, even if it was the church.Army commanders could only watch as Orthodox crosses were erected on Hungarian soil.

----split line----

The Orthodox Church in the West is spreading smoothly, and the Orthodox Church in the East is also progressing well.Especially in Crimea, where the Church has advanced to the edge of the peninsula and is preparing to advance to the mainland.

Some Tartar tribes were destroyed, and a city was built in the center of the peninsula to rule, which Peter named Veruga.

With Veruga as the center, Wallachia's rule in Crimea began to stabilize and expanded northward.Due to the tolerant policy towards slaves and serfs, a large number of slaves from Kaffa fled here, which caused the Tatars to lose a lot of money.

In southern Greece, Theodore's Principality of Morea decided to annex the Principality of Athens completely.He gathered all his forces, crossed the Isthmus of Corinth, quickly occupied Athens and Thebes, and captured Nerio, the Duke of Athens.At the same time he recognized the territory of Venice and tried to appease them.Venice didn't pursue too much, and the profits were more fragrant than the land.

After capturing Athens, Morea became the most powerful country in Greece.Other small countries can only survive among the three countries of Wallachia, Ottoman and Moreia.

The dictator Theodore had made his daughter Sophia the sole heir, which was opposed by Constantinople. Manuel was going to give his future son a training place, and Morea was just right, but his brother Give it directly to the niece. After the niece gets married, the land becomes someone else's.Where was the Roman Empire then?

And the growth of Wallachia threatened Junbao again. Manuel always felt that they would want to replace them like the Serbian Empire, but he didn't know when they would come.And now they still need Wallachia to fight against Ottoman, and he still has a fluke mentality. They are all of the same clan, so they shouldn't turn against each other.

In Balkan diplomacy, Mircea sent invitations to all the Balkan principalities to bring their rulers to a party in Bukuriesti to celebrate his 40th birthday.

In addition to Venice and Morea, other small countries have come.They came to congratulate them with expensive gifts, and Mircea responded happily to them, and let them stay drunk.

The banquet started normally, and the dukes gradually relaxed.They drank wine and talked about the glory of their ancestors, and soon passed out.

"Come on, everyone, please go back and rest."

Mircea sent people to invite them back to the castle room to rest, and sent soldiers to guard them strictly.When they woke up, they found themselves under house arrest, which made them panic.

Although this kind of behavior is very immoral in Western Europe, but this is in Eastern Europe, in the Balkans, no one cares about them, and they will not care whether they live or die.

But the Grand Duke just sent someone to ask them to stay for a few more days and discuss exchanges between countries.The main thing is that the tariffs between countries are unified according to the Wallachia standard.

The countries invited mainly include the Kingdom of Epirus, the Principality of Gjirokaster, the Despotism of Arta, the Principality of the Aegean Islands and the Principality of Chandia, all of which are Latin countries in the Greek region.All Latins were the ruling class, and most of them were Orthodox Christians and Greeks. Mircea saw an opportunity for a split between the ruling class and the people, and decided to subdue them all at once.

Although it has not yet reached the Aegean Sea, the influence of Wallachia has already reached here.That's why the rulers of these islands came here.

The two archipelago principalities will be released soon, and Wallachia will not do anything to them for the time being. As for the principalities on land, they will be in trouble.They were forced to sign a lot of treaties, including reducing tariffs on Wallachia, reducing the oppression of Orthodox Christians, etc., and they could only become vassals of Wallachia without any country to save them.

(End of this chapter)