eastern european eagle

Chapter 208
Constantinople was broken, and it took 15 days in total. If preparations were included, it took more than a month. It should be the second fastest breaking city. (The first speed was in 1204, it took five days)

Of course, if you break the city, you can't escape killing and looting.When they first entered the city gate, the Wallachian army lined up neatly, but after entering the city, some people immediately broke the formation, fanned out and poured into the streets and alleys of Constantinople, and began to slaughter looting.When Mircea learned about it, he immediately sent his personal guards to stop them, and it took a lot of effort to press them down.

In the evening, Mircea held his entry ceremony. Accompanied by the guards and ministers, Mircea rode slowly on the street, with cheering people on both sides of the street, and then he rode all the way to the Hagia Sophia.

Patriarch Theodosius had been waiting for a long time, and he announced to everyone that the savior had come.Everyone cheered, Mircea also enjoyed this moment.

Then the Patriarch was about to invite Mircea to enter the Hagia Sophia, but Mircea thought of one more important thing than this.

The palace of Constantinople had been surrounded by them layer by layer. Mircea led troops into John VIII's bedroom, and the queen mother Jelena was also there. At this time, she was holding the little emperor tightly and did not allow anyone to approach.

"Don't come here. I am the Queen Mother, and my son is Basilius. If you dare to do anything to him, you will be punished by God."

Mircea came in, and he had no sympathy for the half-mad queen.

"Come on, the queen mother is talking nonsense, hurry up and ask the doctor to come and treat her."

On the orders of the Grand Duke, the soldiers separated Jelena from John and sent her to the doctor for "treatment".

In the next few days, Mircea hunted down the opposition in Junbao City.In addition to those who disappeared because of the broken city, some people ran to Galata to seek refuge, but were sunk by the Black Sea Fleet while leaving by boat, and their families died at the bottom of the sea.

For John VIII, Mircea first wrote to Theodore asking if he wanted to be emperor.Before sending it, the other party directly sent someone to Mircea with a letter refusing to be emperor. He would not go to Constantinople, nor would he be Basilius.

Now that the most promising person has withdrawn, John VIII is still there, but there is no queen mother, and all the ministers around him have changed.

Mircea proclaimed himself the supreme officer of Constantinople, the senior commander in the palace, the supreme person, etc., and made his son Peter the senior commander of the army, and took all the military and civil affairs into his hands.

At this time, the population of Constantinople was less than 5, and the industry and commerce were depressed, and the agriculture withered. Seeing this, Mircea allocated part of the funds, and on the other hand, moved some farmers to nearby villages to resume food production.

The chief executive of Genoa was the first to get the news. He came to the place where the foreign ministers were received in the royal palace of Constantinople. John VIII was sitting on the throne, and Mircea was beside him. Grand Duke.

Out of protocol, he saluted first John VIII and then the Grand Duke Mircea.Then he said a bunch of beautiful words, and then he backed down.

Mircea knew that the two of them were left to talk.So people took the little emperor down to rest, and he talked with the Genoese himself.

"Great Duke of Wallachia, the Supreme One, Genoa congratulates you on your success."

"The speed of the Genoese is really fast. It seems that Galata is well managed by you."

The chief executive of Galata in Genoa thought it was a compliment, and quickly said that it was all benefited from the prosperous Black Sea trade, and said that without the kindness of Constantinople, it would not have reached such heights.

In fact, Genoa's nervousness is because they are afraid that the opponent will suddenly lead troops to attack Galata.Now Galata's defenders are less than 2000, and tens of thousands of soldiers are suddenly beside you.But if you want to rely on your three-inch tongue to make him retreat, you are thinking too much.

Now Genoa is no longer the glory of the day. Galata and Kaffa are their only colonies in the Black Sea. If it is gone, it will be a disaster for Genoa, which started with trade.

Wallachia refused to set aside a separate land for Genoa as their colony, only acknowledging that they had preferential policies in trade.Now that Mircea controls Constantinople, he is afraid that he will suddenly take back Galata. Although Wallachia's navy is not as good as Genoa's, the army is not behind at 01:30, and they are afraid that the opponent will use their size to consume die yourself.

People in Genoa said that Galata was willing to abandon the previous tax-free policy, instead handing over 2% of the profits every year, and allowing Wallachia merchants to enter.Mircea didn't expect the Genoese to be so generous suddenly, so he agreed to this condition. In exchange, the Genoese can continue to manage Galata for five years, and then consider whether to continue to maintain it after five years.

Genoa is now a vassal state of France. Although the navy is still the second largest in the Mediterranean, it only has dozens of capital ships, which will soon be surpassed by Wallachia.

Just as the Venetian council was preparing to send 800 men to aid Constantinople, it received news that the Wallachian army had captured it.Both the senator and the governor are annoyed at not paying attention to this matter. Now that Wallachia has occupied the king's castle, it is a foregone conclusion. If they want to continue to maintain their trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, they must establish a good relationship with him.

What's more, the market in Wallachia is also huge.Many Venetian merchants have great interests here, plus they also acquired Western Anatolia and Smyrna, and their territories in the Aegean Sea are under great pressure, so the settlement with Wallachia is the only Method.

In Wallachia, the people once again boiled after learning that the Grand Duke occupied Constantinople. Although some people thought it was treason, most people thought it was just to protect the holy city from being controlled by heretics. Behavior.

Mircea has once again become a myth or a threat in the eyes of the monarchs of various countries, especially the Polish King Wladyslaw, who now feels that Wallachia is already Poland's biggest opponent and needs a blow to force it to be no threat .But his conflicts with the Teutonic Order and Lithuania hindered the implementation of the plan.

The small countries split by Ottoman were startled when they heard the news. Before Wallachia attacked Ottoman, it was the permission of Constantinople and the encouragement of the Patriarch. Now they have become the masters of King Castle. You can blatantly launch a jihad, which is not good news for the now divided Ottomans.

But fortunately, those Catholic nobles will not watch the Wallachia family dominate. They can join forces with the Catholic principalities in the Aegean Sea to form a Wallachia encirclement.Plus Wallachia needs to stabilize the interior of Constantinople and they have plenty of time to do so.

(End of this chapter)