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Chapter 24 Preparation
It's a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk.Constantine went to train soldiers according to Peter's order, but he had to go to the battlefield to know how the training was.

The target this time is Ackerman. Peter checked some siege records and found that facing the fortress, he either besieged or stormed at a huge price.What Peter lacks most is time and personnel, because he can't take all these troops away, he must keep some to guard them.

However, the artillery and guns at the moment gave Peter some comfort.It is still necessary to imitate Ottoman's way of burying explosives to break the city, and all artillery must be taken.

Pellet gunpowder was already produced in large quantities, and by putting them in a barrel and lighting the fuse, it could have earth-shattering effects.

And those oils taken from the Ploiesti estates also come in handy, to obtain light oil through distillation.Mix a certain proportion of flammable substances such as sulfur, asphalt, rosin, resin, etc., and dissolve it into a liquid with excellent combustion performance by heating, and can also float and burn on the water surface.

This is a sharp weapon used as a city defense force, which can properly make up for the shortage of manpower.And Peter also asked the Chamber of Commerce to be responsible for the logistics transportation. The artillery, grain and grass were transported to Qilia by sea and land, and all the troops would go there.

What Peter has to do now is to gather information.According to some businessmen and intelligence personnel who went to Akerman, there were about 1500 defenders in the Akerman Fortress at this time, which was the most elite force of the Grand Duke of Moldova.But no matter how elite troops are, as long as their psychological defense is destroyed, they will be vulnerable.

Faced with the lack of a cannon, Peter chose to use a trebuchet instead.At this time, the era of cold weapons has not yet emerged, so trebuchets can naturally be used.

Moreover, the trebuchet he was holding was no ordinary trebuchet.It is something more powerful than ordinary trebuchets, and it seems to be called Huihui Cannon in the East.

The return gun is improved, improved, and innovated on the basis of the ancient trebuchet, making it more advanced and more powerful.Use the principle of leverage to increase power.

The shells used by trebuchets are specially treated, some can be burned, some are filled with explosives, and some are solid stone shells.

Now, with soldiers and siege equipment, what about manpower.

Peter said don't worry, it can be solved with money.Part of it is transported by sea, and the other part is solved by hiring manpower.The price was very fair, and many people were quickly recruited.

Everything is going on, weapons, soldiers, transportation.Peter also paid three months' salary in advance to avoid mutiny.

The army of Grand Duke Mircea also gathered near Foksani, and after passing through here they entered the territory of Moldova.

Mircea's chosen cause of war was Moldova's attempt to interfere in the Grand Duke's elections a few years ago, and the wine embargo it now imposed on Wallachia.Undeclared war has to wait until after the 16th century, and Europe still has to show face at this moment.

Of course, there is one last uncertain factor before the father and son, and that is Poland.

Poland and Moldova reached an agreement more than ten years ago, Poland provided protection, and Moldova provided some gold coins.Although it is a verbal promise, what if Poland ends up.

Therefore, Mircea sent someone to Krakow and took money to bribe some local nobles so that King Vasdilaw II would not pay attention to Moldova.

Naturally, Mircea's deployment of troops cannot be concealed from others. Grand Duke Roman of Moldova is near Vinnytsia at this time, and there are only some militias in the country, which cannot be resisted anyway.

As the owner of the border castle Oneshti, Bogdan was at a loss.But he quickly realized that the other party wanted the crown of the Grand Duke of Moldova.

He summoned the people around him and offered to be the guide of Wallachia.

"My lord, can this work, in case they are just scaring?"

"There is no way to gather so many troops to intimidate, the cost must be worth it."

That's right, who would be bored enough to summon an army of tens of thousands of people to scare neighboring countries.The cost is also too high.

Moreover, Wallachia's army was assembled in Foksani, which was obviously directed at Moldova.This is by no means something that can be passed by scaring.

"My lord, what do you think we should do?" another person asked.

Bogdan thought for a while, facing the army, it is not an option to die.This is like hitting a stone with a pebble.

Moreover, Oneshti is located on the border and prospered by trade with Wallachia. If you offend the other party and stop the merchant from going this way, you will suffer a great loss.

This is partly because he is Roman's political enemy.He opposed Roman becoming the Grand Duke of Moldova at the Boyar Conference before, and the result can be imagined.He was suppressed by Roman and could only hang around in his own three-acre land.Now that the Wallachia army is coming, it may be an opportunity.

"Okay, I've decided." Bogdan interrupted some people's conversations. "Instead of going on like this, it's better to give it a shot."

Many people were taken aback by Bogdan's decision, which was a crime of surrender.If Wallachia can't protect him, then their whole family will be finished.

Bogdan was also afraid, but he had no way out.He was betting that Wallachia wanted the crown of Moldova.It is also for the future of myself and my family.

Poland, which guaranteed Moldova, is facing a confrontation between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights.One was for succession and the other was for Samogitian rule.

Due to its location between the territories of the Teutonic and Livonian Orders, Samogitia became the target of the territorial expansion of the two Orders.Once, the Samogitians offered their allegiance to the Knights in order to obtain a peace treaty, and Samogitia briefly became the territory of the Teutonic Knights.But in the ensuing war, Samogitia once again belonged to Lithuania.For more than a hundred years, Samogitia became the focus of a war between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights.As the last pagan land in Europe, Samogitia thus became the last conquest of the Teutonic Knights.

Between 1345 and 1382, the Knights attacked Samogitia from Prussia as many as 70 times, and the Livonian Knights in the east also attacked Samogitia more than 30 times.Years of war have left Samogitia a scorched earth.And Vasdilaw II, who came from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, naturally had to seize this place, because the core of Lithuania's rule was here.

(End of this chapter)