eastern european eagle

Chapter 51 The Battle of Krusevac

Suleiman looked at the burning camp, and immediately began to command the army on horseback.

"Don't mess around, follow my command!"

But the enemy army had already reached the camp, and the others didn't listen to his command. (They are all busy saving their lives)
Countless arrows fell with flames, and as time went by, the Ottoman army became less and less, and surrendered and killed everywhere. As for Suleiman, he was shot in the head long ago.

Peter looked at the camp with a smile on his face.No wonder Grand Duke Vlad is good at night raids, and doing so can really achieve the greatest results.

"My lord, we have won the victory, but some people still escaped."

"Forget it, let them go back and talk to that sultan, we are not easy to mess with."

It was dawn, and the fire in the Ottoman camp had not been extinguished.The Dobroga army is cleaning the battlefield and escorting the prisoners, and is also calculating the spoils of war.

Countless trinkets and akche (Ottoman silver coins) made Peter rich, but Peter only took Suleiman's, and all other trophies were distributed to his subordinates.This earned another wave of hearts.

Over the course of the night, Peter's army lost 300 men, while Uthman lost ten times as many.The number of captives was ten times higher.

Such a big victory was Peter's first since his expedition, and not only that, but the use of firearms and rockets also proved the power of the powerful.

"Order the reconnaissance team to expand the scope of reconnaissance. I am afraid that the Ottoman Sultan will not be able to sleep well."

Peter joked like this, not knowing what was going on with his father.

----split line----

It is said that Lazarevich has been waiting for Grand Duke Mircea's army for several days, but there is no news at all.The scout also reported that the other side was just hunting or something every day, which made Lazarevich gradually relieved.It seems that the other party just wanted to intimidate and obstruct his synthesis with the Ottoman Sultan.

But I didn't expect that a few days later, Lazarevich received an urgent message that Mircea led the army to surround the capital Krusevac.

It turned out that Mircea knew that such exhaustion was not the answer, so he let the troops transporting heavy artillery move directly to Krusevac, and gradually transferred part of the army.

When they reached Krusevac, Mircea left part of his army behind to confuse his opponents.Then he led the main force to move towards Krusevac, and in just one day, he arrived at the village of Polots outside.

The defenders panicked when they saw the army suddenly appearing outside, and immediately sent someone to Nis, hoping that Lazarevich would come back immediately.

When Lazarevich saw it, he had fallen for it.Let the army run quickly, or the capital will be gone.

The homes of some soldiers are also near the capital, so they ran hundreds of kilometers in three days by forced march.

I have to say, it's amazing.

Well, turning back to Krusevac, Mircea has launched an attack on the capital.More than a dozen heavy artillery pieces and trebuchets launched an attack on the city wall, but they did not have Peter's gunpowder wall blasting technology, so they did not break through the city yet, but their deterrent effect on the defenders was not small.

Mircea continued to form his troops in the camp and got the news of Lazarevich's arrival.

"Has it finally come?" said Mircea.

Although Lazarevich arrived, after the march of the past few days, he was exhausted. Fearing that the soldiers would mutiny, he made the decision to rest for one night and fight tomorrow.

The next morning, the two sides began to line up.There were 4000 on Mircea's side, and 5000 on Lazarevich's side, 5000 of whom were so-called heavy cavalry.

In fact, after the Battle of Kosovo, Serbia did not have enough financial resources to maintain a strong heavy cavalry.And this so-called heavy equipment is just some breastplates.

Facing the disadvantage, Lazarevich decided to go directly to A.Defeat the opponent with lightning speed. (Lajos II: I am familiar with this)
Time was precious, and Lazarevich directly ordered the attack.Djanovic led the cavalry to charge. They were very heroic, raising their spears and charging on horseback.

"For glory!!!"

These cavalry are as brave as the Kosovo battle a few years ago, but they are also destined to be very easy to get carried away.

Mircea also prepared to meet the enemy.

"Bowmen and musketeers are ready, let them go!"

Following the commander's order, all kinds of long-range weapons were fired, but for some reason, the firepower was lower than at other times.

Djanovic and the Serbian cavalry charged forward under fire, while the Wallachian infantry took defensive positions and managed to slow their attack.

Seeing that the cavalry was progressing smoothly, Lazarevich hurriedly ordered the infantry to attack. He learned his lesson and planned to make a quick decision.So he ordered the army to concentrate at one point and quickly break through to the center.The defenders in the city also planned to cooperate with each other, but were scared back by the artillery attack.

Under the attack of the Serbian army, Wallachia gradually couldn't hold back and retreated.Seeing this, Lazarevich quickly ordered the army to attack in an attempt to capture Mircea. Encouraged by the victory, the Serbian army almost chased Wallachia, and it seemed that they would be able to reach Mircea soon. in the tent.But they also felt strange, is there only so many cavalry on the other side?
Mircea looked at the situation, realized that the time was right, and issued the order on the spot.

"Let them all join the battlefield, this time we are going to have a big game."

"Yes"

After receiving the order, the Wallachian infantry who were still defending stopped retreating, and some Serbian soldiers were horrified to find that the opponent's long-range troops started to get angry again.

Countless arrows began to fall again, and Serbia also sent archers to shoot each other with Wallachia.But the weather was also against Serbia. A strong southerly wind blew up, and Serbia's arrows were blown to the ground by the wind, almost hitting the target.But still failed.

And at this moment, there was a fighting sound from behind Lazarevich.Masses of Wallachian cavalry came out of the nearby forest, and the soldiers in the rear were caught off guard, but held on to the line.

Just the day before Lazarevich came to Krusevac, Mircea made a strategic plan.He hid part of the army in the nearby forest, and made sure that there were no wage arrears or insufficient supplies before he was relieved.

As in the previous Battle of Chernivtsi, Mircea repeated his old tricks, using encirclement tactics to annihilate the enemy, and using tactics to mobilize the enemy to achieve the purpose of exhausting the enemy.In addition, the opponent's troops were already smaller than him, and now, it was a one-sided massacre.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the offense and defense on the battlefield had changed.The encirclement of Wallachia became smaller and smaller, and the Serbian army was mercilessly killed.Lazarevich saw the helpless situation, so he could only lead his own soldiers to break through and tried to escape back to Krusevac, but fell into a nearby river during the chase, and was finally arrested because of the heavy armor on his body. drowned. (Lajos II said this is my previous life)
(End of this chapter)