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Chapter 139 Competing for Kosovo

"I haven't seen you in a few years, how is the Sudan of your country?"

"Go back to the Grand Duke, everything is fine with the Sultan."

Ahmed Pasha met Mircea in Adrian. After a brief greeting, Pasha expressed his intention to come and signed a peace treaty with Wallachia on behalf of Ottoman.

"The last time the two countries signed a peace treaty, it was torn up in less than two years. How long are you going to keep your word this time?"

"Grand Duke, the war between the two countries has resumed. It was the sons of the sultan who were bewitched to send troops. The sultan has punished them."

It was easy to say, but Mircea got down to business.

"If you want to make peace with Wallachia, you must cede all Macedonia, Kosovo, and Adrian."

"This…"

Ahmed Pasha didn't expect Wallachia to have such a big appetite, but these places are already in their pocket, and there is nothing wrong with ceding them.It is Ottoman's accumulation over the past few decades is gone.

Abandoning these areas, Bayezid must expand eastward in order to appease the remaining vassals and subjects. After all, he cannot attack the Balkans now, and Wallachia almost wiped out his elite.

It didn't take much time either. Two years after the signing of the Derekoy Treaty, the Adrian Treaty was signed.According to the treaty, Ottoman ceded Rumelia, Macedonia, and Kosovo to Wallachia, and had to pay [-] gold coins to redeem the captives.

This time Osman quickly took out the money, because there was still some ransom from the last battle of Skopje, and he just paid it this time, and he didn't want to see Wallachia at all.

The next step is to deal with Serbia. The goal this time is very clear. Even if it can't swallow them all, it must take Kosovo and Macedonia.The two Catholic behemoths, Hungary and Poland, are not going to see Serbia swallowed.

The Serbian envoys have arrived in Bukurjeshti, and Peter is receiving them.

"Your Highness, Serbia is willing to live in friendship with Wallachia, and will increase the gold coins given to [-] every year, as long as you can recognize the current border between the two countries."

I want to buy Kosovo and Macedonia for [-] gold coins every year, which is really a big profit.We must know that as long as we manage it well, the maximum surplus every year can exceed [-].

Moreover, Kosovo's geographical location is so important that some people say that if you get Kosovo, you get the whole of Serbia and Macedonia.How could Serbia win such an important position? He will not give him a second chance to rise.

"Why did your monarch send you here? Buda and Krakow should be the focus?"

"Our country attaches great importance to its relations with neighboring countries. Whether it is your country or Hungary, they are treated equally."

Well, what a treat, and then converted to Catholicism.It seems that he does not know the strength of Wallachia.

Peter temporarily asked the messenger to stay here for a while, and made a decision when the Grand Duke came back.In fact, it was delaying time. After all, he could make any decision now, and waiting for the Grand Duke to come back was just an excuse.

"Your Highness, a letter from the Grand Duke."

After the envoy left, Peter received a letter from Mircea, which stated that a peace treaty had been signed with Ottoman, and Serbia should be next.

Peter must think about the chain reaction of the annexation of Serbia, whether Hungary and Poland will attack, whether the West will see Wallachia as the dominant family, and whether Ottoman will make a comeback while taking advantage of its unstable foothold.

However, Ottoman also ceded Macedonia and Kosovo in the signing of the Adrian Treaty, which gave Wallachia an excuse to get back its own achievements.

"Where is the Serbian army now?"

"Currently in Krusevac, ready to leave for Pristina."

"Order the army in Nis to dispatch to occupy Macedonia first. In addition, immediately reply to the Grand Duke and go to Kosovo as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

The entire Balkan Peninsula began to stir again, and the huge power vacuum left by Ottoman made countries envious, but in the end it was Serbia and Wallachia that got the big heads.

After Mircea dealt with the affairs in the south, he rushed to Nis non-stop. His army is the biggest confidence in Wallachia.

Serbia also took out all the troops, with the Serbian cavalry as the vanguard and the infantry as the backing to continue to occupy the city.Now it's time to see who is faster.

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Although Kosovo and Macedonia have not officially become the land of Wallachia, according to the treaty and legal principles, they are already Wallachia.

Therefore, when Adrian, who set off from Nis, led the cavalry to Pristina, an important city in Kosovo, he told the remaining Ottoman defenders in the city about the signing of the Adrian Treaty with Ottomans.The defenders had no will to fight and had to open the door and surrender.

Sometimes speed is king, and whoever captures it first wins.As long as they can stand here for a month, the Grand Duke will lead the army to support them.

In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, Peter abolished the harsh Stephen Duchamp Code and replaced it with the Wallachia Code.Give some farmers and serfs free status, and at the same time win over some local families. As long as they do not claim their own political rights, the economy can give them immediate relief.

And Peter also used the printing technique to the extreme. He printed and distributed 2300 copies of the treaty and sent hundreds of people to publicize it across the country. This is to overwhelm Serbia in public opinion.And those businessmen even sent the news of the treaty back to their own country, and those Serbian monarchs didn't have such an idea.

Hungary and Poland sent more envoys and gifts to visit Wallachia, and the Holy See also sent an unprecedented second envoy. The pope's proposal to form a crusade was rejected as expected.

Venice and Genoa generously offered Wallachia loans of up to 30 ducats.He also said that as long as he is willing to take out some land, the gold coins will arrive immediately, well, he has the spirit of stealing and looting.

Peter said no need, Wallachia's finances are still very healthy.According to the Grand Duke, the spoils of this war were worth 700 million lei in silver.So don't worry about finances.

Some people will say that this is unreasonable and too high.But if the properties of mosques, Turkic immigrants and Erwuzi are added together, it is not too much.And these are not all currency, a considerable part is luxury goods, real estate, etc., and it will take time to sell them.

And Mircea incorporated the Christian guerrillas and mercenaries in the newly conquered lands. The Wallachian army became larger and larger, but the addition of mercenaries also made the composition of the army more and more complicated.Fortunately, they all believed in the Orthodox Church, and religion was the last insurance to maintain their discipline.

(End of this chapter)