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Chapter 140 Of Wallachia's Ambitions and Serbia's Sorrows
Wallachia's approach won the hearts of most of the local people. Farmers and citizens all supported Wallachia, and church organizations also turned to the Wallachia Church because of their dissatisfaction with the conversion of the Serbian monarch to Catholicism.Serbia has lost the upper hand.

When the Serbian army saw the Wallachia flag flying on Pristina, they were very surprised, but they did not dare to attack directly, because Wallachia defeated Ottoman twice in a row, Serbia might fight against them suspected of betraying Christianity.

And when the envoys sent to Wallachia did not return for a long time, Brankovich realized that this was their tactic to delay the troops, and the news that the Wallachia army occupied Pristina also came back. The news caught him off guard.

"I should have thought about how they would let Serbia get the land."

Brankovic said painfully that Serbia has repeatedly jumped between Hungary and Ottomans in the past. Although it has regained its independence, he turned to Catholicism. The Orthodox Wallachia naturally refused to give in, and he worked hard to obtain it. Why should the land let you take advantage of it.

"We are fighting Wallachia now, what are our chances of winning?" Brankovich asked the ministers below.

"At present, they have occupied Pristina. Our army has no absolute chance of winning against them, and just got the news that the Grand Duke Mircea of ​​Wallachia has led the army to advance here."

When he heard that the Grand Duke of Wallachia was returning, Brankovic was a little scared. He knew very well that it was impossible for Serbia to fight against Wallachia. The current plan is to rely on the support of Hungary. Even if it cannot expand, it must Save the rest of the land.

Not only that, Brankovich also withdrew the troops in the Kosovo region, and returned to defend Smederevo with all their strength. Now, they are waiting for the arrival of the Wallachia army.

As for Wallachia, they don't want to annex Serbia at all, at least for now.Just make Serbia a vassal of the vassal.

Castriotti's reply also came, and he agreed to these conditions. At this time, the Albanian region has not yet produced its own culture, and the surrounding countries have influenced them, first Rome, then Serbia, and then Wallach. ya.Taking this opportunity to assimilate is a good idea.

With the support of Castriotti, Wallachia's sphere of influence has expanded a bit.From the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea, Wallachia achieved rapid territorial expansion.

Another expansion of the territory brought the Butland family's prestige to another peak.The identity of the Chosen One was further consolidated, and at the same time, he also had the title of Guardian of Christianity.This was given to the Butland family by the Orthodox Church and has received a great deal of support.

The expansion of Western and Central European countries relied on the support of the great nobles and lords, and after the expansion of Wallachia, the first thing to destroy was the local aristocratic system. The original nobles were destroyed and replaced by those who obeyed the orders of Wallachia. Local government and nobility.This prevents local secession from the central government.

The lessons of the three great empires of Rome, Bulgaria, and Serbia are still in front of us. The central government’s control over the local area increases and decreases with the ability and prestige of the monarch.This is very detrimental to the development of the country, but the soil in Europe has not developed to the era of high centralization in the East.So we can only take an intermediate value, and the counties and countries are parallel, and they will develop slowly by then.

Now that both parties have agreed, the next step will be very fast.Castriotti's envoy signed a document with Peter in Bucuriesti. Wallachia will confer Castriotti as the Duke of Albert, and hand over a certain amount of money and troops to the central government every year. Diplomatic rights were also handed over.The result in exchange was that he could annex the Principality of Vrolla and some Ottoman territories.

As the first step in the implementation of parallel county and state, Peter is not very sure. He only hopes that this kind of surrender can last for 30 years, so that the culture can gradually penetrate. Even if the lord wants to be independent, he will still be unified in the end.

The next time was that Wallachia annexed more and more lands. After 40 days, the Wallachia army and Castrioti's army met in Skopje, and a big country was officially born.

During this period, Serbia did nothing, and the Hungarian troops he requested were also stopped under the obstruction of the nobles.Now, they can only rely on themselves, but it is better to rely on God than to rely on themselves.

Mircea came to the palace built by Dusan. The tall and magnificent building is telling the glory of the past. In just 20 years, Serbia's national power has reached its peak, but it has come and gone quickly. In just 20 years, Serbia will not exists.

"What a place, the incompetence of the rulers has resulted in this rich land being ruled by heathens."

"But now it's yours to rule."

People around kept complimenting her, but Mircea still felt that there was a long way to go.This land has been the main battlefield since ancient times. Not only is it an important location, but its rich resources have also attracted the envy of surrounding countries, such as Wallachia and Hungary.

Now that Wallachia has got it, don't let other countries take it away.While leaving a buffer with Hungary, Serbia is particularly important.

"Send someone to Serbia to see what's going on with them, is it Hungary, or us?"

Once the ruler of the Balkans, now reduced to a small, wavering vassal state.And the ones that ruled most of the Balkans turned out to be the backward civilizations that they looked down upon.

Around 2000 BC, the Thracian tribe belonging to the Indo-Europa race moved northward from the Thrace region of Greece where they originally lived, and settled in the Danube Basin region in the northern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.The Thracian tribe living in the Danube River Basin belongs to the northern Thracian branch. They coexisted with the original local residents and merged with each other, gradually forming the direct ancestors of the modern Romanian nation-Gate-Dacians.Since then, the ancestors of Wallachia have been handed down from generation to generation, multiplying and living here.

After the Roman conquest, the Roman colonists also forced Dacia to integrate into the Roman cultural circle and use Latin.Roman conquests also facilitated the spread of Christianity. From the 5th to the 7th centuries, under the action of these factors, the Romanian nation was formed, and Latin gradually evolved into Romanian.

Beginning in the 7th century, a large number of Slavs moved to the lower reaches of the Danube, separating the Romanians on both banks and forcing the Romanians on the south bank to migrate to the west and southeast of the Balkan Peninsula.The Romanians who emigrated merged with the local ethnic groups, and the number continued to decrease.The Romanians on the north bank of the Danube survived tenaciously as a nation under extremely difficult conditions, and gradually assimilated the Slavs who settled in the area north of the Danube.Such tenacious vitality is enough to prove that Wallachia can rule here.

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