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Chapter 159 Hungarian Civil War

"Why haven't you found it yet?"

Sigismund angrily scolded his subordinates in Buda. It has been so long that he has not even been able to catch a single person. What is the use of you.

"Your Majesty, calm down, it has been found that the heretics in Belgrade helped the king, and we have punished them."

Sigismund's face eased a little after hearing the news, it's not bad to get some money without catching Mary.And they are all pagans, but the Transylvania region has been a little unstable recently, and he still needs to use troops to suppress it.

Since most of the victims of the massacre were Orthodox Christians, Wallachia, which belongs to the same religion, could not sit idly by, and Hungary had to beware of them.

Sigismund is very short of money now, because he wants to bribe many nobles, including those from Hungary and Shinra, especially Shinra. His elder brother Wenzel has no heirs, so sooner or later the king of Bohemia and the Roman people will is their own.But these need to be elected by nobles, so they need a lot of money to let them support themselves.Just by taking advantage of this rebellion of the Orthodox Christians to take their property as their own, their wallets are much better.

Next, in addition to slowly looking for Mary, he has to run the elections in Shinra. There is no king who is busier than him.Why don't those nobles buy it?
At the same time, Andrei's key personnel in Transylvania gathered in Cluj.

"The heretics are too rampant. They thought that we would surrender if they sent an army. That's absolutely impossible."

Bishop Busorav said that he would fight to the death with the Hungarians, because his diocese is the diocese of Brasov with the most Hungarians and Germans.Here he battled wits with the Catholic Church and succeeded in gaining a foothold here.

"But can we win with Hungary? You must know that they have a lot of troops."

The bishop of Timisoara made a suggestion, because the Hungarian army is not good enough against foreign countries, but it is more than enough against the inside.What's more, they have no combat experience, they are just a bunch of rabble.How can this compete with each other.

"If we don't win, we have to fight, otherwise they will always be tyrannical over our heads. We need to let them understand that we are not easy to mess with."

"right"

"yes"

Those who can be bishops in Transylvania are fanatics of the Orthodox Church, or people who hate Hungary.So actively participate in the anti-Hungarian movement, with the ultimate goal of separating Transylvania from Hungary.

The massacre in Belgrade shocked them. Hungary's cruelty to Orthodox Christians was no longer ordinary cruelty, and they couldn't wait any longer.

In the spring of 1396, the Orthodox Church led by Bishop John of Cluj launched an anti-Hungarian uprising.The Hungarian War officially broke out.

The rebel army gathered more than 3000 people in Cluj. They invaded the manors of the local nobles, confiscated the property and distributed it to the peasants, and issued a declaration that all Orthodox serfs would be free from now on, calling on them to fight for freedom.

And this outbreak swept across Hungary like a powder keg exploded.The situation of the Hungarian peasants was very miserable. The nobles united and increased the tax revenue several times on the original basis, confining all the peasants in a fixed place and not being able to move at will.If farmers wanted to terminate their employment relationship, it would be even more difficult. They were exploited by the feudal aristocrats to the last breath, and the people were in dire straits, and their lives were extremely difficult.There are only two roads before the peasants, one is to be exploited by the nobles to death;

The peasants and urban poor in Hungary decisively chose the second path, because the only way to choose the first path is to wait for death, and the second path still has a glimmer of hope for survival.For the impoverished people who are in a desperate situation, as long as there is a little bit of hope, they are willing to try.

In cities such as Pécs, peasants and urbanites staged uprisings to drive out officials and declare independent institutions to govern.For a time, wars were everywhere in Hungary.

Sigismund was stunned, why there were so many rebels suddenly, and the momentum was not small.

However, this situation did not allow him to think too much, and soon dispatched troops to counter the rebellion.First wipe out the rebels in the nearby towns, and then elsewhere.

At this moment, those Hungarian nobles have no time and mood to negotiate with Sigismund. They passed the conscription law. After all, protecting the king is protecting themselves.

Of course, untrained peasants are no match for this group of well-trained soldiers. The rebellion in several surrounding cities was quickly resolved, but the rebellion in border areas such as Transylvania continued. Where to get a batch of firearms, bows and armor, it caused great losses to the Hungarian army.Coupled with the majority of Wallachians, they quickly occupied a large area, and the Hungarian army could only huddle in a few cities and hold on.

The civil strife in Hungary has also made foreign forces ready to move. The Polish king Wladyslaw intends to use his wife Jadwiga's relationship to obtain the Hungarian crown. Grand Duke Cha also had ideas for Transylvania.

The forces from three directions made it difficult for Sigismund to parry, but in his opinion, Poland is busy with the Teutonic affairs, and Naples is still fighting among themselves. These two are not a threat for the time being. The only thing that makes him guard against is Wallachia has risen suddenly in recent years.They had their eyes on Transylvania decades ago.They will not miss this opportunity.

At the same time, he ordered the army to station in some important cities, such as Belgrade, to prevent sudden loss.

In order to get more troops, Sigismund also recruited mercenaries from the territory of Shinra, and persuaded some nobles to help, including Austria. Vienna sent 1000 people to help out, which was the largest number of noble reinforcements.

After patching together, Sigismund assembled an army of 1 people and marched aggressively towards Transylvania.It is bound to snuff out the fire of resistance.

The impact of this war on Hungary was huge. Sigismund wanted to turn Transylvania into his own direct jurisdiction, and the Wallachians wanted to become independent or join Wallachia.The confrontation between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church is intensifying. Every day, churches are smashed and believers fight.This triggered a migration of residents.

This war, which combines religious conflicts, ethnic conflicts, and peasant conflicts, broke out completely, but once it starts, it will not stop according to human will, unless the two parties compromise, or one of them completely overwhelms the other.

(End of this chapter)