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Chapter 161 The Hungarian Civil War Breaks Out

Mary was crowned Grand Duke of Transylvania, and the first order issued after that was to divorce Sigismund, followed by the declaration of Orthodoxy as the official religion, suppressing the status of Catholicism.

In order to gain the support of the people, Mary also issued Hungary's first order to protect farmers, prohibiting landlords from using lynchings that harm farmers, setting up farmers' courts, and reducing or exempting taxes.

For a time, Transylvania had a new ruler, to whom all rebels pledged their allegiance.The scattered forces began to unite, and under a new banner they set out against Hungary.

Sigismund was speechless when he got the news. He didn't expect that his wife, who had disappeared for many days, would go to Transylvania and proclaim herself Grand Duke. This is a rebellion, a betrayal of Hungary.

The bishop of Buda announced the excommunication of Mary and approved the divorce of Sigismund and Mary.At the same time, he was declared the only legal king of Hungary.

Almost all nobles and priests sided with Sigismund, including German immigrants and city dwellers in Pannonia.And Mary only has the support of the Vlach people and the local farmers. No matter how you look at it, I have the advantage.

However, the Vlach people have been oppressed for a long time, which made them more united than other ethnic groups. With the Orthodox Church as a bond, the Vlach people who were originally scattered became a fist, and it would be very painful to beat them.

Moreover, Transylvania is mountainous, and the cavalry is greatly restricted, which is beneficial to the locals for guerrilla warfare.The Hungarians are going to suffer a bit.

The outbreak of civil war in Hungary disrupted Sigismund's plans. Although he is Shinra's future heir, his core is still Hungary.And because he was often absent from Hungary, a system unique to Hungary came into being—the feudal earl lord, who was jointly elected by the king and the people and enjoys royal power in the territory, represented the king during the king's absence, and also acted as a bridge between the king and the people. intermediary.

For him now, stabilizing Hungary is more important than anything else. In order to prevent other countries from taking advantage of it, they also sent troops to Belgrade.You don't need to think about who you are defending against.

After the Battle of Skopje, several Hungarian aristocratic magnates held Sigismund responsible for the defeat, and even stripped him of his powers and placed him under house arrest for several months.If it weren't for other circumstances, I'm afraid he would have been abolished long ago.

Under the rule of his father-in-law, King Lajos, the national power of the entire Kingdom of Hungary reached its peak in the Middle Ages. People at the time commented: "The territory of the Kingdom reaches three oceans (namely, the Adriatic Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea)."And now, the Kingdom of Hungary has ended its heyday during the Anjou Dynasty, and entered the season of decline during the Luxembourg Dynasty. The power of the local aristocracy in Hungary has risen and the kingship has been emptied.Although there have been some developments in the economy, culture and towns, the overall Hungarian royal power has fallen, the nobles are plundering the common people, the Hussite war broke out internally, and even the status of the Balkans is about to be surpassed by Wallachia. This is all because of Sigismund fault.

Now even my ex-wife dared to challenge me, it was unbearable.Although he is not very good, but he has not been reduced to the point where anyone can step on it.This is too disrespectful to him. Now he is exactly the same as Bayezid. He can't deal with Wallachia and you. If you don't beat you to a pulp, I write my surname upside down.
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On the table of the Grand Duke of Mircea lay letters from Trebizond, Manuel III, the ruler of Trebizond, asking for an alliance between the two countries.

Manuel's father, Alexios III, set out to solve the problem of the Turkmen tribe's intrusion after stabilizing the interior. However, due to the long-term civil war and the weak national power, Alexios III was also powerless about this, and the Turkmen plundered In 1355, the Trabzon army was defeated by the Turkmen, and Alexios III himself was almost killed. Therefore, Alexios III turned to seek marriage and alliance diplomacy to ensure the border security of the empire.The extreme expansion of Genoese power in Trabzon during the reign of Emperor Michael also aroused the vigilance of Alexius III. Alexius III introduced the Venetians to break down the advantages of the Genoese, but the Venetians also did not Satisfied with the existing privileges, instead colluded with the Roman Empire and encouraged Rome to annex Trabzon in one fell swoop to gain greater benefits. Michael Paleo, the youngest son of Emperor John V, led a fleet of three ships to attack Trabzon. Buzon, but in just five days, the Roman fleet felt that it was too difficult to capture the heavily guarded city with such a large fleet, so they had to retreat in despair.The relationship between Trabzonspor and Venice has since been repaired.

But at this time Trebizond was threatened by Ottoman and was about to hit the border. Manuel could only send someone to Wallachia for help.I hope that Mircea will send troops to relieve the siege.

"Let's talk about it, do you want to send troops?"

Most of the ministers refused to send troops. Right now, it is better to continue to cultivate. Transylvania is confronting Hungary again, and this place is much more important than Trabizond. Why do you want to go far away?
Moreover, Peter and Princess Sophia of Valleolio are already engaged. What does it mean to help the Comnenos family? Will Constantinople suspect that Wallachia is about to form an alliance with Trebizond.

That being the case, it will not agree.Anyway, they won't be able to die for a while, and don't they still have such a powerful ally as Georgia, and he is not bad at all.Let's stabilize Transylvania first.

Mary also sent to Wallachia to ask for aid, and asked for troops in exchange for the city of Belgrade.This gift is not insignificant, but a city that has been slaughtered and is still heavily guarded is not so easy to get.Not to mention Serbia.

For this request, Mircea ordered Peter to send troops to aid. With Transylvania, there would be a buffer between Wallachia and Hungary, and Hungary could be weakened.

After receiving the order, Peter allocated 6000 people to camp on the banks of the Danube, and then stopped, because one step forward would officially detonate the war.

That being said, help is needed in the face of requests.So Peter thought of changing the skin, sending the newly created Dragon Knights and Cossacks to Hungary to plunder, and packing the Negru Legion into Transylvania as mercenaries.And also assisted 20 artillery pieces and a large number of muskets, which should be the most done.

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