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Chapter 164 Occupation of Belgrade

The next step is self-development, and it is impossible for you to intervene too much in the economy and the market.What Peter can do now is to learn from Colbert, implement mercantilism and encourage land reclamation besides researching and developing new products.

Meanwhile on the colonial front, the Ross Company was reorganized into the Eastern Company.Responsible for economic and trade affairs in Ross, Asia Minor, Caucasus and other regions, and also responsible for investigating local work. At present, most of the affairs are still in the Ross region, and the development of Asia Minor is slow.

The person in charge of the Eastern Company is a businessman, and Peter just sends someone to supervise.Part of the profits have to be handed over every year, and before they know it, economic colonization is complete.

The Eastern Company has established a business house in the Rus region of Lithuania for trade, and also extended north to Moscow by the Dnieper and Volga rivers.A trade route from Bukuryeshti to Moscow was completed.

The development of commerce and trade increased Wallachia's income, and the Grand Duke invested part of the income in economic activities, which was a virtuous circle.The increasing wealth has also made many countries jealous, but it is not easy to attack without a suitable excuse. Who made them need Wallachia to block Ottoman.

Wallachia also paid less attention to Ottomans, and now they are more concerned about the situation in Transylvania.

In Atlaide, the Hungarian army attacked for half a month without defeating it.The opponent's will to fight is too fierce.

Sigismund is in a hurry, the previous journey was in turmoil, why can't we move now.

What's more terrible is that his funds are running out. Because of the outbreak of the civil war, Sigismund took part of it from the pockets of the Hungarian nobles, but it was only enough for three months.Moreover, the other expenses of the soldiers are also very large, which are not enough at all.

And now, they're stymied in Adelaide.If you can't break through, I'm afraid the soldiers will mutiny.

Sigismund continued to sell the royal property in Hungary, a large number of manors were sold, and the nobles took this opportunity to continue to grow, which made Sigismund even more difficult to compete.

In order to further gain the support of other classes, Mary signed the "Farmers Act".Confiscated all noble lands in Transylvania that were loyal to Sigismund and gave them to Orthodox nobles and the Orthodox Church who were loyal to her.Some serfs who worked on the land were freed, which made the people at the bottom directly support Mary, and even many Hungarian farmers fled to Transylvania at the risk of being arrested.

In order to defend their homeland, all the people of Transylvania are soldiers. With a population of more than 30, [-] troops broke out. They attacked westward and fought to protect their beliefs.

Peter's army has reached Belgrade along the Danube. This fortress on the Danube is really important.Bella, the head of the Negru Legion, decided to capture this place first, and then go north to rescue Transylvania.

Belgrade had 1000 defenders, and Sigismund ordered most of the defenders to be sent to attack Transylvania.So when they found that there was an army attacking outside the city, they were very frightened.Start calling for help from Buda.

Cossack troops were arranged to plunder around, while the Negru Legion waited for the artillery to come.Simultaneously build siege equipment and reconnaissance intelligence.

Some survivors of the massacre heard that there was an army attacking here, and they came to the camp to volunteer information and guides, and told them what happened to them in the city.

"It's cruel, they are all going to hell."

When the priest accompanying the army heard what had happened, he was furious, wishing he could immediately enter Belgrade and kill all these heretics.

"Father, it's not the time yet. We will make them pay the price once the aid arrives."

Belgrade was besieged by unknown troops, and the news made Sigismund faint again.He could only let the Hungarian Parliament continue to pay, but the nobles did not buy it at all.What does Transylvania have to do with them, they might as well continue to take care of their own land.

And Sigismund's hometown, Shinra, has been a bit unfavorable to him recently.He joined the alliance of nobles who opposed his brother Wenzel a few years ago, and forced him to make concessions two years ago, but as Hungary fell into civil war, Wenzel began to stir again.Moreover, the movement to criticize Catholicism within Bohemia was also used by Wenzel, trying to use this force to defeat them.

Whoever Sigismund was, though, he would not be overwhelmed by the difficulties at hand.He began to keep in contact with the nobles of Shinra and Hungary, using his diplomatic ability to maintain the balance between the countries, and ordered the army to pacify Transylvania as soon as possible.

The Hungarian army continued to storm Atlaide, and it was about to lose its hold.Fortunately, Mary and the soldiers from the chamber of commerce have arrived at the front line and brought supplies into the battle to defend the city.There is no way, the Hungarian commander can only continue to confront.

The Archbishop of Buda asked Rome for help and offered permission to form a crusade.The intelligence network in Buda told Peter the news, and Peter understood that if the Crusaders were allowed to form, then Transylvania would be even less able to resist.

"Tell this news to Cluj, and let our people make some noise, the bigger the better."

Peter provided artillery and gunpowder for the army attacking Belgrade. At this time, Belgrade did not build defensive buildings that would later fight with Ottomans. Naturally, its defensive capabilities were low, but its geographical location also showed that it was not so easy to fight.

The Negru Legion began to attack non-stop. The ammunition fired by the artillery fell on the city wall, the defenders, and the buildings in the city. The fragments produced by the explosion injured many people.

The psychological defense of the defenders gradually collapsed, mainly because they had never seen so many artillery pieces with such a lethality.And they have only 2000 civilians plus defenses. It is really...

After a 20-day siege, Legionnaire artillery brought down a section of the city wall west of Belgrade.The army and the crusaders formed by Andrei swarmed, and that night, Belgrade's defenders were cleared, and they completely occupied the city.

After the fall of Belgrade, the door of Hungary was wide open, and the Vojvodina region faced foreign attacks at any time.But because they couldn't get off the field directly, the news was compiled into a joint army composed of Transylvanian troops and Orthodox Christians to capture here.And spread the tragedy of the Belgrade massacre in various ways.

Whether it was commoners, nobles or the church, they were all angry.Patriarch Carol proposed to form an army to go to conquer, and all the boyars would also go to attack Hungary, and even said that Serbia, which could not be stopped, would pay the price.

(End of this chapter)