eastern european eagle

Chapter 192 The Times Create Heroes

"Quick, let's go!"

In Smederevo, some citizens watched as Wallachian soldiers escorted away the domineering nobles in the city.It doesn't matter where they go, but according to the Grand Duke's decree issued by the new mayor, they will not have to pay taxes for the next few years.This is no small boon to them who have been oppressed by nobles, monarchs and the Catholic Church.

"We can also rest for a few years without having to endure various taxes."

A businessman said to others that they have to pay more than a dozen kinds of taxes in a year, and it is not bad to have a little surplus.Now that Wallachia is directly exempt from taxes, they have to confess the Grand Duke.

"After a few days, let's go to Nishi to have a look. I heard that life is very good there."

"Um"

After Wallachia took over Smederevo, it began to gradually transform it.The Catholic Church was squeezed by the Orthodox Church, and a large amount of land was owned by Wallachian nobles and grand dukes.But the lives of farmers and citizens are much better, at least they don't have to worry about the east.

It will be a bumpy process to replace the nobles with bureaucrats for local governance, including integration and assimilation. All of these will take time, maybe ten years or hundreds of years.

Conquering the world is easy, but governing the world is difficult. Although Wallachia chose bureaucracy and centralization, it was not all smooth sailing in the process of implementing reforms.In Nis and Skopje, some local nobles revolted, and some serfs rebelled because they were overwhelmed by the use of money and land rent. If the defenders were not dispatched quickly, Wallachia should be full of wars.

However, after the initial pains, Wallachia has begun to rejuvenate.The self-cultivating farmers and the burgher class expanded rapidly, the examination system initially stabilized, and everything was developing in a positive direction.

Most fundamentally, Wallachia carried the banner of the Orthodox Church.Integrate the Balkans without mentioning Bulgarians, Serbs, and Greeks, dilute the consciousness of these nationalities, and avoid future splits.

Wallachia also established itself as the great savior of the Orthodox Church and the heir to the Roman Empire by absorbing the culture of Eastern Rome, especially the so-called historians found by the Grand Duke, who compared the Constantinople Library and Wallachia Collections across the country were scoured, linking Wallachia with the Roman Empire.This sets the stage for the inheritance of the Roman Empire.

Who can forge documents? Habsburg can forge great privileges, but Bartram can't?At this time, even if it is a forgery, they will believe that it is true.

Since it is the successor of the Roman Empire, it must also bear the responsibility of fighting against the heretics.Anatolia, the Levant, Jerusalem, Egypt were suffering from pagan rule and needed Wallachia to save them.At the same time, large tracts of land and markets can also meet the needs of domestic nobles and businessmen. Coupled with the sacred mission of the Orthodox Church, it is already a domestic consensus that Wallachia will replace Constantinople.

There are a lot of refugees from the upper reaches of the Danube. They are all bankrupt farmers and handicraftsmen. In order not to be exploited by the nobles, they can only immigrate to Transylvania and Wallachia, forming a very large immigration. tide.Migrants are estimated to make up one-third of Hungary's population.

The turmoil in Hungary gave Poland an opportunity, and Wladyslaw had always wanted to restore the Polish-Hungarian union.The turmoil in neighboring countries gave him an opportunity.But Wallachia could make him get what he wished, and he exchanged hands with the Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Knights. The knights wanted to get the area in the middle reaches of the Vistula River, so they rubbed at the border, so that Wladyslaw could not vacate energy.

The next target was still to the east, targeting Anatolia and the Ukrainian plains.Wallachia will launch a more violent attack, I don't know if the other party is ready.

----split line----

Timur mobilized a large number of troops, including musketeers and elephant troops, and the main assault force was cavalry. near gas.

Timur, who was on the offensive side, saw that the Ottoman army arrived early and took advantage of the situation. Although he was superior in strength, Timur, who had experienced many battles, decided to use the superb mobility of Timur's army to bypass the defense line and copy from the south. road.At the same time, in order to lure the Ottoman army to a decisive battle on the plains, Timur ordered the army to ignore the Ottoman army and just meet and leave. Sure enough, Bayezid was fooled. Little tricks to deceive, but at the moment, Bayezid, who was dazzled by the upcoming victory and drained of fighting spirit and energy by the debauchery and easy life, immediately set out to follow closely.

At this time, Bayezid had nearly 12 troops, most of which were reorganized from other Emir countries.There are also [-] Turkic mercenaries, adding up to [-] troops.And Timur's army is slightly lower than Bayezid, I don't know how this genius general will respond.

Still the same as in the previous life, Timur lured Bayezid to Ankara.The open terrain was perfect for Timur's cavalry archers, and Bayezid had everything ready, although his orders exhausted the soldiers.

Early the next morning, both sides had already lined up.Timur divided his horse archers into four parts, one in the center, two on the flanks and one in reserve, and his elephant army was placed in the forward position Bayezid had a strong The central army, the archers are in the front, the Praetorians are in the second column, the Sipahi cavalry is in reserve, the left flank has light cavalry from the Crimea region, and his right flank is from Anatolia and Tatar mercenaries.Bayezid wanted his flank forces in defensive positions to hold out until he could counterattack with his center force.

Timur moved his flank armies forward, leaving his center behind.The battle officially began when the left flank of the Ottoman army was attacked by enemy cavalry.But they managed to stop the Timurid army and inflict heavy casualties on them.

The Timurid army launched another wave of bigger offensives.This time an attempt was made to outflank them, but the left flank held its ground.Simultaneously Timurid's left wing attacked the Ottoman right wing, commanded by Prince Suleiman.Timur also sent his central army forward to engage in a scuffle with the Bayezid Guards.

However, some Turkic mercenaries turned directly to attack the Ottoman army. It turned out that they changed their allegiance to Timur directly.This made Osman's situation somewhat unfavorable.

However, thanks to Ottoman's large army and the failure to conquer the Christian world, the remaining Sipahi and Yenicheri were tightly united around the Sultan, so those things such as declining morale and being divided and surrounded did not occur. , The two sides fought for a whole day, but there was no result.

(End of this chapter)