eastern european eagle

Chapter 215 Change
The one-year civil war has set Hungary back hundreds of years, with a large number of exiles, economic decline, people's livelihoods, and borders.

Regardless of the warnings of the great nobles and the Catholic Church, Mary not only renewed the alliance treaty with Wallachia, but also went a step further, intending to further unite Hungary and Wallachia.She sent representatives to Constantinople to discuss matters, hoping to achieve a union between the two countries.

Mary is not stupid, she knows that Wallachia not only wants Transylvania, but the whole of Hungary is their goal.Not only Wallachia, but Poland and Shinra are also eyeing it. If this is the case, why not join your own allies, so that those political affairs have nothing to do with you.

When the Hungarian Civil War came to an end, the alliance of Croatia and Bosnia was under unprecedented pressure. Whether it was from the east, north or west, their size could not be head-to-head.The two countries can only survive in the cracks, carefully maintaining the balance.

Bosnia was forced to pay tribute to Wallachia every year to obtain the protection promise of the other party. Croatia also gave up its unrealistic fantasy. Originally, independence is a good thing. If you look closely, you will be surrounded by guys a hundred times bigger than yourself. How can you play this? .

Croatia had to ask for help from Venice and Sigismund, because Wallachia and Mary both believed in the Orthodox Church. Louis was afraid and hoped that his brothers could support him.

Wallachia has no intention of doing anything against Croatia for the time being, and it just happens to be a buffer first.As long as he doesn't take things too seriously, he, the king, can still stand in front of him.

As the Crusaders regained the coastal areas of southern Anatolia, attacks to the north and inland were also on the agenda.Before that, Peter let the Cossacks and mercenaries harass Suleiman's border. Now, taking advantage of Suleiman's attack on other brothers' territories, he is considering going north to recover the three important towns of Prusa, Nicaea and Nicomedia.

According to Constantine's estimate, it will take 7 troops, more than 200 million funds and nearly a year to regain these places.This is not a small amount of expenditure for Wallachia that has just stabilized, because it includes not only military pay, but also the cost of transporting materials, building bridges and roads, and appeasing the people. Not those Christian-majority cities in the Balkans where Crescentism is dominant, especially Prusa, except for the Christians who do business here.

In addition, as the capital of the Ottomans, Prusa has extremely strong city defenses.The defenses have been strengthened since Orhan Sultan, even better than Nicaea.This made it more difficult to regain lost ground.

In order to go deep into the land of the pagans, Peter began to send new types of soldiers to fight. These pagan children in the Balkans became the most fanatical Orthodox Christians after being influenced by monasteries and missionaries, and they would sacrifice their lives for their faith.

They usually belonged to the light cavalry, but also a small number belonged to other types of soldiers.Equipped with scimitars, bows and arrows and other weapons, as long as they give an order, they will rush to the pagan phalanx. In the battle to recover Smyrna, these cavalry made the Turks fearful and became the key to the collapse of the morale of the Turkic army factor.

Such cavalry numbered 1000 and caused heavy losses to the Ottomans when fighting on the frontier.Even the local bey bribed with money to no avail, and the slaughter and looting continued.The Turks were forced to leave the place where they lived.

Whether it is military operations or daily expenses, these all cost money.Wallachia's treasury has been tossing for two years.In the end, only 20 lei remained in the treasury.The Chancellor of the Exchequer was about to cry, and he kept writing letters to Peter, hoping to persuade the Grand Duke, no, he is the co-emperor, don't spend money lavishly, the treasury can't stand it anymore.

Peter also had a headache, because his father had written to him before, saying that he planned to expand the standing army to 8, and the military expenditure would be doubled directly, but the tax revenue would not be doubled suddenly, and the deficit would reappear sooner or later.

In order to make up for the impending gap, Peter had to choose the best short-term solution: to support war with war.The reason why Napoleon was able to carry on continuous wars was to rely on this method, forcing the defeated countries to pay money and replenish manpower, so as to maintain the huge military power of the empire. Unfortunately, after the failure of the Eastern Expedition to Russia, this method was no longer applicable, because there was no The country is willing to pay.

Peter’s strategy of using war to support war combined the expansion of territory, trying to expand in Anatolia, and collecting the property of Turkic nobles and merchants to fill the treasury. He did not believe that the Turks had settled in Anatolia for hundreds of years. People have a breeze in their sleeves.

For domestic pagans, Peter had limited preservation while adhering to Orthodox orthodoxy.He imposed an additional poll tax on those heretics, and restricted their other rights. Although they became second-class citizens, they could still pass.

Since religions are not easy to change, change their language and customs.Peter confiscated many crescent religious schools and converted them into Orthodox missionary schools.The language, customs, etc. are all closer to Greece-Walachia. Although there are obstacles in the process of expropriation, the task is successfully completed.

After half of the summer, Kizikus began to gather troops. Suleiman and other Turkic states, which were closest to Wallachia, felt dangerous and had to send part of their troops to defend.

In the distance, Muhammad was very happy to see that Wallachia was about to attack. He directly sent 10 silver coins to help out, and also proposed to attack with Wallachia.

Peter knew what he was going to do and politely declined the other party's request.After all, he still wants to see what he can do without these children from the Balkans. As for himself, he is in Kizikus just for training. Antalya, which was newly conquered by the Crusaders, needs to be defended and the supply line must be protected. .It all required armies and forts, so money was tight.

When funds are tight, it is natural to plunder, the Turks want to rob, and the Catholic Church cannot be left behind.Some of the things that have not been clearly protected by Venice are his targets, the most important one is Cyprus, some other small regimes are temporarily ignored, and the flesh is small, just need to deter them.

Seven years have changed the historical trajectory of Wallachia. Peter sometimes feels that he is not governing the country, but playing a business strategy game, but everything is so real. The reform and prosperity of Wallachia is true, and the sequelae of reform and expansion It is also true, but the advantages cover up the disadvantages.Like the Qin Reform, Wallachia is about to complete its transformation from a barbarian in the eyes of Western Europe to a successor to the Roman Empire.

　I'm sorry, I've been too busy recently, staying up late every day, but I don't know how to be an eunuch, don't worry.

　　
　
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