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Chapter 223 Expedition
At this time in Vilnius, various Lithuanian nobles attacked Vytautas.Hold him accountable for this failure.

"My lord, we hope you can explain Dongfang's actions."

In the council of Vilnius, Vytautas was under fire from the nobles.In this expedition, they not only lost the army, but also lost many noble children.They are all great nobles in Lithuania. They originally wanted to go to the East to make some meritorious deeds, but they lost their lives there.

Vytautas was speechless in the face of the Lithuanian nobleman's questioning, after all, the facts were here.He didn't say a word in the council, and fled here while the nobles were quarreling with each other, and returned to his manor.

He pondered for a long time at the desk, facing the current situation, he picked up the pen and paper.

"Honorable King Wladyslaw of Poland, Vytautas, the Utilizer of Lithuania, begs you..."

Vytautas had to ask his Polish relatives for help. At the same time, he granted some lands under the direct jurisdiction of the Grand Duke of Lithuania to the nobles, temporarily pacifying domestic opposition.

But the situation in the south began to deteriorate again. The Duke of Kiev led the army to attack the Cossack Emirate southward, occupying a lot of land at first, but was defeated by the Cossack army led by Apostol in the southern Kavbas area.With the support of Wallachia, the emirate quickly moved north to occupy many areas.Bingfeng pointed directly at Kyiv.

The valor of the Cossacks surpassed all men, and none but Wallachia could hold them.Mircea felt that 20000 gold coins might not be enough, so he gave another [-].At the same time it was decided to suspend the Anatolian offensive and turn to the north.

Peter was preparing to explore the vicinity of Prusa when he received Mircea's order, but he had to obey the order from above. Besides, the formation of the legion had not yet been completed, and the conquest of Ottoman was temporarily suspended.

Peter began to spend more time with his wife. Sophia's pregnancy was approaching, and the attendants were very nervous, for fear that something might happen to her.Many doctors even came to Kizikus from Bukuryeshti and Constantinople, and it can be said that everything is ready.

Mircea also wants to wait for his own grandson or granddaughter to be born, but he has bigger things to do.In the Chamber of Constantinople, he proposed to the ministers the idea of ​​going north to attack Lithuania and return the Golden Horde, but he received objections from the ministers as soon as he finished speaking.

"Your Majesty, although Lithuania has suffered a lot of losses, they have not lost a lot of land. Those nobles will definitely unite around the Grand Duke when they see our invasion, not to mention that they have assistance from Poland. I suggest that we should recover Anatolia first and then Think North."

This is the suggestion of most people, but the foreign affairs director has a different idea.

"Your Majesty, I have received news that the leader of that tribe has already attacked Kiev, and the Crimea Province has also formed an army to attack north. This is the situation in the south. The losses caused by the war are being blamed on the Grand Duke, and the situation in the south will not be overly intervened."

"What's more, Lithuania doesn't have much power over local rule. They can only rely on nobles for basic tax collection and military dispatch. If we join, it shouldn't be a problem to advance to the middle reaches of Dnieper."

Not only the courtiers, but even His Majesty the Emperor found it inconceivable that the supervisor who emphasized diplomatic solutions the most agreed to Mircea's dispatch of troops.But at least someone supported him, which made him gratified.

With the diplomatic director at the beginning, the military director also approved of Mircea's expedition.Moreover, they did not attack Lithuania directly, but instead attacked the Golden Horde through a way to try to reach the Don River, enter the Caucasus region and contact Georgia, and then they could attack Ottoman on both sides.

Planning is risky and there is a lot to prepare.Including an army and the Black Sea Fleet, food transportation must also be guaranteed, and those Tatars must be guarded against.Despite the Cossack alliance, Mircea had to make various preparations.

The provinces of Moldova, Crimea and Wallachia began partial mobilization and conscription, teaching the meaning of jihad in this coming war.Those Peasant Crusaders were also praised by the Church as saviors of their fellow Orthodox Christians.

Conscription in Crimea Province was the smoothest, and those residents who became free people joined the army without hesitation under the call of religion.Not only is the influence of religion, but the government also issued an announcement that everyone will be rewarded generously when the war ends.

With the double influence of spirit and wealth, the first batch of 2 troops was assembled in Veruga soon.As a vanguard, they were led by another general, Radu, and first entered the town of Ross in the north, and then went west to attack the fortress of Azov.

"Soldiers of Wallachia, a great and difficult war is ahead. You are not fighting for one man. You are fighting for the glory of your country, and for God. The pagan rule has collapsed. We will put those Rescue the oppressed compatriots."

Radu is not only good at using soldiers, but also good at speech.Under his call, the morale of the army was high, and they quickly headed north to the town of Ross. The previous Peasant Crusade cleared most of the obstacles for them, and they would soon reach their destination.

Mircea also sent those mercenaries to the north. Anyway, keeping them would be an unstable factor. Sending them to the north might earn him military merit or something.Isn't it nice to have not only military ranks, but also land.

In the past few years, Wallachia counted 11369 mercenaries.As for why there are so many people in the Balkans, it is not because of the chaos of the previous hundred years. They are idle and not engaged in production, which is an unstable factor in Wallachia. Out of the need to harass the enemy, some mercenaries let go Go to the borders of Bosnia and Ottoman to harass, and the rest will be sent to some adventure and colonial teams. Second, taking advantage of this war, it is best to be able to solve this bomb in one go.If you win, you can give them land, and if you lose, you can use them as cannon fodder.

The entire Balkans began to move again. Such a big movement was only in the second Wallachia-Ottoman war. At that time, both sides tried their best. established its current dominance.

Over the past few years, the power of firearms has often been a key factor in fighting enemy forces.Mircea also valued firearms, although the cost was a bit high, but it was not worth mentioning in the face of the spoils obtained.All kinds of firearms are equipped to the standing army, which only obeys Mircea's orders and is the trump card of Wallachia.In this expedition, Mircea took such a trump card to show others what an army is.

(End of this chapter)