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Chapter 603 New War
Stefan was enjoying everything he had gained in the royal palace in London. Just a month ago, he forced the Duke of Orleans to sign the Treaty of Paris in the name of the King of France.

According to the treaty, France became part of the United Kingdom of France. Stephane declared himself regent of France and had the right to inherit the French throne after the death of King Charles VI of France. The French territory was divided into three parts controlled by Stephane, the Duke of Burgundy, and the Dauphin Charles. Britain ruled the north of France centered on Paris, while the Dauphin Charles controlled the south of France, resulting in a north-south confrontation on French territory.

When he returned, he was warmly welcomed by his subjects wherever he went, with processions and wine fountains everywhere. The King and Queen then continued their journey, visiting St. Albans, Bristol, and through Herefordshire to Shrewsbury, Coventry and Leicester. In the north, they visited York and Lincoln; in East Anglia, they visited Norwich and King's Lynn.

The real purpose of this trip was to raise more funds for the war, and the commissioners followed closely, borrowing money from priests, landowners, city councilors, and even from villagers and craftsmen. This was mainly because the expenses of the war were too high, and the income from the newly conquered territories, which were often plundered and the situation was always unstable, could not offset these expenses.

Compared to Stephen, Charles VI's life in the Palace of Saint-Pol was very miserable. The old king was mad, dirty, tattered, "almost unattended", and abandoned by everyone except some old and frail servants and a few low-ranking attendants.

Now that France, the largest bastion of Catholicism, has suffered severe damage, and there are still a lot of things happening within the Holy Roman Empire, what are we waiting for if we don't take the opportunity to expand our territory?

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your reputation is known to everyone from Scotland to Provence. Now take this opportunity to go south and eliminate the others. You will be the only king of France and England."

Earl Salisbury suggested to Stefan that although a peace treaty was signed, they both knew it was only temporary and the war would not end until the other side was completely destroyed.

"I know this. Now is the critical moment. Once Paris stabilizes, I will personally lead the army south, and then they will submit to me."

Stefan thought so and began to imagine the future. The future would be called the United Kingdom of Frank and Britain, with its capital in Paris, and his descendants would rule here.

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Constantinople has arrived and says he has urgent news."

This sentence made Stefan suddenly wake up. It was urgent news, which was not sent out easily. It must be something urgent.

"Let him in quickly"

The envoy quickly walked up to Stefan and told everyone something that no one expected: the king's father, Mircea, the first emperor of Romania, had passed away.

When Stefan first heard the news, he didn't believe it. "What? Say it again?"

"Your Majesty, your father, the great Emperor of Romania, has passed away."

After confirming that everything was correct, Stefan stood up, kept saying "impossible, impossible" and then shouted.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

After the heart-wrenching cry, Stefan burst into tears. The news came too suddenly and he was not prepared. "I will go back immediately and tell everyone that if the enemy invades, they should fight back. I want to go back to Constantinople."

No one said anything. After all, the previous emperor had passed away, and as the father of the four Bartram brothers, it would be a bit unreasonable for him not to go back to see him.

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At this time in Constantinople, Mircea's body had been buried in the Hagia Sophia, and everyone was still in grief.

Peter and his brother Mihaly, who had come rushing over, were discussing something in the room. In front of them was a huge sand table, which showed a miniature version of the mountains, rivers, plains and hills of Eastern Europe. A few years ago, Peter organized the country's most outstanding craftsmen, and based on the detailed map provided by the Ministry of Military Affairs, they used clay and sand and spent more than half a year to create such a three-dimensional, vivid and relatively accurate sand table map.

After learning that Mircea's last wish was to destroy Poland and Lithuania, Mihaly decided to fulfill this wish. He had long disliked Poland, so this was just the right time.

"According to the battle report just delivered, Livonia and Lithuania are very close recently. There is also news from the Kiev Province that there have been a lot of Polish cavalry activities recently. It seems that Władysław is a restless person."

"Humph, if he is restless, then I will make him behave himself. I think the monastery in Finland is quite peaceful. Let him live there in his old age."

Peter ignored Mihaly's punishment of Władysław and said while looking at the sand table on the table.

"This offensive will also require the support of Brandenburg. Romania will send 7 troops to attack from the south, and Russia will also send a similar number of troops to attack from the west. This will allow us to quickly eliminate the Lithuanian army, occupy Riga and Vilnius, and put pressure on Warsaw.

Brandenburg attacked from the west, occupied Prussia and Poznan, and the armies of the three countries also gathered outside Warsaw, capturing Władysław and other members of the royal family. In this way, the overall situation was determined. "

Peter's plan was to destroy the country in one fell swoop. After all, there was no point in keeping Poland. Eastern Europe needed a peaceful environment, and Poland was the destabilizing factor.

"In this case, it will take a long time. We will have to garrison in these occupied towns for a period of time to stabilize the situation and send administrators to take over the cities. In addition, the army needs a large amount of manpower to transport supplies, so it will take more than a year to take over all of them." Mihaly reminded.

"My dear brother, you are right. We still need to be careful about the revenge of some Polish and Lithuanian nobles, but we are not without any solutions." Peter slowly stated his preconceived idea: "If we can promote a group of nobles and distribute the assets of the old nobles to them, then they will have no choice but to obey our command."

"And you have to know that Romania is now engaged in another war. Although the Arabs' attention is now mainly on themselves, the empire's rapid expansion will also cause their disgust and vigilance. At this stage, we maintain peace with the Arab tribes, which is conducive to the stability of the southern part of the empire and also has great benefits for our maritime trade."

Mihaly also knew that the empire was difficult, so he didn't say much, but he also expressed his intention to occupy Warsaw. After staying in Russia for a long time, his ideas changed. He wanted to turn all Poles into slaves and work day and night, so that he could be worthy of the threat of Władysław.

(End of this chapter)