eastern european eagle

Chapter 88

This Orthodox order, which combines the characteristics of the Knights Hospitaller and other orders, is named after the disciple of Jesus, Andrew, and is called the Andrei Order.

It should be said that the dean of the monastery is also very powerful. He directly devoted himself to the planning work in a fanatical state, obtained the start-up funds by relying on the donations of believers and land income, and recruited 28 monks with high standards. batch of monks.

However, despite how fanatical Andre would be, the Orthodox Church is also in full swing, all of which were brought about by the compromise between the Patriarch and the Grand Duke.

As early as after the signing of the Ottoman peace treaty, Grand Duke Mircea had a series of conversations with Archbishop Carol. Mircea knew that religion is the most effective way to connect peoples who use different languages.

The church also wants to acquire land and increase its influence, but the land must be bestowed by the Grand Duke himself, and anything done at the meeting must be reported to the Grand Duke. It can be seen from this that the Church of Wallachia has not yet broken away from the government. It is also in line with the practice that the Orthodox Church is controlled by the government.

Now the most buildings being built in Wallachia are churches and monasteries. This is to better spread religion and control the area, and it is also to attract foreign believers to migrate here.

In the process of attracting immigrants, fishermen and artisans are given special attention.Because fishermen are the reserve of naval sailors, sailors are needed no matter whether it is a long voyage or a navy.For this reason, Wallachia has set very good conditions for naval recruitment, with allowances and taxes being added and subtracted in half.Although it is not as good as Venice and Genoa, it is the best treatment compared with the Eastern Mediterranean.

Moreover, the nobles exploited the fishermen very heavily these days.Generally speaking, those coastal lords will require fishermen to hand over more than 4% of their catch.Among them, some are fresh sea fish.The rest are marinated salted fish.

These days, a lot of salt is used to pickle salted fish.The fishermen themselves are very poor, and they have to pay for expensive salt-cured salted fish to give to the lord.All in all, the cost they handed over to the lord reached as much as 1% of the catch.Plus [-]% of the catch that needs to be handed over to the church.Therefore, the fishermen's harvest is only about [-]% left, so life is very difficult.

But now, what the fishermen need to hand over, including the church's tithe, only costs about 4% of the harvest, which is nearly half the usual amount.Naturally, fishermen will have a much better life.

At the same time, the sailors of the merchant fleet are also a source of the navy, but Wallachia's own merchant fleet is not enough, and they will compete with the navy, so they must continue to recruit, and may open a naval school.

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While everything was going on, Peter had a bad idea. He gathered the Guards and the Cossack Guards and marched towards Nis. He heard that Brankovich had become the head of Serbia, and he planned to go to congratulate him.

"Is the congratulatory gift ready?"

"My lord, everything is ready."

Peter looked at the cannons and shells, and nodded in satisfaction.If the other party is a smart person, it should come soon.

Krusevac, the capital of Serbia, after Nis was acquired in Wallachia, Brankovic planned to move the capital to avoid the edge.But now he needs stability, and only when he is stable can he execute the plan.

For this reason, he couldn't eat well or sleep well every day, he was busy on the front line every day, and he went to church to pray.Hope everything goes well.

On the 49th day of his prayer, a bad news came: Wallachian troops assembled in Nis.It seems to be playing Krusevac.

This news directly frightened Brankovich into a fool. Right now his soldiers are still in Sudan. Even if they can be mobilized urgently, how can they be compared with the soldiers on the other side? Sending them to the battlefield, isn’t that just a contribution to the other side? ?

"How many people are there?"

"I don't know, at least 6000 people, and there are 200 knights."

Hearing this number, Brankovich was a little dizzy. You must know that there are 6000 people, and there are 200 knights.He can believe that these 6000 people are improvised, but these 200 knights cannot be faked.The other side must be prepared.

"What can we do?" Brankovich began to panic.If the opponent wants to attack here, then he doesn't have enough strength to stop it.

Although he could ask Ottomans for help, as far as he knew Wallachia and Ottomans had already signed a peace treaty.In the treaty, the two sides do not invade each other, but Serbia is not included, and Osman may not join this possible war for himself, so he can only ask for peace.

"Order all the troops to assemble. Huh, wait, wait." Brankovich wiped his sweat while giving orders to his subordinates.

Within a few days, news of the Wallachian army gathering spread throughout Krusevac. Some people were terrified, fearing that their property would be damaged; some people rejoiced, thinking that Brother Christ had come.

Some Ottoman sipahis also knew the news, but because of the treaty they could only wait for the sultan's order. As long as the sultan gave the order, they would immediately go to break Wallachia.

But Nis's army was training and hunting all day long, and there was no battle at all, which made the Serbian defenders who were nervous at the beginning begin to relax.Thinking they were just bluffing and not planning to attack in the first place.But Brankovich always had vaguely uneasy thoughts.

"What the hell are they going to do?"

The answer was soon revealed, and two super big guys arrived at night ten days later.

Peter patted the two guys, thinking that the other party would definitely come.And it's still rolling and crawling.

This is a super siege gun made by the artillery craftsman after two years. It weighs nine tons and has a caliber of more than 450mm. It was the first test fired.With an earth-shaking roar, the shell sank into the 1-foot-deep mud 6 kilometer away.

Such artillery was transported with a lot of effort, and there were mountains and rivers along the way, which also increased the difficulty of transportation.At the same time, a team of engineers was responsible for building a bridge and opening the road ahead, but fortunately, it has already been transported.

In order to install these cumbersome metal cannons, the soldiers used a complex pulley system. In order to prevent the defenders from destroying these expensive weapons, huge wooden shields were specially installed to provide protection for the cannons, while the shells and gunpowder were transported by the fleet using rivers. Come.The artillery unit consists of two well-trained team members who are fully responsible for the arrangement, loading, firing and even maintenance of the artillery.

"Order, the army will go to Serrera Castle tomorrow."

The castle, 15 kilometers away from Krusevac, was originally Lazarevich's castle and later fell into the hands of Brankovich.Peter made up his mind to use this castle to give Serbia a fatal attack.

(End of this chapter)