Chapter 140 On the Ambition of Wallachia and the Sorrow of Serbia

Walachia's approach won the support of most local people. Farmers and citizens all supported Wallachia. Church organizations also turned to the Wallachia Church because of their dissatisfaction with the Serbian monarch's conversion to Catholicism. Serbia has lost the initiative.

When the Serbian army saw the Wallachian flag flying over Pristina, they were very surprised, but they did not dare to attack directly, because Wallachia defeated the Ottomans twice in a row, and Serbia might be suspected of betraying Christianity if they fought with them.

When the envoys sent to Wallachia did not return for a long time, Brankovic realized that this was their delaying tactic, and the news that the Wallachian army occupied Pristina also came back, which caught him off guard.

"I should have thought of it earlier, how could they let Serbia get land."

Brankovic said painfully. Serbia had repeatedly jumped between Hungary and the Ottomans in the past. Although it had restored its independence, it turned to Catholicism. Orthodox Wallachia naturally refused to give in. Why should you take advantage of the land that you had worked so hard to obtain?

"What are our chances of winning if we fight Wallachia now?" Brankovich asked the ministers below.

"At present, they have occupied Pristina. Our army has no absolute chance of winning against them. And we just got the news that Grand Duke Mircea of ​​Wallachia has led his army to advance here."

Brankovich was a little scared when he heard that the Grand Duke of Wallachia began to return. He knew very well that Serbia could not fight Wallachia. The only way now was to rely on Hungary's support. Even if it could not expand, it had to keep the remaining land.

Not only that, Brankovich also withdrew the troops in Kosovo and returned to defend Smederevo with all its strength. Now, it was just waiting for the arrival of the Wallachian army.

As for Wallachia, they didn't want to annex Serbia at all, at least that's what they thought at the moment. As long as Serbia became a vassal that paid tribute, it would be fine.

Castrioti's reply also came. He agreed to these conditions. At this time, the Albanian region had not yet developed its own culture. A circle of countries around them influenced them, first Rome, then Serbia, and then Wallachia. It is a good idea to take this opportunity to assimilate.

With Castrioti's support, Wallachia's sphere of influence expanded again. From the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea, Wallachia achieved rapid expansion of territory.

Another expansion of territory brought the reputation of the Bartlan family to another peak. The identity of the chosen son was further consolidated, and there was also the title of Christian defender. This was given to the Bartlan family by the Orthodox Church, and it received a lot of support.

The expansion of Western and Central European countries relied on the support of the great nobles and lords, and after the expansion of Wallachia, the first thing it destroyed was the local aristocratic system, destroying the original great nobles and replacing them with local governments and nobles who obeyed Wallachia. This can prevent the local area from breaking away from the central government.

The lessons of the three great empires of Rome, Bulgaria, and Serbia are still fresh in our minds. The control of the central government over the local areas varies with the ability and prestige of the monarch. This is very unfavorable for the development of the country, but the soil of Europe has not developed to the highly centralized era of the East. So we can only take an intermediate value, and the counties and kingdoms will be parallel, and then slowly develop.

Since both parties agree, the next speed will be very fast. The envoys of Castrioti and Peter signed a document in Bukuriesti. Wallachia will enthronize Castrioti as the Duke of Albert, and hand over a certain amount of money and troops to the central government every year, and also hand over diplomatic rights. In exchange, he can annex the Principality of Vallora and some Ottoman territories.

As the first step to implement the parallel counties and kingdoms, Peter is not very sure. He only hopes that such submission can last for 30 years, so that the culture can gradually penetrate in. Even if the lord wants to be independent, it will be unified in the end.

The next period of time was that Wallachia annexed more and more land. 40 days later, the Wallachian army and the army of Castrioti met in Skopje, and a great power was officially born.

During this period, Serbia did nothing, and the Hungarian troops he requested were also stopped due to the obstruction of the nobles. Now, they can only rely on themselves, but it is better to rely on God than on themselves.

Mircea came to the palace built by Dushan. The tall and magnificent buildings are telling the glory of the past. In just 20 years, Serbia's national strength reached its peak, but it came and went quickly. In just 20 years, Serbia will no longer exist.

"What a good place. The incompetence of the rulers has caused this rich land to be ruled by pagans."

"But now it belongs to you."

The people around him kept complimenting him, but Mircea still felt that there was a long way to go. This land has been a major battlefield since ancient times. It is not only an important location, but also rich resources that have attracted the envy of surrounding countries, such as Wallachia and Hungary.

Now that Wallachia has obtained this place, don't let other countries take it away. Serbia is particularly important as a buffer between Hungary and Serbia.

"Send people to Serbia to see what they are like, Hungary or us?"

The former ruler of the Balkans has now become a small, wavering vassal state. And the one who rules most of the Balkans is actually just a backward civilization that they look down upon.

Around 2000 BC, Thracian tribes belonging to the Indo-European race moved north from the Greek Thrace region where they originally lived and settled in the Danube River Basin in the northern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The productivity level and cultural type of this area then transitioned from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age. The Thracian tribes living in the Danube River Basin belonged to the northern Thracian branch. They lived together with the original local residents and merged with each other, gradually forming the direct ancestors of the modern Romanian nation - the Gete-Dacians. Since then, the ancestors of Wallachia have been passed down from generation to generation, multiplying here and thriving.

After the Roman conquest, Roman colonists also forced Dacia to integrate into the Roman cultural circle and use Latin. The Roman conquest also promoted the spread of Christianity. From the 5th to the 7th century, under the influence of these factors, the Romanian nation was formed, and Latin gradually evolved into Romanian.

From the 7th century, a large number of Slavs moved to the lower reaches of the Danube, isolating the Romanians on both sides and forcing the Romanians on the south bank to migrate to the west and southeast of the Balkan Peninsula. The Romanians who migrated out merged with the local ethnic groups and their numbers continued to decrease. The Romanians on the north bank of the Danube survived as a nation under extremely difficult conditions and gradually assimilated the Slavs who settled in the area north of the Danube. Such tenacious vitality was enough to prove that Wallachia could rule here.