Chapter 186 Cannibalization
The King of Bosnia stood firmly with Hungary, exchanging the other side's protection for a tribute of 10,000 gold coins every year, but now Hungary can't even protect itself, how can it protect him?
For Serbia's anti-Walachia alliance, Bosnia also joined, but the surrounding powers were not interested. It was impossible for them to defeat the other side with just the two of them and a pagan country.
In this case, it was Wallachia's turn to take action. Under the pretext of the anti-Walachia alliance, war can be waged against it, and the validity period is permanent. Use results: annexation, cession of land, compensation, etc.
However, annexation is not the most important thing now. What is really important is that Peter's sister, Mary of Wallachia, married the King of Naples, Laszlo.
The dowry prepared by Peter and Mircea for Mary was also very generous. The total value of various gifts added up to more than 300,000 Venetian ducats. Including silk, spices, ivory, etc., are all rare luxury goods, which shows that Wallachia also attaches great importance to this marriage.
The ship docked at the port of Duratium. Mary reluctantly said goodbye to her mother, Lady Maria, and boarded the ship to Naples. She was accompanied by more than 200 maids, priests, diplomats, etc. This was the largest dowry team in Wallachia. Mary also became the princess of the man with the highest status in Wallachia.
Michael and the bride in Moscow also chose a date to hold the wedding, and Vlad and Anne's engagement was also agreed to under Wenzel's continued increase. In addition to Bohemia and Brandenburg, all the territories of the Luxembourg family after the extinction of the family also belonged to the Bartram family. Such an agreement was too generous, and the bride would also be sent to Bucuriesti on a chosen day. This was not only to protect Anne's safety, but also to give a big gift to her good brother. Since she had suffered so much, Sigismund should not think about having an easy time.
There were more and more refugees in Hungary, but the government and nobles not only did not help them, but raised the price of food and made a fortune from the national disaster. The anger of the peasants had reached its peak. Finally, in the winter of that year, a peasant uprising led by the bankrupt Hungarian noble Sayav Joyce broke out in Pécs and quickly spread to other places.
Sigismund begged the nobles for soldiers and money. In return, Sigismund issued a peasant decree, stipulating that peasants must work on the landlord's land permanently and cannot migrate freely; they need to serve the landlord for 4 days a week; after the peasants die, the landlord has the right to share one-third to one-half of the property; the landlord can buy and sell serfs at will, etc. These clauses protect the interests of the big landlords and nobles. At this point, Sigismund finally gathered 11,000 troops to suppress the uprising.
Hungary was unstable. Grand Duke Mary, who had been in Cluj for nearly two years, felt that it was time, so after receiving the news of the rebels' request for help, she ordered 3,000 troops to cross the Tisza River to attack. The target was the important town of Pozzoni in the north.
Perhaps God felt that Hungary was not in chaos enough, so he added fuel to the fire. The nobles in the Croatian region decided to end the personal union with Hungary for a hundred years, elected their own king Louis I, and the Kingdom of Croatia was established.
The result of the four-way chaos was to let Wallachia watch the show quietly, and continue to expand its territory. At this time, it was an opportunity to annex Serbia. Peter ordered the four major legions and Cossacks to advance quickly towards the Serbian capital Smederevo, and at the same time let the Grand Duke use Serbia's formation of an anti-Valachian alliance as an excuse to avoid sending troops without reason.
At this time, the Wallachian Navy appeared again. They assembled 4,000 soldiers and more than 200 large and small ships from the Danube to the Morava River. The defenders of Smederevo were shocked when they saw this and quickly reported it to King Brankovic.
Brankovic felt that this day had finally come. He put on armor, climbed the city wall, and gave a final speech to the defenders and citizens.
"If God has no mercy on Serbia, then we will use our blood and lives to let those enemies know that Serbia will never perish. Even if our bodies are destroyed, our deeds will be remembered forever."
The brutal siege began. The Wallachian army attacked with artillery and catapults, and the defenders responded with bows and arrows. Wallachia surrounded this place by land and sea, and there was plenty of time to consume them.
After five days of attack, Grand Duke Mircea declared war on Serbia on the grounds that Serbia had formed an anti-Walachia alliance. Then Peter's army quickly set out from Kruševac to attack northwards. Along the way, they were unstoppable. Some castles surrendered directly, and even Dushan's resurrection would be of no avail.
The King of Bosnia did send 2,000 troops, but they just went around the border and went back. It seems that they also knew that it was not good to offend Wallachia.
With no war preparations and no reinforcements, Smederevo held out desperately for seven days. On the twelfth day after the siege began, the city was broken, Brankovic was killed, and only 900 old, weak, women and children were left in the city. Serbia, a country that gained independence in 1190, perished after experiencing a cycle of prosperity and decline, and was established 206 years ago.
After the capital was captured, other places also surrendered, because resistance was no longer meaningful. After swallowing here, Wallachia gradually extended its hand into Central Europe, and Hungary and Bosnia were his next targets.
One victory after another made the people of Wallachia excited, and with the guidance of the church and the university, they felt that the Bartland family was the chosen son of God, the angel sent by God to save them. They must unite closely around the Bartland family and make Wallachia glorious.
Mircea began to rewrite the family history. His ancestor Basarab was a leader of wisdom and courage. He led the people of Wallachia to defeat Hungary and gain independence. The subsequent grand dukes also devoted themselves to the work of defending the new country. Their efforts laid the foundation for the current expansion. In his generation, Wallachia began to rise. In a few years, the area of Wallachia reached its peak by swallowing land, expanding greatly, and beating the Ottoman Empire, and this peak is still growing.
Mircea continued to deify the family with the power of the church. In the hearts of the Orthodox Christians, they were higher than those in Constantinople. Some people even prepared to support the Bartlan family and abolish the throne of the Palaeologus. Anyway, their heirs were married to the Palaeologus family, so those men were useless.
This was not the idea of one noble family, but the idea of many noble families. Now that Basilius was declining, it was better to abolish it and establish a new king, so that they could also ask for a reward. However, according to the mess they did, prison, monastery or hell were also possible.