The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Stefan was enjoying everything he had gained in the palace in London. Just a month ago, he forced the Duke of Orleans to sign the Treaty of Paris in the name of the French King.

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

When he returned, he was warmly welcomed by his subjects wherever he went, with parades and wine fountains everywhere. The King and Queen then continued their journey to St. Albans, Bristol, and via 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 true purpose of the trip was to raise more money for the war effort, and the commissioners followed suit, borrowing money from clergy, landowners, city councilors, and even villagers and craftsmen. This was mainly because the costs of war were too high, and the newly conquered territories were often pillaged and the situation was always unstable, and the revenue could not offset these expenses.

Compared with Stefan, Charles VI's life in Saint-Pol Palace was very miserable. The old king was mad, dirty, disheveled, "almost neglected," and abandoned by all but a few old and frail servants and a few low-level retainers.

Now that France, the largest bastion of Catholicism, has suffered heavy losses, and there are still a lot of things going on within the HRE, what are you waiting for if you don't take the opportunity to expand your territory now?

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your reputation is known 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."

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

"I know this. Now is the critical time. When Paris stabilizes, I will personally lead the army south, and then they will surrender to me."

Stefan thought so, and he had already begun to think about the future. In the future, it will be called the United Kingdom of Frank and Britain, with its capital in Paris, and then let his descendants rule here.

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Constantinople has arrived, saying there is urgent news."

This sentence made Stefan suddenly wake up. Urgent news, this is not something that is sent out easily. There must be something urgent.

"Let him in quickly"

The envoy quickly walked up to Stefan, and then said something that everyone expected. The king's father, Mircea, the first emperor of Romania, died.

When he heard the news, Stefan still didn't believe it. "What, you say it again?"

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

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

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

After the heartbreaking cry, Stefan burst into tears. The news came so suddenly that he was not prepared.

"I will go back immediately and tell everyone that if the enemy invades, they will fight back. I want to return to Constantinople."

No one said anything. After all, the previous emperor passed away. As the father of the four Bartlan brothers, it was unreasonable not to go back and take a look.

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At this time in Constantinople, Mircea's body was buried in Hagia Sophia. No one was free from sadness.

Peter and his brother Mihai, who came over, were discussing things in the room. There was a huge sand table in front of them, showing the mountains, rivers, plains and hills of Eastern Europe in miniature. A few years ago, Peter organized the most outstanding craftsmen in the country. , based on the detailed map provided by the Ministry of Military Affairs, it took more than half a year to use clay and sand to create such a three-dimensional, image and relatively accurate sand table map.

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

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

"Huh, if he is restless, then I will make him calm. I think the monastery in Finland is quite quiet, so let him go there to retire."

Peter ignored Mihai's punishment of Wladyslaw and looked at the sand tray on the table.

"This attack will also need the support of Brandenburg. Romania will send 70,000 troops to attack from the south, and Russia will send a similar number of troops to attack to the west. Only in this way can the Lithuanian army be eliminated as soon as possible, and then Riga and Vilnius can be occupied. Sri Lanka, putting pressure on Warsaw.

Brandenburg attacked from the west and occupied Prussia and Poznan. The armies of the three countries also gathered under Warsaw and captured Wladyslaw and other members of the royal family. In this way, the overall situation was decided. "

Peter's plan was to destroy the country in one fell swoop. After all, there was no use keeping Poland. Eastern Europe needs a peaceful environment, and Poland is that unstable factor.

"In this case, it will take a long time. We will have to stay in these occupied towns for a period of time to stabilize the situation, dispatch chief executives to take over the cities, and the army needs a lot of manpower to transport supplies, so there is no one We can’t win them all in a year,” Mihai 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 means." Peter slowly expressed his pre-conceived idea: "If we can promote a group of nobles , give them the assets of the old nobles, then they can only obey our command. "

"And you have to know that Romania is going to fight another war now. Although the attention of the Arabs is now mainly on themselves, the empire's excessive expansion will also arouse their disgust and vigilance. At this stage, we and the Arabs Keeping the tribes stable is beneficial to the stability of the southern part of the empire and is also of great benefit to our maritime trade.”

Mihai also knew that the empire was in trouble, 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 Władysław's threat.