The Eagle of Eastern Europe

The Bulgarian system is similar to that of Western Europe, with a dozen big nobles and countless small nobles forming a political system. Ruled by the Bulgarian Tsar, if you encounter a weak Tsar, you can only maintain superficial unity.

You want to centralize power, but those nobles don't think so. They only think about how to expand the family's power, and it is very easy for them to get stuck.

For example, when the Ottoman Turks captured Philadelphia, the last city of the Byzantine Empire in Asia Minor, Peliologos' attitude towards the emperors. Relying on its strong city walls for many years, Philadelphia persisted in resisting the offensive of the Turkic army and was unwilling to retreat or surrender. It was not until 1390 that it finally fell into the hands of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid. Leading Philadelphia's army and people to resist the enemy were some famous local families, including the famous Tagaris family.

During Philadelphia's fight against the Turks, the Pope's attitude was that if the city supported the Pope and believed in Catholicism, it could provide military assistance. George Tagaris, a member of the Tagaris family, agreed with the Pope's advice and later became a Catholic. Another member of the family, Paul Tagaris, turned out to be an Orthodox cleric and for a time disguised himself as the Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem. When his impersonation was discovered, he fled to Italy, where he renounced the Orthodox Church and joined the Roman Church. In 1380, Pope Urban VI was deceived into appointing him Catholic Archbishop of Constantinople. But around 1385, his deception was discovered and he was arrested and imprisoned. He was not released until 1389.

However, because of Ottoman, the Bulgarian regime had a chance to reorganize. Mircea understood that only with the support of small and medium-sized nobles could he gain a foothold here.

For this reason, Mircea decided to use land canonization to regain them. However, specific measures have yet to be discussed.

Peter also knew that this was a way to quickly increase the loyalty of the nobles, but if a large number of canonizations were made, it would increase the power of the local nobles, which was not a good idea for Peter, who wanted to create centralized power.

And not surprisingly, Peter was appointed governor of Bulgaria by Mircea. His power was greater than before, granting him the power of life and death and the power to mobilize armies for crusade.

As for the Bulgarian tsar, Mircea planned to visit Nicopolis after signing the peace treaty. He should be quite knowledgeable.

After a short period of repair, the father-son coalition began to move south. It was necessary to show Bayezid that Osman was also attacked by troops.

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By this time, Bayezid had also fled back to Edirne.

The defenders had never seen Sudan like this before, especially the army behind him, which was completely different from when they set off.

Grand Vizier Ali Pasha was summoned to the palace, and he had another piece of bad news.

"Grand Vizier, I didn't follow your advice before and wipe out Wallachia in advance. Now that I have failed, I really regret it!"

Facing Bayezid's regret, Ali Pasha didn't say much, but told another news: the Crusaders were preparing for the Eastern Expedition.

Bayezid was frightened when he heard the news. He should have thought of how those arrogant Europeans could give up such a great opportunity. It was already embarrassing enough to lose to Wallachia. If they continue to lose now, then what are they in the Balkans for?

"How many troops do we have now?"

At the current rate we can get twenty thousand troops from Anatolia before the enemy arrives.

"This is not enough!" Bayezid said.

Although he could neutralize cavalry attacks from Eastern Europe, facing heavily armored knights from Western Europe, he could only fill them with more people.

"Sultan, in order for the empire to concentrate on dealing with the West, I suggest that we sign a peace treaty with Wallachia as soon as possible."

Ali Pasha suggested the method that Bayezid least wanted and negotiated peace with Wallachia.

Negotiating peace means recognizing the borders between the two sides. The Ottomans, in particular, had to lose the two important cities of Burgas and Sofia, as well as the vassal Bulgaria.

The reason why the Ottomans expanded rapidly was because during the time of Murad I, the Ottomans had a bunch of vassal states in the Balkans. They used the tributes paid by these countries to vigorously attract Turkic immigrants from Anatolia. This is what made Osman what he is today.

But now, Bulgaria is gone, the city is lost, and the most loyal Serbia has been beaten to pieces. Fortunately, Anatolia didn't get the news, otherwise...

"Sultan, we can only do this. Once the Western troops arrive and they attack Wallachia, then we will be truly desperate."

The Grand Vizier was right, there was no shame in negotiating a temporary peace. Didn’t our ancestors also become vassals for a while before getting to their current status? Moreover, if Wallachia takes this opportunity to go south to Edirne, it will be really over.

Stabilize Wallachia first, and then deal with the Crusaders after they are dealt with.

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As for the Crusaders, armies from Venice, Genoa, Naples and other countries began to enter the Aegean Sea by sea; French, Burgundy and other Western European Crusaders moved along the Danube River within the territory of the Holy Roman Empire and entered Hungary; they still had some on the way. Fanatic farmers joined in, but their goal was not the Holy Land but fortune.

Under the propaganda of the Catholic Church, they believed that in addition to the green pagans, there were also heretics who were bewitched by the castle. And they are here to make these people "change their minds."

The soldiers at the bottom were rejoicing, but Sigismund's face was a little ugly. Because he had just received the news, Mircea actually rejected his suggestion.

Why, this is exaggeration. I feel like I am a hero in the Christian world. Huh, that's because I didn't end up. If I did, I could drive the Ottomans out of the Balkans.

Since they refused, forget it and don't beg me to come in then.

At Sigismund's persuasion, Hungary once again raised an army. and waited for the other Crusaders in Buda before proceeding down the Danube to Belgrade.

Serbia is now in chaos. The great nobles are fighting for land, and other vassal states are also seizing it. Who knows that Lazarevich is Bayezid's brother-in-law? He must have a lot of private money.

As a result, it turned out that all the good things were taken away by Mircea. Only the land is worth some money, so what else is there to say, go ahead.

Serbia, which was originally peaceful, began to fall into chaos, and the mining of minerals was interrupted. The finally peaceful life was shattered by war. Civilians are the most injured group in times of turmoil.