The Eagle of Eastern Europe

This Orthodox religious order, which combines the characteristics of the Knights Hospitallers and other religious orders, is called the Andreian Order, after the disciple Andrei of Jesus.

The abbot of the monastery is also very powerful. He directly threw himself into the planning work in a fanatical state. He obtained the initial capital by relying on donations from believers and land income, and recruited 28 high-level monks. This became the first of the Andreian Order. Batch fellows.

However, despite how fanatical Andrei would be, the Orthodox Church was also at its peak. All this was brought about by the compromise between the Patriarch and the Grand Duke.

As early as after the signing of the Ottoman Peace Treaty, Archduke Mircea had a series of conversations with Archbishop Carroll. Mircea knew that religion was the most effective way to connect peoples who spoke different languages.

The church also wants to acquire land and increase its influence, but the land must be granted by the Grand Duke himself, and anything done by the meeting must be reported to the Grand Duke. It can be seen that the Wallachian Church has not yet escaped the hands of the government. It is also in line with the practice of the Orthodox Church being controlled by the government.

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

In the process of attracting immigrants, fishermen and craftsmen were given special attention. Because fishermen are the reserve of navy sailors, both long-distance voyages and the navy need sailors. For this reason, Wallachia offers very good conditions for naval recruitment, with half the allowance and half the tax plus or minus. Although it is not as good as Venice and Genoa, it is the best treatment compared with the Eastern Mediterranean.

Moreover, the aristocracy exploited fishermen heavily these days. Generally speaking, those coastal lords would require fishermen to hand over more than 40% of their catch. Some of them are fresh sea fish. The rest is marinated salted fish.

These days, salted fish requires a lot of salt to be pickled. The fishermen themselves were very poor, and they had to give money to buy expensive salted fish to give to the lords. All in all, the cost they handed over to the lord amounted to as much as 60% of the catch. Plus 10% of the catch needs to be handed over to the church. Therefore, the fishermen's harvest is only about 30%, so their life is very difficult.

Now, what the fishermen need to pay, including the church's tithe, only costs about 40% of their harvest, which is nearly half of the usual amount. Naturally, fishermen's lives will be much easier.

At the same time, sailors from 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 for people, so they must continue to recruit, and a naval school may be opened.

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While everything was moving forward, Peter had a bad idea and gathered the Guard Corps and Cossack Guards and marched towards Niš. Hearing that Branković had become the head of Serbia, he planned to go to congratulate him.

"Are the gifts ready?"

"My lord, everything is ready."

Peter looked at these artillery pieces and shells and nodded with satisfaction. If the other person is a smart person, it should come soon.

Krusevac, the capital of Serbia, after acquiring Niš in Wallachia, Branković planned to move the capital to avoid its influence. But now he needs stability. 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 even went to church to pray. Hope everything goes well.

On the 49th day of his prayers, bad news came: Wallachian troops were gathering in Nis. Looks like we're going to hit Krusevac.

This news directly frightened Blankovic. Currently, his soldiers are still in Sudan. Even if they can be mobilized urgently, how can they be compared with the soldiers on the opposite side? Sending them to the battlefield is not just giving merit to the opposite side. ?

"How many people are there on the other side?"

"I don't know, at least 6,000 people, and there are 200 knights."

When Blankovic heard this number, he was a little dizzy. You must know that this is 6,000 people, and there are 200 knights. He could believe that these 6,000 people were improvised, but these 200 knights could not be fake. The other side must have come prepared.

"What can we do?" Blancovich started to panic. If the other party wants to attack here, then I don't have enough strength to stop it.

Although he could ask for help from the Ottomans, as far as he knew Wallachia and the Ottomans had already signed a peace treaty. The treaty stipulated that both parties would not invade each other, but Serbia was not included, and Osman would not necessarily join this possible war for himself, so he could only ask for peace.

"Order all troops to assemble. Phew, wait, wait." Blancovich ordered his men while wiping sweat.

Within a few days, news of the Wallachian army's gathering spread throughout Krusevac. Some people were frightened, fearing that their property would be damaged; some were delighted, thinking that the Christian brothers were coming.

Some Ottoman Sipaxi also knew the news, but due to the treaty they could only wait for the Sultan's order. As soon as the Sultan gave the order, they would immediately break Wallachia.

But Niš's army spent the whole day training and hunting without going into battle at all, which made the Serbian defenders who were nervous from the beginning begin to relax. Thinking they were just bluffing, they had no intention of attacking in the first place. But Blankovic always had vague uneasy thoughts.

"What are they going to do?"

The answer was soon revealed. Ten days later at night, two super big guys came over.

Peter patted the two guys, feeling that the other party would definitely come. And he was still rolling and crawling.

This is a super siege gun that the artillery craftsman spent two years making. It weighs nine tons and has a caliber of more than 450 mm. It was held in the first test firing. With a roar that shook the earth and the mountains, the shell sank into the mud 6 feet deep 1 kilometer away.

It took a lot of effort to transport such artillery. In addition, there were mountains and rivers along the way, which also increased the difficulty of transportation. At the same time, there was a team of engineers responsible for building the bridge in front and opening the road, but fortunately they had already arrived.

In order to install these heavy 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 protect the cannons. The cannonballs and gunpowder were transported by the fleet by rivers. Come. The artillery unit is composed of two well-trained team members, who are fully responsible for the arrangement, loading, firing and even maintenance of artillery.

"Send the order, the army will go to Serela Castle tomorrow."

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