Chapter 182 Obtain

With the approval of the Grand Duke, Peter could smoothly implement the next plan. In addition to sending legions to monitor, he also hired soldiers to rescue. A total of 2,000 Albanian and Serbian soldiers were sent to Thessaloniki to assist the Knights.

Theodore had also assembled his army and started to head north. They made rapid progress and soon occupied several villages. The Turkish immigrants either fled or became slaves.

Theodore adopted a policy of all enslaving the Turks. Although the number was small, all these pagan immigrants became serfs and a source of foreign exchange. After the Ottoman wars and turmoil, northern Greece had long been in ruins, with barren land and sparse population. For this reason, a large number of people were needed to enrich the north, so the serfdom of the Turks was strengthened, and they not only lost their freedom, but also other rights.

And Adrian's army also set out. They expelled some Ottomans to the south and expanded the border with Rome, while the Ottomans could only shrink and finally retreat to Kupru.

The news of the Wallachian attack reached Bursa. Ali Pasha asked the garrison to hold on, and on the other hand, he sent a fast horse to let the Sultan go back for rescue. As long as the Sultan launched an attack, everything would be fine.

Peter ordered the Wallachian army to fight quickly and decisively. For this reason, most of the army was composed of light cavalry. They not only seized land, but also plundered a lot of Turks to enrich the border. Of course, without exception, they were all serfs, and they could never redeem themselves.

The Wallachian attack accelerated the escape of the Turks. A large number of Turkish immigrants crossed the Gallipoli Strait and returned to Anatolia. Only the Turks in the permanent settlements on the Gallipoli Peninsula were still holding on. But facing the Wallachian army, I am afraid it will not last long.

The Ottomans were caught in a two-front war, and both sides were difficult characters. In addition, the people's hearts in the newly conquered land were unstable, which gave the Sultan a headache. He finally realized the feelings of the Eastern Roman emperor before. Once the four wars declined, it was just a lamb to be slaughtered.

Moreover, the Knights Hospitaller of Rhodes and the King of Cyprus saw the decline of the Ottoman Empire, so they formed an army to plunder the Ottoman coast. These two places finally made the Sultan sick. He had never felt so tired before, and when he went to bed yesterday, he seemed to see his father Murad smiling at him. Are they going to meet?

"Sultan, something bad is going to happen. Wallachia and Morea in the south have launched an attack on us."

Early in the morning, Bayezid heard the news he didn't want to hear the most. Why didn't Wallachia keep its promise and send troops again in less than two years.

"This, what is going on? Why did Wallachia send troops again? Don't they need to rest and recuperate? Who can tell me why this is."

Bayezid's roar almost shook the tent down. The generals around him didn't dare to say a word. They were also confused. Why did Wallachia defeat the powerful Ottoman Empire twice in a row and seize a lot of land without Western foreign aid, strong mercenaries, and a large population? Has Allah become Jesus and become the patron saint of Wallachia?

"What is the current situation?" Bayezid asked about the situation in Europe.

"It is not optimistic. The Grand Vizier has ordered the soldiers to defend the castles and asked the Sultan to come back for support immediately."

Bayezid was in a state of hesitation. If he went back to rescue, the east would inevitably take advantage of the situation and the expansion in the past few years would be in vain. But if he did not go back, the territories in Europe would suffer the same fate.

It was nothing more than a matter of choice. If he went to the East, Europe would be lost. If he went back, the East would be gone. It depends on how he chooses.

"No, I can't go back now. If I go back, everything here will be over, all over."

Bayezid sat in a chair and muttered to himself. The generals around him looked at their once invincible Sultan, who had become like this now. This made them doubt the Sultan. Could he really still fight?

"So, tell the Grand Vizier that I gave Thessaloniki and Larissa to the pagans. When I have settled this place, I will come back to settle accounts with them, and I will make them pay tenfold."

Bayezid finally made a decision to withdraw part of the army from Europe, give up part of the land, temporarily shut up Wallachia, and take this opportunity to solve the East with all his strength. It was a great idea.

In fact, ten days had passed when Bayezid got the news. These ten days were enough for many things to happen, such as Wallachia officially taking over Thessaloniki.

Seeing that the Ottoman army did not move. Constantine decided to enter Thessaloniki and suppress the Ottomans in Gallipoli.

The army set off, and there was no decent resistance along the way. It was easy to reach Thessaloniki. The local people warmly welcomed these heroes who rescued them.

Constantine officially announced that Wallachia had obtained Thessaloniki and invited Peter to come on a certain day, so that Wallachia's love for the new land could be shown.

Peter did not expect that things would go so smoothly. He then prepared to go to this Mediterranean port. If the Ottomans did not want to win the war, they would not expand the conflict.

His father-in-law was not bad either. Most of Greece was in his hands. It was only a matter of time before Larissa fell. It was said that Basilius of Constantinople wrote to him twice, proposing to give some land to other members of the family, but Theodore refused. These were all for his daughter. How could he give them to insects from other families?

Manuel was angry, but he had no way to deal with it. He only had Constantinople and the surrounding areas, while Theodore had most of Greece. No matter how you looked at it, his younger brother had the upper hand. If he turned against him, he would have to take his soldiers to Luoyang tomorrow.

Whether it was a war or anything else, it would take time. The sayings of "speed is the essence of war" and "slow and steady" were very suitable for the current situation. When it was urgent, it was fast, and when it was slow, it was slow. We should seize opportunities, just like now, seize every opportunity to expand and farm, and then, become great in the world.

Other parts of Wallachia continued to farm, and in order to obtain more income, the government began to levy other taxes, such as the bee tax levied last year and the wine tax starting next year. These two taxes were the bulk of Wallachia's exports and were expected to bring in 600,000 lei in revenue.

The economic and trade center of Western Europe was the Netherlands, and the economic center of Eastern Europe was Wallachia. Venice only had a lot of trade, which was something he could never compare to Wallachia.