The Eagle of Eastern Europe

The army was finally dispatched, and not only that, but also many transport troops followed. Peter didn't expect much power from these two artillery pieces. What he valued was deterrence.

The defenders of Serrela Castle were having a hard time. Seeing the arrival of the Wallachian army, some people who had participated in the Battle of Krusevac had their hands shaking.

After the Wallachian vanguard arrived, they began to set up trebuchets and artillery. After they were assembled, they were fired. Stones and flaming stones smashed against the city walls, and huge crossbow bolts pierced the chests of the defenders. For a time, the defenders suffered heavy losses.

"Use a shield, use a shield to block." The castle guard ordered his soldiers, thus reducing casualties.

For several days, trebuchets and artillery poured firepower on the city wall. Since the defenders had no artillery, they could only use bows and arrows to fight back. But the opponent was outside their range, which was very embarrassing. They could not break the opponent's attack and counterattack. If you can't get beaten, you can only get beaten.

After a few days like this, the defenders had already become accustomed to the opponent's stone bullets, and huddled behind the city wall every day waiting for the opponent to use up their energy. But one morning, the stone bullets stopped coming, which made the defenders a little uncomfortable.

"What happened today? Did they run out of shells?"

Some soldiers hiding behind the city wall raised their heads slightly and looked outside. What they saw: they saw two huge guys standing outside, with dark muzzles pointed at them.

"God, what is this?"

"Blessed Virgin Mary! Virgin Mary..."

Some soldiers had given up resistance and began to pray to God. Pray that the other side will let them go or give them a happy life.

But the other party was destined to make them uncomfortable. After loading the heavy artillery shells, they blasted off.

Even in a village 5 kilometers away, people there could hear the sound of the artillery. A woman was so frightened that she miscarried, and the chickens and ducks were frightened by the sound and ran away.

If the surroundings are like this, then the castle is more serious than this. Although this artillery is only as powerful as a small artillery, it has a much greater impact.

The defenders on the city wall were either stunned, had bleeding from their ears, or were knocked off the city wall. Only sixty-seven out of ten soldiers could still fight.

"Come again!" Peter ordered the artillery unit. Although it takes a long time to refill the artillery, trebuchets and small artillery are not idle in this gap. This was no rest time for the castle defenders.

Boom, two more shells. At this time, the morale of the defenders completely collapsed. They asked the commander to surrender, otherwise they would kill him first and then surrender.

For his own sake, the chief sent someone to open the city gate and hoist a white flag to surrender.

The history of raising the white flag can be traced back to ancient Greece, ancient Rome and medieval Europe. In ancient Greece, raising a white flag signified surrender, but it could also indicate a cessation of fighting or a suspension of combat, which was used to gain insight into the opponent's military strength. In ancient Roman times, white cloaks were sometimes hung to indicate that they were no longer engaged in battle, but rather surrendered. In medieval Europe, white flags were used by surrenderers to signal that they would no longer resist and to seek leniency.

When Peter saw that the other party had surrendered, he was not too embarrassed. After all, his goal had been achieved. A barrier in Krusevac has been taken down, and the other party must be coming soon.

Peter was right. News of Serreira's fall soon reached Krusevac, leaving Brankovich speechless. The other party could have directly attacked the capital, but now they captured this place just to make him agree to the other party's conditions. Now it is meaningless to ask Osman for help.

So he quickly sent people to negotiate with the Wallachian camp to see what the other party's conditions were.

After capturing Serreira, Peter did not continue to act. He just waited for the opponent to come and at the same time sent the Cossack Guards to the Ottoman border. If someone from the opponent crossed the border, he would not care and do whatever he wanted.

When some Sipaxi saw the Wallachian army dispatched, they immediately went to plunder together. As a result, they were randomly cut down by the Cossack cavalry who arrived. Not only were they robbed, but their lives were also lost. And also grabbed a lot of loot southward.

Bayezid continued to promote the Turkization and Crescentization of Asia Minor and the Balkans. A large number of Turkic immigrants arrived in the Balkans and fiercely resisted the local residents. The Ottomans naturally turned towards their own people. They also changed their previous tolerance policy towards these pagans and began to focus on oppression and assimilation. This allowed the Balkan Peninsula, with a population of 2.5 million, to experience the ethnic migration at the end of the fifth century.

The day after the capture of Serreira, Branković's emissary arrived. When he saw Peter, he just stood there.

"Special envoy, did your monarch send you here just to see me?" Peter rebuked the envoy seriously, and the other party also understood his gaffe and apologized to Peter.

"Your Highness, I am here to negotiate with you on behalf of the monarch of Serbia, Alexander Branković."

The reason for this negotiation is the same, but the process is different. Peter was not too embarrassed and began to make his own requests.

"Serbia, your country did achieve great success decades ago, but now, your monarch is willing to be a lackey of the Ottomans. Is this what God wants you to do?"

Peter used religion as an opening to loudly denounce Serbia's despicable acts. This made the messenger a little embarrassed, because he was telling the truth.

"His Highness did not understand the situation at all, and we had no choice but to do this."

"Oh, so you are not wrong at all."

Peter stood up and began a long conversation.

"Decades ago, your monarch Duchamp pushed your country to the top, but after his death, the nobles fought to the death for those power and lands, and the situation that was finally established collapsed in an instant. This is your fight with each other. the result of."

Peter kept talking about the Serbian nobles, becoming more and more angry, and even wanted to drive him out, but finally returned to business.

"Wallachia is outraged by your actions during the war with the Ottomans."

After saying a word, the messenger answered.

"Your Highness, the monarch is willing to give your country 5,000 ducats every year as an apology."

"Only five thousand?"

As soon as the doubt came out, the messenger quickly raised the amount to 7,000, but Peter was still not satisfied.

"Your Highness, ten thousand, ten thousand is the most..."

The messenger was about to cry, but Peter didn't say anything when he saw this. After all, that was all.

In the new year, Serbia will pay an annual tribute of 10,000 ducats to the Grand Duchy of Wallachia. Including the tribute to the Ottomans, a total of 30,000 gold coins will flow out. For Serbia, which has a lot of silver mines, there should be no problem.