Chapter 257: Seeking Advantages and Avoiding Disadvantages
You may not know what it is to use a grain transport team of less than 300 people and a grain overseer to break through Smederevo twice in a row without much effort, and we usually only use one word to describe this kind of person - God of War! ”
The day after the war was reported to Constantinople, the conversation between the taverns and the market was all about Gerti Skanderbeg's exploits in the Serbian war. Even if no one knew what had happened in the suburbs of Prokuple that night, it did not prevent them from using their imagination to create a new illusion of ambush warfare and siege warfare, and to launch a new cult of personality.
This cult culminated in the parade of Christmas lights and crosses, when Albanian soldiers escorted Brankovic through the St. Romanus Gate.
Immediately after Smederevo was contributed, the Serb rebellion degenerated from an organized and disciplined bloc struggle into sporadic fighting in various places. Since most of the grain and grass had been plundered by the empire or burned by Serbian rebels, Serbia was now in a state of nationwide famine. At this time, Rao was no longer at ease and elegant for the Austrians, and they had no intention of continuing to aid Serbia. One of the most prominent manifestations of this was the report from the dark sentinels left by the Empire around Nišburg that a large number of well-trained troops had been stationed at Nišburg and had withdrawn from the battlefield as if they had evaporated from the world. It is likely that they evacuated Serbia through Bolivia, or at a price originally negotiated with Venice.
Next, what the Triple Alliance will do is probably to collect the remaining remnants of the defeated generals, and then end the rebellion completely.
The light horseman, who had been on the road day and night, took the purse full of silver coins from John's hand with tears in his eyes, and withdrew with tears in his eyes. After a long time, the entire palace of Constantine erupted in a tsunami of cheers. Jerj's sneak attack almost fundamentally solved the problem that they couldn't solve after scratching their ears and thinking about it for days. Although there was a strong element of luck in this sneak attack, and although the containment and sacrifice of the Empire and the Hungarian legions on the frontal battlefield were equally important, it cannot be denied that Albania became the savior, saving the empire from the quagmire of counterinsurgency in advance.
"Your Majesty, the lovely little princess Sophia, and my dear Hunyadi, what are you going to do with the remnants of Serbia?" Gyrdi entered the palace under the protection of the city guards and surrounded by countless citizens of Constantinople. Even without relying on some of the deified feats, he had become one of the most famous men in Constantinople.
The two chamberlains respectfully untied Jerj's cloak and ushered him into the main hall of the banquet. This is a Christmas Eve banquet, and it is also a private celebration banquet for Jerj. Christmas Eve Mass is long over, and all Jerdi needs to do is enjoy the food.
"The rebellion in Serbia is actually a wake-up call for us. Whether we are benevolent or harsh to the Serbs, the pitiful sense of national pride in their hearts often drives them to stand on the stage again and fight for so-called freedom. When the door to the main hall of the banquet was closed, Jerjy put away his cynical look and turned to business. The vast majority of people here will naturally give Jerdi this face - except for Sophia. Because she promised Gregory III, Sophia also had to go to the Christmas fast with everyone. She had been hungry all day, and at this time, she only had two more knives in her head on the essence ham meat on the table.
"I've interrogated Brankovich...... Or rather, Brankovich quite proactively confessed to the real leader of the rebellion. After all, he is a man, and after we feed him, he is not very happy to bite back on the master - the leader is called Lev Milosevickov. Originally a commander of the Serbian Infantry Corps, he was captured by the Ottomans after the Battle of Varna, and the background is quite complicated. Jerj casually took a wine glass full of dark red liquid from the table, and after taking a sip, he realized that it contained a non-alcoholic grape juice drink, and at the same time, Sophia, who was already eating a little wolf, glared at him fiercely.
Somewhat embarrassed, Constantine XI summoned two maids to fill the wine for Derj. Most of the food and drinks that were originally placed on the table were prepared for Sophia, and after this girl finished eating a round, someone would naturally remove these things.
"Your Majesty, you go on."
"Good...... The composition of Serbia's allies in this rebellion is as complex as Milosevickov's. Ostensibly, most of Serbia's allies came from the Holy Ros...... The German Empire, as well as part of the aid of Bolivia. But I guess Frederick III himself did not expect that the most fundamental supporters of this rebellion were the Ottomans. Inadvertently, they were separated by a distance of half a continent, forming a filthy alliance of blasphemy. ”
Constantine XI was in debt to himself, and suddenly remembered a message that John and Sophia had brought him one day.
"Speaking of which, it seems to make sense that Mohammed II's guy is suddenly ready to make a move against the Two Sheep Dynasty."
"The Two Sheep Dynasty?" Gyerj and Hunyatiziqi turned their attention to Constantine XI.
Just like Hungary, even after being converted to God for so long, the poor commoners on the border were not formally baptized, and although the two sheep dynasties founded by the Turkmen also believed in Crescentism, the differences between their sects and the conflict of direct interests put the two dynasties of black and white sheep in a long-term opposition. The conflict between the two dynasties has intensified in recent years, but they probably could not have imagined that the Ottomans, who had long been eyeing the Balkans, would be targeted after they were driven back to the eastern shores of the Aegean Sea. The fertile territories of the eastern plains of Asia Minor and Mesopotamia were coveted for countless amounts, and this time it was a hungry wolf.
They did escape the cripple Timur's troops, but whether they could survive from the iron hooves of the Ottomans was a matter of inconclusiveness.
The most troubling thing is that even though the empire has already occupied Serbia with the help of Derj, it is at the same time exhausted. Nor was it able to intervene in the Ottomans' expansion in the east.