War, whether just or not, requires a lot of money to support it.

In his hand, Tsepes had 150,000 gold coins stolen from the Ottoman tax collectors, enough for him to use for a while.

However, with the strength of the Ottomans, it is impossible to knock the other side down within a year or two.

Therefore, we must be well prepared, and the preparation for a protracted war and a stable financial income are the guarantee for all this.

Open source and reduce expenditure, open source is not an overnight thing, but throttling can have immediate results.

Tsepeshi roughly estimated in his heart that on his subordinates, he could save four or five thousand gold coins a year, as well as a lot of grain and grass materials.

The funds allocated to the family members each year, as well as the expenses at banquets and balls, became the target of his next part of the cut.

Of course, these should not be rushed, and for the time being, it is better to figure out the military situation in Wallachia.

Judging from military spending, the current situation is not optimistic, and this has been the case in recent years.

It can even be said that after the Battle of Varna, Wallachia's military situation collapsed.

Looking at the opposite side, Duke Da'an's ugly expression, out of humanitarian considerations, Tsepes did not let him continue to be a docent.

All kinds of documents, right on the desk, about the part about military content, were quickly identified.

In the territory directly under the territory, there are a total of 24 fortresses, including castles, palaces, cities, and specially built military fortresses.

For example, Targovista, a few years ago, had a standing army of 2,000, and now there are only 120 or 30 people left.

Some of the other fortresses had only twenty or thirty people, and the largest number was only about two hundred.

Flipping through the pages of the papers, Cepes quickly made calculations in his mind.

As a high-achieving student from an ancient oriental country, the three- or four-digit mental arithmetic quickly got the results.

In the entire territory directly under the direct control, the number of standing recruits is not even 2,000.

In the principality, the standing conscripts under the vassals will not be large.

Like Count Sandria, who sits on the Nightingale Castle, his wealth can rank in the upper reaches of the nobility.

But under his command, there are only more than 200 standing troops.

According to preliminary estimates, the total number of standing armies that all the vassals could mobilize together would be about 5,000.

As for the outbreak of war, Tepes could indeed raise tens of thousands of troops in his direct territory.

However, the combat effectiveness of the temporarily conscripted army is not a grade lower than that of the standing army.

To put it bluntly, the temporarily conscripted army is a group of peasants who put down their farm tools and take up shabby weapons.

It's okay to bully and bully the little lords by pointing at these militiamen, but against the Ottomans, I'm afraid they will only be beaten.

In addition to the standing army and the temporary levy army, there is also an elite force in the direct territory.

Those were the glorious knights, and the knightly squires who followed them.

One hundred and sixty knights, along with their men, could assemble an elite force of five hundred.

If, plus the knights and knight squires under the vassals, it is estimated that the elite troops can be gathered to a thousand.

Of course, the premise of all this is that all vassals and all knights can maintain absolute loyalty.

After reading the military information in front of him, Tsepeš felt that he should not kill Buraille, and he could live a better life.

In terms of his current military strength, compared to the Ottomans, he feels a bit of a lift up when he calls it hitting a stone with an egg.

Regarding the military power of the Ottomans, Tsepes, drawing on the memories of the original owner, combined with his own historical knowledge, was able to make a rough judgment.

The Ottoman army was divided into three parts, the Sultan Standing Army, the Fiefdom Cavalry, and the Rangers.

Among them, the Sultan Standing Army is the most elite army of the Ottomans, and the Guards in it are the elite of the elite.

The Ottomans, who imposed not only a protection tax on non-Muslims in their territory, but also a blood tax that was abhorrent.

Every six years or so, Ottoman conscripts would go to areas where non-Muslims lived, select children to send to the army.

These children, who left their parents and underwent the most rigorous training, became the guards if they could survive it, and only a handful of ashes if they couldn't.

Even if they were able to successfully enter the Guards, they would still be slaves because they were collected taxes.

Only the best of them will be able to stand out and control power and get rid of the status of slaves.

The number of such an army has always remained at about 12,000 men, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the army of tigers and wolves.

In addition to the Guards, the Sultan's standing army also included standing cavalry and artillery, and the total number of the three hovered around 30,000.

The combat power is inferior to the Sultan's standing army, which is the fiefdom cavalry.

The Sultan allotted land to the fiefdom cavalry, and they enjoyed the land output and had the power to enforce the law, but not the jurisdiction.

In return for their rights, from April to October every year, they had to bring their own weapons and armor, and lead their auxiliaries and servants to fight for the Sultan.

The number of Fengyi cavalry, which is currently around 30,000, is also an army with amazing combat effectiveness.

Finally, there are the rangers, these guys are civilians in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, and their combat power is the weakest of the three.

However, the innate nature of nomads makes them weak, even if they are weak, they are not weak.

Moreover, these guys have no military pay, and all their income is robbed by war.

In order to obtain wealth, they can ignore life and death, really launch madness, and stand on the line is immeasurable.

The number of these robbers has been maintained at about 50,000, and they have been waiting for their sultan to expand abroad.

In this way, you can take the opportunity to make a small fortune, and of course, it is very likely that you will never return home.

Thinking of the 100,000-strong army of the Ottomans, and looking at the 2,000 standing army registered on the documents, Tsepeš's mood was at the bottom.

However, he quickly perked up and thought seriously about how to deal with the crisis that followed.

At first, I thought about things too simply. Thought that carrying out reforms and training the army would be enough to deal with the Ottomans.

Now it seems that these are far from enough, in addition to cultivating their own strength, they must also find strong reinforcements as soon as possible.

In an instant, the power that could be used as a reinforcement flashed through Cepes's mind.

The Hungarians, although they have bad intentions, but when they need to rely on their strength, they should pay a price, and they will pay a price.

Hunyadi is a man who can be trusted in the fight against the Ottomans.

On the Roman side, it is now unable to take the initiative, but it can involve a lot of Ottoman forces.

In two days, let Apaca contact the Ecumenical Patriarch to see if he can get Constantinople to make some moves to maximize the involvement of the Ottomans.

Moriah, despite the distance, is also a potential ally that can be contacted.

At this time, the Ottoman army should be besieging Morea, and it will be transferred back the year after tomorrow.

In addition to this, Skanderbebe, in Albania, is also the target of the contact.

Even if you don't get real help, you can ask him to teach him about his experience in dealing with the Ottoman army.

A country, a city, a name was set by Tepes as a target for calculation.

Next, he has to take a multi-pronged approach, and if he can pull one more ally, he will pull one more ally.

ps ask for a recommendation ticket, thank you, it's not easy to stick to the code word when you're sick