Chapter 123: Vlad III and the New Diplomat
Speaking of the Principality of Wallachia, we have to mention the question of what has been torn for a long time, why is Romania called Romania?
Rome was defeated in the region, leaving behind the Romanized Dacians and other Romanized peoples. These people remained on the southern shore of the Carpathians and gradually fell into Hungarian control. Later these people became known as the Wallaki. But then there was a great man here, who did not listen to the Hungarian command, and won a fierce battle with the Hungarians. Wallachia thus became independent. The name of the Wallaki led to Wallachia.
So the question arises, are they Romans or not? It's hard to mention. Because they are not culturally alike, but linguistically they retain the ancient Latin customs and so on.
The topic brings back to the battlefield.
Vlad III was a general. He ran and seduced, and finally escaped across the Danube after a false shot, and camped in the Romanian border city of Jurju, while the pursuing army of Mehmed II stopped at the Ruse fortress on the other side of the Jurju River.
Further on Jurju is Bucharest. The city of Bucharest is now the sixth largest city in Europe, but in ancient times, Bucharest was still a commercial town, not very important, because it was more dependent on food production and trade.
But the Grand Duchy of Wallachia no longer cared about grain and trade, and their capital was in Argesh, on the southern side of the Carpathian Mountains, which was a mountain city. From this, it can be seen that the main business of Wallachia was to resist the invasion of the Ottomans, which was a moment of life and death. A few years later, Bucharest was built as a fortress.
The two sides confronted each other at Juerju and Ruse, and it was difficult to get out for a while.
At this time, Qin Fusheng's 2,000 Slavic horses had just arrived in Bucharest with artillery.
The price of Han Kingdom horses is very low. Plus these Moldavian Slavs already lived with the Tatars and had their own horses. After Qin Fusheng issued the subsidy, a horse team of 2,000 people gathered in ten miles and eight townships. And they are all small clan lords who have a relatively good living situation, and at least a helmet.
They are not expected to fight, but they always have to be accompanied by someone to transport goods. At the same time, Qin Cang wanted to experience Qin Fusheng, so Qin Fusheng personally led the team out to go out for a walk.
It doesn't matter if this slip is that seven or eight thousand Wallachians have been pulled along the way.......
"It's not my fault! Yang Lao! I'm just saying that where I have abundant land and water, light taxes, and don't fight, who knew that this large group of men would follow me. ”
Of course, Qin Fusheng's sophistry can't escape Yang Xiugao's eyes, no matter how you hide it, it's all Qingzhuang, how can you hide it with me?
[Yang Xiugao, the word Yuyuan. At the age of sixty, the Yang family and ancestors of Wuxi can be traced back to the royal family at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Learning through China and the West, there are 'all-rounders; called. He successively served as a member of the Ministry of Rites, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and a member of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and then entered the Hanlin, and then suffered from the 'Imperial Poetry Case' (colleagues were jealous and deliberately framed Yang Xiugao's poems for the Sui Dynasty), and had to move his family out. There were four sons. 】
Out of the carriage, Yang Xiugao saw a contingent of Wallachians for several miles. This team was called the Wallachian Brigade by Qin Fusheng.
"The king said that as long as the localities can afford it, they can raise their own troops. I didn't raise my own army, I just pulled some farmers to enrich the population! He dared to form a Jewish commando on his own, why couldn't I form a Wallachian brigade? ”
Qin Fusheng made excuses for himself.
The Jewish commando team is a team that Luo Shengzhi gritted his teeth and secretly formed. With the help of various discarded iron armors obtained from Chen Jia, Luo Shengzhi formed such a team of more than 1,000 people. These people have all escaped from Temutarakan, and they are more hateful. So Luo Shengzhi did this, Temutarakan really couldn't resist this group of Jews who were not afraid of death, and the city was taken back.
This is also a good start. Samarien of the Gudil tribe is three months pregnant, and now the Gudil tribe has a bit of a royal spirit. In addition, Zhang Qi, who has always been good friends with the Gudil Ministry, is part-time in the affairs of Heijin Mansion, so the strength here is estimated to be tens of thousands of cavalry, and the same is true for Mu Lutu of Banhe Mansion.
Speaking of which, once the mansion below rebelled, Qin Cang might really be overwhelmed. There are only 4,000 soldiers under the command of Chen Hanlin, and they will not be able to pull out this year after the army is closed. In this way, Qin Cang may have delegated too much power.
"The old man just thinks that you have to have the least respect for the king! Don't always take advantage of loopholes, so that even if you are a royal family, you will suffer. ”
What came out of the carriage was Yang Xiugao, who came out of this exchange, and was in charge of foreign affairs. It is said that knowledge is the best in China and the West, and he is a person who is adaptable. Sending Wallachia to deal with Vlad III this time was also a test.
Yang Xiugao had four sons, who were placed in various small yamen in Chizhou. For example, the third son, Yang Yuhai, was trained in the post office.
Pushing artillery from Bucharest to Jurju was not an easy task.
The Danube River came to this side, washed out the Great Wallachian Plain, and finally entered the sea. The rivers and swamps not only prevented the Ottomans from further attacks, but also allowed the Wallachians to defend their land as mud monkeys.
When he arrived in Jurjo, Vlad III's first thought when he received the letter was to arrest the infidels and stick them in sticks.
But after perusing the translated texts, Vlad III had to suppress this thought.
(Historically, Vlad III fled back to Wallachia in 1456, but for the sake of the plot, I assume that he fled back from Ottoman Turkey in advance.) )
"The Ottoman bastards used my brother, whose soul had been bewitched, as bait to trick the people into following him and prostrate himself as a slave at the feet of the Ottomans! I, Vlad, don't agree! ”
Vlad III threw the letter into the brazier and stood up with a roar!
"Open the camp and show the artillery to our soldiers!"
The gates of the fortress of Jurju were opened, and the Slavs on horseback with horse-drawn artillery entered the camp one after another, followed by the Wallachian brigade, which was almost entirely farmers.
As soon as he saw the old and the young here, Vlad III greeted him as if he had seen a relative! He hugged Yang Xiugao tightly, almost making Yang Xiugao think that this person was sick.
"I've been waiting for Khan for a long time! When I heard that the Khan had defeated the Golden Horde at Belgosale, I was also fascinated! Vlad III conversed with them in Greek, and for a while it seemed that he had really become Qin Cang's little fan.
Of course this is not possible. For Vlad III, they were all heretics, but there were only priorities.
Note: Radu: The younger brother of Vlad III, who was sent with him to Edirne as a proton. But this man is pro-Ottoman. He was very pretty, so I suspected he was a victim. (once literary network,)