Vol 5 Chapter 35: The battle is coming

The Marquis de Roy had deep expectations for Cepes. He even asked the messenger sent to Bucharest to write a letter to Zepes.
Regarding the promise of the Jiras Knight who visited him before, Roy? Didn't really believe it.
Although, as Gilas said, if he cannot respond positively and express support for the Greek princess, then they may turn to support others to become kings of Bosnia, but Roy? Knows whether Gilas or If his princess couldn't get help from other people, their threat to him would become meaningless.
Precisely thinking of this, after coping with Gilas, Roy? Sent someone to write a letter to Zepes, in which he revisited the memorable moments he had fought under Zepez ’s father. Expressed his wish to establish an alliance with Dagong.
"Neither of us should forget that your respectable father was martyred in Bucharest. Whether it is the Ottomans or the cowards who secretly betrayed him, they are all shameful murderers. It makes no difference."
In the letter, Roy? Inevitably mentions Zeppes ’father, the famous Vlad III who is known as the piercing public. Although there is no obvious name in his letter, he believes that Nikolay · Zeppes couldn't help but not know what he was talking about.
The Archduke Vlad III of Wallachia died in the battle of Bucharest. The invasion of Mohammed II scared too many Europeans, which forced them to temporarily give up their differences and contradictions and unite together to fight this unprecedented Strong enemy.
And Archduke Vlad III of Wallachia is one of these many European nobles.
It was just his brutality that made many enemies unable to forget his hatred towards him, and because he grew up in the Ottoman Empire as a hostage in his early years, even if he later showed extraordinary bravery in the battles with the Ottomans, but People are still reluctant to believe that this man relied on the support of the Ottomans to become the Grand Duke of Wallachia.
What's worse is that the reputation of Vlad III is too stinky. Even if he used those cruel methods against pagans, people still can't forget how he dealt with his enemies in the war.
Many people even say that Vlad III was a deal with the devil, because if not, he would not do so many terrible things.
The result of this hatred was the inexplicable death of Vlad III when he participated in the first Bucharest defending battle, and all kinds of rumors vaguely pointed out that some people in the coalition had secretly calculated Vlad III and sold him to Osman people.
In any case, the head of Vlad III was cut down by the Ottomans, marinated and sent to Constantinople, and then his head was hung on the city gate for a whole winter.
Roy? Feels Zepes can help him, at least this person will not fall to his enemies, because according to what he knows about the opponents mentioned by Gilas who may support him to become a king nobility, there may have been a secret calculation of Fra Those of De III.
This made Roy? Feel that writing such a letter to Cepes might have an unexpected effect.
Although the Marquis ’idea was simple, it was clearly correct, or he knew the character of those Bucharest nobles. He knew that even if Zepes was willing to give up his previous hatred, those people should not trust him. Zepes would be in Bucharest. Suspected, then as long as he waits for the conflict between Zepes and those people to intensify, then Zepes can naturally turn to his side.
And Wallachia is an important member of the Ottoman resistance in the East. If Wallachia turns to Sudan, it means that the Ottomans may launch an attack on Bucharest through Bosnia and Wallachia at any time. Possible.
As for today ’s Bulgaria, it ’s purely the grass on the wall, especially the current Bulgarian Grand Duke Paulus IV, who has great ambitions but is a timid guy, so as long as A little intimidation might surrender to the Ottomans. If that happens, not only Bucharest but even the whole of Hungary may be in danger.
This is why Vladislav II came to Bucharest not far from the Prague court. The King of Bohemia apparently sensed the danger, so he had to come to Bucharest to preside over the whole situation.
However, in this way, the importance of Wallace in Cepes is highlighted, which makes Roy? Believe that even if it is ostracized by other nobles, as long as Wallachia is always an outpost against Ottomans, Pace played a decisive role in the eyes of those nobles, and his opinions must have become particularly important.
Roy? Marquis is very confident in his judgment, and the facts prove that his ideas are not wrong.
Cepes did notice the alienation and mistrust of the nobles. He knew what it was for, and he knew that both Vladislas II and others paid close attention to his close relationship with Sophia. He knew that those people were worried that he might influence the alliance to be established through Sophia.
Vladislas II confessed that regardless of his status or his efforts to convene this alliance, he was a natural ally. Those nobles were to do as he commanded, and Sophia was this alliance meeting. The last critical tool.
Vladislas II did not allow others to be too intimate with Sophia, even those Greek nobles who were called up in her name, he also hoped that they would be too close to her, not to mention that one might make him The Grand Duke who lost control of Sophia.
Because of this, when Zepez came to the castle with Moorco as a messenger and tried to meet Sophia, he was stopped by the Bohemian Queen's men.
"I'm sorry Grand Duke, the princess is not in the castle." The entourage was respectful but steadfastly stopped Zeppes out. "The princess accompanied the queen to go hunting, and I don't know when I will return."
"The queen went hunting, which hunting ground?" Zepes frowned and asked, there are many forests outside Bucharest, some of them are the hunting grounds of the nobles, if you don't know the specific location, if you want to find the queen and Sophia, it is not so. easily.
"Sorry, my majesty, the queen did not say before she left." The follower was still very respectful, but obviously he was saying that he should no longer expect to hear anything from him.
Zepes knew that Vladislas II ’s wife still loves Sophia ’s often taking her with him. As for whether this is to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to approach Sophia, he is not very clear. Now it seems that the queen ’s purpose is to do so. Probably just for this.
"My lord ordered me to send his greetings to His Majesty the King and the princess of Greece," Moore said to the entourage. He clearly did not know what was happening here, but hoped to complete the task as soon as possible and go back to meet Aloxia. The young knight stubbornly announced his mission "If you can't see the princess, then you can see your majesty."
The entourage looked at the apparently long-distance young man in front of him with some strange eyes. He tried hard for a long time to remember who the Viscount Gerva said by this man, just because he remembered about the Viscount, The attendant's face seemed more indifferent than before.
"I'm sorry Cavalier, I can't help you with your request," the follower took a cold step back, as if bringing this person close to him would make him feel uncomfortable. "Your Majesty is busy now, and many messengers from various countries are waiting in line, if you have What can be requested to meet and wait patiently. "
The smile that Morco's face tried to maintain slowly became stiff, and he could feel the coldness of the other party towards him, which was even more obvious than seeing him and Zeppes walking together before.
Moorco didn't know what it was for, but he was keenly aware of the other party's attitude. He looked at Cepes with some confusion, and he didn't know how to continue for a while.
"If I were you, I would find a place to live first," Zepes no longer ignored the follower. With the courteous courtesy of the other party, Zepes turned over and walked back and forth until Moore behind him came up. He just said, "Trust me, your time here will be much longer than you think," he said, and he looked at the depressed Moorco and suddenly smiled. "Especially, you are the messenger of the Viscount of Helva, believe I ’m not necessarily welcome here. "
"But why?" Moore asked puzzled.
"Your master was expelled from Zagreb, and now Bucharest is in need of strong support. Those nobles in Zagreb are more important to Bucharest than your master." Zepez's mouth hung slightly. irony.
"But the king is a priest, how can he watch the despicable orthodox nobles kill the duke and drive away his son?" Moore could not help but open his mouth and asked in surprise, but then his face flushed. He thought of the Grand Duke in front of him as if he were Orthodox.
Zeppes was not angry about Moore ’s words, he just glanced at the knight next to him, and then slowly urged the horse to move forward,
Moorco looked at the back of the Grand Duke in a daze, until Zeppes turned back and said to him: "If you don't have a place to go, you can go to my camp and live first. Of course, if you don't care, I'm a mean Orthodox. "
"Sorry, I have no intention of offending you, but I need to finish my errand as soon as possible, to know that there are people waiting for me to go back." Moore looked anxious. Although he has been on his way, the gradually warmer weather reminds him at any time. The time that comes out is passing day by day. Although the old father has clearly told him that it is impossible between him and Aloxia, Moore still hopes to return to his beloved girl as soon as possible.
"Because a woman?" Zeppes sensed Moore's emotions, and nodded after seeing Moore's words. "Women, this is the key to making a man either brave or stupid, and they often Sometimes I do n’t know what I ’m doing. "
"Miss Aloxia will only make me more courageous," Moorco unreasonably defended his sweetheart, seeing Zepis' disapproving expression, he said a little angry, "I will not allow someone to be so unreasonable to Miss Aloxia, Not even a grand duke. "
Zepez held the reins and looked at Moorco. He looked forward to seeing the other side uneasy before he continued to move forward. "Trust me, I'm not a slander to a woman or a slander to your Miss Aloxia, I just Talking about the fact that many women do not know what she is doing, even if she has actually hurt others. "
Moorco listened to Zepez's words inexplicably. He didn't think these words were correct, but thinking about Miss Aloxia's inexplicable appearance with the Count Montina that night, he couldn't help it. It may be right not to vaguely acknowledge Zepes's words.
"Come to my camp," Zeppes invited again. "At this time we need everyone's strength. Of course, if your lord is still the Duke of Zagreb, you will find that the treatment you receive is another matter. Now. "
Looking at the young knight who followed with a sullen face, Zepes couldn't help but reach out and touch the position of the letter under his clothes.
Roy? Hope he can help him become king of Bosnia at the meeting, for which the marquis offered tempting promises, but Cepes felt it was not enough.
He knew that Roy? Secretly supported the orthodox nobles who overthrew the Duke of Zagreb, which is why Roy? Felt eligible to become the king of Bosnia, because after that riot, nearly half of the orthodox nobles in Croatia expressed their right His support.
But Cepes did not want to make a decision so quickly.
As Moorko said, Duke of Zagreb and Vladislav II are both Catholics, but this is enough to make the situation unusually subtle.
Imagine if the Vatican knew that the King of Bohemia openly supported a group of orthodox thugs who killed a duke, then the situation of Vladislav II became too embarrassing.
Zeppes looked up and looked at the distance. There was still a hint of red glow in the west, seemingly reluctantly nostalgic for everything on the earth, while the east was already shrouded in a dark twilight.
"The Ottomans are coming."
Zepes's eyes turned farther away, and of course the Ottomans could not be seen from here, but he had already felt the vague oppression and suffocation.
A soldier who looks like a local farmer except for the weapon in his hand is standing on the open ground and panting, even his weapon is just a sharply sharpened pitchfork, which makes him stand if not Here, but in his own mouth, it is completely a farmer.
In fact, he was a farmer just a few days ago. Except for working in the field, he was thinking of ways to save more money to bear the heavy double tax.
Although the Ottomans have not completed the annexation of northern Bosnia and Croatia, at least in name Sudan is already their monarch, and in order to fulfill Yiwu as a vassal, the southern Bosniaks are forced to bear the so-called Blood tax.
The brutal content of the blood tax makes all Bosniacs angry and desperate.
According to the orders of the Ottomans, every family in Bosnia must surrender one of their boys. These boys were sent to a place far away from their hometown to be brought up for concentration, and they were forced to undergo brutal training as soon as they grew up, until they reached adulthood. Will be sent to the battlefield as a tool for the Ottoman Empire to conquer the world.
Although the North temporarily avoided this brutal policy of separating the flesh and blood of countless families ~ EbookFREE.me ~, it was also ordered to bear unusually heavy taxes, and at the same time, the lords as landlords were forced to When Ottoman levied taxes, he still imposed heavy taxes on farmers, perhaps purely out of the desire not to let good things fall into the hands of the Ottomans. Those lords behaved more cruelly and harshly than usual.
It was at this time that a news suddenly spread from one village to another.
Farmers can reduce their tax burden by becoming soldiers, and they can even get commissions that are n’t enough to excite them.
At the beginning, not many people believed that even the messenger who ordered the Lord's master was driven out of the village until the farmer named Rona Pannoni appeared in those villages with a group of villagers who had become soldiers.
At first it was still not much, but it was true that some people walked out of the village with suspicion. When those selected people pressed their fingerprints on a contract and received a prepaid payment of a silver coin, more people walked out of the village.
And looking at the registered Balkan people every day, Alexander said to his artillery commander: "Gompatti, this is one of the most cost-effective business I have done."