Shortly after Haji Giray was captured, on the first day of the new year in 1432, the last supporters of the Crimean Khanate in Azaraba finally surrendered. From then on, the Crimean Khanate was officially declared defunct, and the war in Crimea completely ended.
Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Lithuania, not far from the Eastern European Great Plains, the contest between two claimants to the throne was also beginning to show results. Last year, the current King Švitrigaila, feeling he had the upper hand, became arrogant and attempted to break free from the control of his brother, King Jogaila of Poland. He even tried to introduce Crescent Sect Tatar mercenaries provided by the Golden Horde, Lithuania's old adversary, into his army. This alienated the Lithuanian nobles who had previously supported him.
In contrast, King Sigismund paid great attention to managing both internal and external relations and developing his own strength. In mid-1431, after realizing that Švitrigaila's power had weakened, King Sigismund quickly reacted by repeatedly sending envoys secretly to Kraków and Sarai to negotiate with the monarchs of these two major neighboring countries.
Through these several negotiations, King Sigismund keenly understood the bottom line and demands of the Kingdom of Poland. After several secret consultations, Jogaila agreed to withdraw his support for his brother, selling him out at a very "favorable" price. As for the Golden Horde, although Golden Horde Khan Sayyid Ahmed personally leaned heavily towards Švitrigaila, King Sigismund, after confirming that he was fully focused on suppressing the independence of the Crimean Khanate, no longer worried about the attitude from the east and instead launched a heavy offensive against Švitrigaila.
Thus, on the first day of the new year, Švitrigaila finally lost all of Belarus, and his control was reduced to the northern part of the kingdom.
At this point, King Sigismund finally had time to properly deal with the affairs surrounding the kingdom. The first thing he planned was to support the Crimean Khanate, trying to displease the Golden Horde, which had supported Švitrigaila in the civil war.
However, before he could make any move, he learned the news that Crimea had been jointly wiped out by the Golden Horde and Theodoro. This intention had to be abandoned.
But he also noticed the Principality of Theodoro. "Speaking of which, isn't the Crown Prince of this Principality Mr. Manuel, who we met before? And we are both Christian countries, aren't we? Perhaps I should try to undermine the Golden Horde?" King Sigismund pondered this in his temporary palace in Polotsk at the end of January.
However, Manuel was currently unaware of King Sigismund's plans. Manuel was in the neutral city of Tana in Venice, negotiating with Tenek Emir, the representative sent by the Golden Horde, to discuss how to divide the territory of the Crimean Khanate.
According to their previous agreement, Theodoro could indeed take Northern Crimea without dispute. But Manuel himself was not satisfied with this. Firstly, according to his statistics, Theodoro had suffered at least three to four thousand casualties of skilled soldiers in this war. Secondly, if not for Theodoro's surprise attack in the south, the Golden Horde would not have won so easily. Having paid a significant price, only to receive a piece of Northern Crimea in the end, wouldn't that be too much of a loss?
Tenek expressed considerable helplessness and dissatisfaction regarding this. "The land of the Crimean Khanate originally belonged to our Golden Horde, and you, Theodoro, are a vassal of the Khanate. Isn't it only right to help your suzerain suppress bandits? The Khanate is giving Northern Crimea out of good faith and benevolence, not as a matter of course."
Although he said this, Tenek also understood in his heart that if Theodoro had not bled and stabbed the Crimean Khanate from behind, the Golden Horde, even if it could win, would have taken at least five to eight years. Given this, being indecisive, he could only outwardly show a tough demeanor to Manuel, while secretly sending someone to Sarai on horseback to seek instructions from the Great Khan and inquire about a strategy.
A week later, the Golden Horde Khan personally wrote a reply, giving him a general range of concessions and instructing Tenek to exercise restraint. This was not because the Great Khan had thought deeply and understood the situation, but because Prince Muhammad's army was already approaching his jurisdiction, and he dared not risk alienating a vassal and creating more enemies for himself.
After understanding the Golden Horde Khan's attitude, Tenek, based on the content of the reply, roughly haggled for a few more days, and then in early February, the new spheres of influence for both parties were set in Tana.
According to the agreement reached by both sides, the Principality of Theodoro obtained Northern Crimea, Yedishkul, and parts of the coastal areas of Kuba and Kizlyar, while the remaining territory was returned to the Golden Horde. As for Haji Giray and other former ruling families of Crimea, Theodoro would hand them over to Sarai by around April or May at the latest. As for reparations, Crimea was gone, so where would reparations come from?
Thus, the concluding work of the Crimean War was completely finished, or was it?
"How could it be? The real trouble is yet to come, Manuel Gavras." Upon learning the contents of the peace treaty, Haji Giray, who was under house arrest in Theodosia, chuckled softly in a voice no one else could hear.