Vlad the Impaler: A Captivating Guide to How Vlad III Dracula Became One of the Most Crucial Rulers of Wallachia and His Impact on the History of Romania by Captivating History

Author:Captivating History
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Captivating History
Published: 2020-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Castle of Visegrád, a contemporary woodcut during the reign of Matthias Corvinus, 1480[viii]

Military Exploits in Bosnia

At some point in early 1476, possibly late January, King Matthias ordered some of his most reliable noblemen to take up arms against important forts in Bosnia and near its borders in order to expel the Ottomans. Both Vlad III and the Serbian noble Vuk Grgurević (a member of the House of Branković) set off to help with the siege of Šabac, now a modern-day city in Serbia but an important fort back then. The siege was long and drawn out, possibly lasting for a month and a half until the two expatriate nobles took a decisive victory with the Turks surrendering.

Having won this war, the two princes moved to besiege Srebrenica; however, they did so using entirely different tactics. They sent a total of 150 men disguised as Turks into the town so that they could intermingle. Vlad and Vuk, along with the bulk of the army, which was some 2,000 men strong, traveled at night so as not to be spotted. Within days, they seized control of the city, both from the outside and from within, looting and pillaging everything along the way.

Their next major campaign was at the town of Kušlat, which was again won by the Christian forces. The fourth and final victory, however, would come at a cost. While besieging Zvornik, Vuk Grgurević sustained a terrible foot injury during the battle. But the historians of the time paint a far more gruesome picture when talking about Dracula. In their words, he would grab the surrendered Ottomans with his bare hands and rip them apart, flesh, skin, and sinew. He would then proceed to do what he evidently did best, which was impaling them on stakes and leaving them out in the open for everyone to see. Much like in Târgoviște a decade prior, the arriving Ottomans would have been horrified beyond belief at the sight.

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