Peristiwa Pada 17 Jun 1462
Hari ini (17 Jun 1462) 560 tahun yang lalu, Vlad III Dracula cuba membunuh Sultan Mehmed II al-Fatih dalam Serangan Malam di Târgoviște.
Vlad Dracula merupakan pemerintah Wallachia, wilayah yang diapit antara Kerajaan Hungary dengan Bulgaria yang berada di bawah taklukan Uthmaniyah. Konflik berputik apabila Vlad enggan membayar jizyah kepada Uthmaniyah sejak 1459.
Setiap delegasi yang dihantar Sultan dibunuh Vlad yang dikenali dengan sikap suka menyula mangsanya. Kemudian Vlad menakluk kubu Uthmaniyah di Giurgiu & melancarkan kempen pembersihan etnik di wilayah Bulgaria yang bersempadanan dengan Wallachia.
Sebagai respon, Sultan membentuk angkatan 150,000 tentera & mula berarak menuju Târgoviște, ibu kota Wallachia. Namun mereka disulitkan dengan dasar bumi hangus, penyebaran wabak & beberapa serangan gerila yang dilancarkan Vlad.
Pada 16 Jun 1462, angkatan Uthmaiyah tiba di selatan Târgoviște & mendirikan kem untuk bermalam. Malam itu, Vlad menyamar sebagai tentera Uthmaniyah menyelinap masuk, mengimbas susunan dalam kem & kembali ke persembunyian angkatannya berdekatan.
Beberapa jam kemudian, Vlad & sekitar 10,000 tenteranya menobros masuk ke dalam kem dari bahagian belakang, mencetuskan pertempuran dengan tentera Uthmaniyah yang panik. Dalam huru-hara itu beliau menuju ke khemah Sultan, namun baginda tiada di situ.
Selepas beberapa ketika, Uthmaniyah berjaya menyusun barisannya & mengusir angkatan Wallachia sebelum fajar menyingsing. Serangan Malam itu menyaksikan kira-kira 15,000 askar Uthmaniyah terbunuh sementara sekitar 5,000 tentera Wallachia terkorban.
Beberapa hari kemudian, angkatan Uthmaniyah meneruskan perjalanan & akhirnya tiba di Târgoviște, namun pintu kota itu dibiar terbuka. Mereka ‘disajikan’ di sepanjang jalan utama kota itu dengan sekitar 20,000 lelaki, wanita & anak kecil yang disula.
Menyedari kegilaan & kekejaman Putera Wallachia itu sukar ditundukkan, Sultan & angkatannya berarak meninggalkan Târgoviște menuju ke Brăila sebelum berlayar pulang ke Adrianople.
Sumber: Weapons and Warfare, War History Online, Youtube/HistoryMarche
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The mistress of Vlad Dracula
It is said that Vlad the Third, also known as Dracula or Vlad the Impaler, lived a long yet fierce love story with Katharina Siegel. The young daughter of a weaver, Katharina was of Transylvanian Saxon origin born in Brasov. Vlad the Third was the Governor of Brasov region between 1451 and 1456, living a deep love with this Saxon girl . According to popular belief, their relationship lasted for more than 20 years, during which they had 5 children, although they were never married.
They met on a cold December morning, when young Katharina was struggling to pull a heavy sledge of food for the soldiers of the Weavers Bastion in Brasov. Vlad offered his help and fell in love with her instantly.
Everyone was surprised of his reactions and attitude towards her, because no one had ever seen him so jealous before. He wanted her to have the best, so he would bring her the best silk and lace dresses from Venice and the Flanders region of Belgium. Vlad was already married when they met, and after his first wife committed suicide, their marriage plans were ruined by Vlad’s second marriage, one he arranged for political reasons. Katharina stood by Vlad the Impaler even when he lost his throne, and after he was assassinated, she decided to live the rest of her life in a monastery. The legends say that their love story was an intense and feisty one, cluttered with jealousy and nervous breakdowns. Weren’t they a couple of hot-blooded lovers…
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