With the year 2022 about to end, a series of movies and web series are lined up to release on Netflix. However, it's the second season of Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed VS Vlad which is among the most-awaited. Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed VS Vlad will be released on Netflix on December 29, 2022. For the unversed, Rise of Empires: Ottoman is a Turkish historical docudrama, starring Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu and Tommaso Basili. Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed VS Vlad will be the second season of the historical docudrama series. At a time when Netflix is on a snubbing spree, the global OTT giant kept the Rise of Empires series alive, courtesy of its successful first season. Now, the question arises whether Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed VS Vlad is a true story or Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed VS Vlad is a real story or not.
The answer to this question is Yes. Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed VS Vlad is a true story based on the battle between the forces of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire in 1462. While Rise of Empires: Ottoman season 1 portrayed how the Ottomans under the leadership of Sultan Mehmed II took Constantinople, one of the most important cities in both the ancient and medieval worlds, its second season will mostly portray the bloody battle between Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, Rise of Empires: Ottoman season 2 being a docuseries, it is obvious that it is a real story.
Mehmed VS Vlad
The Night Attack at Targoviste was a battle fought between the forces of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire in 1462. The battle started after Mehmed, who already had tense relations with Vlad, discovered his alliance with Hungary's king Matthias Corvinus and ordered his forces to ambush him. Vlad foiled the attack and invaded Bulgaria. In response, Mehmed raised a great army with the objective to conquer Wallachia and annex it to his empire. The two leaders fought a series of skirmishes, the most notable one being the Night Attack where Vlad attacked the Turkish camp in the night in an attempt to kill Mehmed. The assassination attempt failed and Mehmed marched to the Wallachian capital of Targoviste, where he found a few men with cannons. After leaving the capital, Mehmed discovered 23,844 impaled Turks whom Vlad had killed during his invasion of Bulgaria. The number is mentioned by Vlad himself in a letter to Matthias Corvinus. The Sultan and his troops then sailed to Braila and burned it to the ground before retreating to Adrianople. Both sides claimed victory in the campaign and Mehmed's forces returned home with many captured slaves, horses, and cattle.