Mircea Veroiu: Wounded by Love of Life Page #3

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you deserve a reward.

What do you wish for?

- Vlad, stay here with the army.

- Yes, Your Majesty.

- I'll take him back.

- I want him.

- This one?

- Yes.

He's rabid, he's no good for you.

He'll be yours

once we defeat the Turks.

Let's go!

Grandpa,

did many people die here?

Many.

Too many.

We are here

for as long as we know.

These are good and nice places,

like the souls of these people.

Many wanted them.

Kings that prayed to the same Christ.

At Posada, Basarab defeated

Carol Robert de Anjou.

He taught him a lesson. It's not good

to covet what is not theirs.

Did they learn the lesson?

I hope so.

For their own good.

What next?

From the endless wilderness

of Asia came a terrible power.

Their only rule is the sword.

Our Christian brothers

from across the Danube,

the Bulgarians and the Serbs,

were defeated.

Their countries were conquered.

- And then?

- Then...

Then it was our turn.

The Ottoman emperor's envoy.

The punishing sword of Islam,

above kings and emperors,

Baiazid the Lightning!

He sent me to you, Emergi, still the

king of barbarians from Karavlachia.

Baiazid, the padishah of the world,

is surprised

that you didn't run

to throw your face in the dirt,

to obey to him.

Honor the envoy!

Tell him that I don't know

what it means to obey.

- We can teach you.

- I'm waiting.

But Allah save you

from meeting me in battle. Now go!

What shall we do?

Sell our country and honor

for some food?

Or do we say freedom or death,

standing tall,

with our swords in hands?

I know the Turks,

I know their strength.

They'll just have to breathe on us

to blow us to pieces.

Brother, lord or soldier!

Who doesn't want

to be with me is free to go.

It's not like he'll listen if we tell

him that we'll be spared if we obey.

Shut up!

He's looking at us.

I know what I have to do.

To the death, our Lord!

Our Lord is this country,

that we have to keep.

Do you like it at war,

my dear hawks?

We do.

Your Majesty,

allow me to speak.

Go ahead!

- In private.

- Talk!

Your brother, Dan,

said that you're making a mistake

if you oppose the Turks.

I'm sorry, but these are his words:

"You lost your mind and we

shouldn't let you ruin the country."

Listen, lercau, our brother, Dan,

is your best friend.

You're always together.

Isn't that right?

- Yes. But my king comes first.

- Alright.

I'll confront the two of you.

Tell that to his face.

Nobody will tell you the truth.

And Dan is at the Turks right now.

Alright, lercau.

Thank you.

You're free to go.

That's an ugly thing, Mihail! To be

betrayed by your own flesh and blood.

Get up!

I didn't mean to disturb you.

King Dan,

do you know your brother?

Not really.

He's really closed inside.

- Why doesn't he accept the fight?

- He's scared, Your Greatness.

I want your advice,

not your flattery.

I don't dare to express my opinion

in front of the greatest of the great.

Master, look!

He's insane!

That's him!

What are you babbling about?

Finally, a living soul

in this desert of death.

That's him, Mircea!

Stay here!

How dare you?

Daring is not something I lack,

Baiazid.

I could have your life.

Your country and your army

would be like a headless body.

They would still have the heart.

But you won't do that.

- What could stop me?

- Your pride.

They'll say you feared me.

You're not weak enough

to not care what people say.

The West, that you're going to

and that you want to conquer,

but whose opinion you value so much.

The West?

If I were them, I'd be here

with all my men, to stop Baiazid.

I'd ruin their proud castles,

their great cathedrals.

I'll feed my horse in the altar,

at Rome.

And you want to die for them?

I want to leave the whole Europe

to my sons.

You delayed me long enough.

It's time to reach an agreement.

As long as a foreign soldier sets

foot on my soil, the answer is no.

Not all your people are like you.

I know. But as long

as I and those like me are alive,

we won't be subjects

to you or anyone else.

That's the inheritance

I want to leave.

I don't have time!

If I was to stop now

from the holy path of victory,

my subject would look around

as awaken from their slumber.

Their first victim would be me.

I was too honest with you.

You'll be sorry.

- What do you want?

- Listen to me, Baiazid.

We've been living here

since the beginnings.

Those who dreamt of conquering

the West came through here.

And if they were defeated,

they retreated through here.

We remained.

Now you came.

Many and strong.

I listened to you saying

that you fear your people.

I'm not surprised.

If you want to conquer,

you must first defeat

your own people.

Otherwise you can't turn people

into beasts.

We have other rules.

We have patience, humanity

and understanding for the world.

If you beat me, Baiazid,

we'll keep on fighting.

In the forests,

in the rocks of Carpathians,

in the castles of Ardeal

and among their ruins.

Too bad!

You wanted it like this.

Only much later Baiazid realized

that I'm taking him

through the sun burnt Dobrogea,

weakening his army

and its patience.

That's when he took to Arges.

I waited for him here.

In this place, called Rovine.

You're staying far from the battle,

Dan-bey.

Or maybe you're waiting to see

who's going to win.

The almighty sultan

asked me to stay here.

I know.

Your life is precious to us.

I brought a gift to you.

A Romanian prince.

Kill him!

Dan-bey, our poets will praise

this courageous deed.

It would be a shame

to be left unknown.

Your Highness, the barbarians

are attacking from the left.

Send in the royal cavalry!

Your Highness, you should've killed

Emergi-bey when you had him.

Yes. Maybe you're right.

Your Highness, our reserves

have been attacked and destroyed.

Bring more troops

to guard the sultan.

Victory!

Get up!

I once told you stupid words.

It's time for me to be punished.

Give him a horse!

You're free, lzedin-bey.

- We're not a vengeful people.

- Unfortunately, we are.

Emergi!

Go ahead!

It's too bad you're not an Ottoman.

Master, save your precious life.

These dogs duty

is to die defending you.

Don't let your children die.

They're the holy hope of the Islam.

Command the retreat.

And then did you crush them all?

Did you drown them in the Danube?

No. I won at Rovine,

but they still outnumbered us.

I returned to my castle in Fagaras.

They gave the throne

to my brother, Dan.

But you weren't helped

by the Christian brothers?

Baiazid's army

was threatening Europe.

They gathered a great army

under the command

of Sigismund, Germany's emperor.

Our dear prince!

Patience, such a rare virtue,

doesn't go unrewarded.

From France, England, Germany,

from Hungary,

the best knights gathered

to destroy the defiled crescent!

My noblemen, prince Mircea!

He beat Baiazid at Rovine.

Count Filippe D'Artois Oede.

Jean de Vienne,

France's admiral.

Marshal Jean Le Mengre,

senior of Buscot.

Jean de Neverre,

son of the duke of Burgundy,

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