Vlad Tepes Page #6

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have converted to the right faith?

Perhaps a more righteous faith

than those of your forefathers?

My forefathers were pagans.

They believed in the gods of Olympus.

What is Allah but a lonely Zeus?

You haven't changed.

You always fall on your feet, like a cat.

Only if I don't fall

on one of Your Highness's stakes.

So help you Allah!

What does Mehmed want?

The padishah

wouldn't have wanted the tribute

All was decided by Murat.

He inherited this situation and

he can't back out now.

Nothing could justify that step.

What should I do to make this right?

Your good will would suffice.

How shall I show good will?

Let our army pass through to Hungary.

That's all.

No money, no soldiers, no toil.

Your Highness will thus become a friend of the padishah.

Friends do not pay tribute.

Come on, tell me. Tell me...

Everything must be a secret.

Fast as a thunderbolt

After the fall of Buda

and when Hungary becomes a pashalic

there won't be any pretenders

to the throne across the mountains.

The country will have the peace it wants.

With the promise of such advantages,

the answer must be only - "yes".

Well... No!

Your Highness wants to defend Hungary?

No.I want to defend my own country.

The padishah will keep his word.

I know. He will keep it. I will conquer Buda,

transform Hungary into a pashalic

What will Wallachia become then?

An island in an Ottoman sea.

He won't touch it, but those who follow?

He who wants to be the master of the world

can't leave anything unmastered.

Mehmed knows that.

He gives with the one hand,

but takes with the other.

Christendom is crumbling,

stirred by hostile passions

like a sea of sand in the wind.

Against it there is

a big rock rolling down.

The future belongs to that rock.

Sooner or later the shadow of the glorious

Crescent will spread over all the earth.

The swords will decide that.

It's no good to be

in the way of a rolling rock.

Mind you, Katavorinos,

you are not here to give me advice.

The country must pay tribute.

Twice as much.

Mehmed has inherited a tribute

for which he did not intend to ask.

It is a tribute I don't intend to pay.

Then let's agree over the borders

of Giurgiu, Your Highness.

Let's go here and decide.

If not, cut my head off now,

and spare me the trip

back to Constantinople.

Allah hu akbar!

If you don't surrender

I will cut your head off,

stuff it with straw

and send it to Istanbul..

Do you think you will be rewarded for that?

Mehmed can't lift you higher than I could.

Master, they are the soldiers of Yunus Bey,

running from infidels.

Open the gates!

Your Highness!

If you want a loyal dog, I am one.

Take me into your chancellery.

Are you skilled?

I've worked at Venice and Milan

chancelleries.

- Why did you not stay there?

- I can't stay long in one place.

Nobody leave my chancellery when he wants.

Go on your way, man.

Untie him!

On your knees.

Only death can stop

their appetite for conquering.

Lead the army beyond the water!

We will pass to them through fire and sword

on the entire length of the Danube.

Don't push the sultan more than should be,

otherwise the fire will come over us.

We have no choice.

It will be war anyway.

I gave the country a new face, made with

sweat and blood. But the clay is still soft.

Only weather or fire can strengthen it.

Fire hardens clay into a pitcher.

A big fire creates something hard like a rock.

Our country will emerge from war like a rock.

Where's the infidel?

He's advancing along the Danube.

Everyone's fleeing from him.

You've dreamed, dirty servant!

Speak up.

The shore of the Bosphorus is full

of refugees, King of Kings.

They are as many as the sand.

They want to pass to Asia.

I will whip them back to the

place from which they fled.

Lift the siege of Corinth immediately.

All armies back to Istanbul.

Your Highness, Dan is passing the mountains

through Bran, with an army of mercenaries.

Our soldiers can't

hold them for long.

Go and tell them to withdraw slowly

and harass him relentlessly.

In two days I will be there.

If you find the opportunity,

hit him, don't wait for me.

I want Dan alive. His boyars, as well.

Give him a spade.

Dig!

The hand of a prince must hold only

the sceptre and the sword.

How would have you defeated a country

in front of humiliation?

Let him dig his grave up to the end.

Bring some priests to have a sermon.

He should be buried with honor.

He did not know to die as a prince,

at least his burial should be for one.

He is the flesh and blood

of Mircea the Great.

They should be lifted up around the grave,

according to their titles.

Each lord to sleep into his own foundation.

The infidel has retired

with his army across the Danube.

Only the shame which he brought

remains behind him.

I'll give Christianity a deadly blow.

Abudhan Pasha

with 150 ships

and 60,000 warriors here

I will hit the Romanian country

and turn it into a pashalic.

After that... Moldavia too.

Why so much power for two little countries?

Only our best knights

can trample them underfoot.

From Moldavia and Wallachia, my soldiers

will pass on Transylvania.

Crushed from both sides, the king's army will crumble.

I will turn Transylvania

into a pashalic, too.

After this it will be winter.

I won't release the army.

I'll spend the winter in arms,

in Transylvania.

When the snows begin to melt

a new army will be heading for Belgrade.

We'll send a word to the Tatars

to attack Poland in the same time.

So I will not be attacked in Italy, nor in Poland.

Now, Buda is lost...

After Buda... Vienna.

I will come with armies to Belgrade

and then will begin in full force.

To Rome...

I'll turn the Vatican into a big mosque.

Pope with all his cardinals will walk

behind me dressed like ordinary dervishes.

Do you want to upset

the thinking on the battlefield

as you did with the siege on Constantinople ,

Luceafar between Luceferi?

(hipcampLike the moon's eclipse during the siege on Constantinople,

Show the green flag of the Holy War!

In all the mosques

to make prayers to Allah

glory be his name,

to give me power...

and victory.

And tell to Pope Pius the 2nd that we

don't want,

to run away from their wilderness,

but we want to fight them.

We are poor and few

compared to their wealth.

And if we'll reach a bad end,

and this small country will perish,

all Christianity will suffer.

Your brother Vlad,

has raised his arm against my empire.

That arm will fall...., hit by my sword.

You are a hostage here.

I did not betray you.

It is not fair for me to be killed

and the one who confronted you to be alive.

Take 4,000 soldiers,

go to Danube and try to attract the boyars.

Tell them you will take his place

on the throne.

The Turks are crossing the Danube!

The cannons there...

Be careful, don't make noise.

You jackal!

Do you want our bones to remain here?

Pass through the mill. The one from

"Valea Seaca". They'll met there.

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