Mehmed II

Mehmed II was an Ottoman sultan who was considered to be a military genius after conquering Constantinople. He led a force of one hundred fifty thousand soldiers to invade Romania in 1462. Vlad III and his force of only ten thousand soldiers managed to repel the invasion. Due to Vlad's tactics of impaling invaders on stakes for prominent display to his enemies, his soldiers' morale sank and he was forced to withdraw. According to Mehmed II's records, he muttered at that moment, "I fear no human. But, Dracula (the devil) is different."