Archduke Stefan, Romanian film, 1974

Europe in the 15th century was once again invaded by Ottoman Empire . In the process, some countries were beaten to death, some were conquered, and the Principality of Moldova, located in the lower reaches of the Danube River basin and on the banks of the Black Sea, fought back heroically under the leadership of Archduke Stefan. The Ottoman Empire invaded and won the Battle of Vaslui in 1475. This film commemorates such people and events as a way to show the sovereignty of Romanian in the region in the era of Ceausescu .

At the beginning of the film, in Eastern Europe before the Battle of Vaslui in the 15th century, the situation surrounding Archduke Stefan was like this: The Persian Empire The Persian Empire sent messengers to him to ask for help, the country and the Ottoman Empire fought many losses huge. The queen of the king of Persia is the cousin of Queen Stefan, and the two sides have such a level of kinship. Stefan replied to the envoy: He attacked the Ottoman Empire's ally in Romania, the Grand Duke Radu, and took his wife and daughter as hostages (the Grand Duke Radu is also a relative of Stefan) This is also regarded as the Persian Empire, for rebellion The Ottoman Empire did something. Of course, he further stated that he would continue to fight against the Ottoman Empire with friendly forces to defend the Romanian homeland.

The Ottoman sultan wanted to expand into Christendom, and the overall goal was to capture the base camp of Italy Rome , then the premise was that the northern border of the Ottoman Empire needed security and needed to subdue the potential threat of the Principality of Moldova. It not only has to pay tribute to Ottoman , but also needs to cede two castles along the Black Sea, Guinea and Araba. This was the request made by the Ottoman Sultan to Stefan, so he sent an Ottoman envoy to Stefan and arrogantly read the above request. Stefan firmly refused: if the Ottomans were to invade, he would lead the people to defend their homeland.

The Ottoman Sultan was furious when he heard the words, and held a meeting with the imperial court to discuss countermeasures. The people of Moldova love Stefan and are willing to resist the Ottoman aggression under his leadership. The House of Lords also expressed its willingness to resist the aggression together. Stefan also united with , Poland, and other countries to aid and sympathize with Moldova, but there were also individual upper-class nobles such as Mihu and other Stefan who were enemies and carried out kidnapping incidents. Stefan defeated these civil strife. Stefan bid farewell to his wife and children, and led the army out in uniform. The soldiers were training hard, and Stefan was among the soldiers, encouraging them to practice their martial arts and prepare to meet the enemy. The rear is building weapons, and Stefan asked them to make better, more powerful weapons than the Turks .

The Turkish army is coming to Vasluy with mighty force. Stefan adopted the scorched earth policy , leaving ruins in Romania. The Moldovan people are retreating, the Turkish invaders are advancing. Moldovan guerrillas are harassing the Turkish rear and grain convoys. Stefan set a trap to lead the Turkish army of 120,000 to the swampy depressions of Vaslui, because his army numbered only 40,000 and had to have a clever strategy to defeat the enemy. He used grain as a bait, and the Turkish commander was sure to succeed. Stefan's army set up a battle in the swampy depressions of Vaslui. Vasluy on January 10, 1475, the Turks fell into an ambush and were defeated in heavy fog. One will become famous. In the vast land, who controls the ups and downs?