Applying
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- Vlad III the Impaler (yes, THE Vlad Dracula) refused to pay the tax on non-Muslims imposed by Mehmed II and invaded Bulgaria and impaled 23.000 Turks.The Sultan was enraged and invaded Wallachia.Vlad refused to engage them in direct combat, instead applying the "scorched earth" tactic.
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