Siege of Belgrade (1456) Ottomans March Into Europe - Medieval Kingdoms Total War 1212AD 

The battle has a really fascinating story, imma tell it real quick: The Hungarian nobility did not come to an aggreement of what they should do about the siege. The king went for a "hunt" in Vienna (he fled from the kingdom). So János Hunyadi a hungarian noble (some say he was of romanian origin, some say cuman, he still recognised himself as a hungarian noble; he was a fearsome fighter and pretty much the devil to ottomans) came to the defenders aid, breaking through the naval blockade of the ottomans. The crusader forces of Europe camped in the other side of the river. The ottomans bombarded the settlement pretty much to the ground, but hungarians pepared their defences (and serbs and croatians as well naturally). The ottomans charged the hungarian lines, it was a bloody battle, they almost won, but the hungarians strenghtened themselves and pushed back the ottomans. Now here comes the legend of a man named Dugovics Titusz, who when an ottoman soldier got to a bastion with a flag, sacrificed himself to throw him off (if you search his name, you come to one of the most legendary paintings in Hungary). It is a legend (most likely not true), but still a great one. So, then the next day the crusader forces charged through the river (wich was not the plan). They held the ottomans and the defenders of the castle charged out and captured or disabled the ottoman cannons. When night came the sultan was nowhere to be found.

Phyrrus protecc Phyrrus attacc But mostly importantly He don't get his army bacc

As a historian I really love your work Pixie, keep up the good work!! I’ve even showed a battle or two to my students, for them to gain perspective, while teaching history 👌🏽

The defender deserves massive credit for taking on so many players by himself

Hello to Apollo from Modern day Belgrade :)

This battle needs *CLUB LEVY!!!*

Mehmed the Conqueror did a great job expanding the borders. Hunyadi did a great job commanding also. So many great leaders were alive in the hundred years around this time frame.

So, Apollo, you asked how in Middle ages did you show that you are surrendering or deflecting to the enemy and not that you are charging them? Well, the answer is simple-you turn your spear or lance upside down. It may look like you are about to throw spear, but throwing spears was rather not used in medieval Europe, so it was generally the way in middle ages that you are showing your surrender or sometimes the deflecting. Also, yes, sometimes the throwing of the banner was the way to show deflecting, but it was very rarely shown as banners are still insignia of your unit and you and your companions in deflecting are still attached to it.

Respect for all defenders of Belgrade, Serbs and Hungarians alike, from Serbia 🙌❤👑🇷🇸

Really love 1212. Such a good mod. Thanks for posting this video Apollo. Always good times.

I didn't even know this battle is famous in other parts of Europe . Nice video btw. Greetings from Serbia :)

Thank you so much pixelated Apollo for doing what you do because the reason I now love total war is because of you so thanks for everything!!

Dude! I love your openings and how you narrate the battles. Your dramatic style mixed in with helpful tips about how to play certain units makes watching your videos really fun. Thanks and please keep your style.

Omg i was waiting for this for so long! Im from Hungary and to see such a glorius battle in 1212 is just amazing. Ty Pixie

Omyghad its been so long since the last one 😍😍😍😍1212!!

Epic Intro , its my favourite Keep it up please

I am enjoying these battles so much! I recently stumbled upon them and am totally hooked. Your commentary is great! So glad I found these videos. Keep it up! I’ve never even played total war, I just love watching these lol. So I may be a squire of Apollo.

YEEEEEAAAASSSS A SIEGE BATTLE,jeez i was bored to DEATH, bless ya

I appreciate the cinematic intro but more the interesting fact of the noon bell. Education is cool. It’s a fun fact you can walk up to someone and be like did you know...... xD. Please keep up the “did you know”

First time at your channel. Ha Ha ! The commentary is so funny. Really enjoyable battle. Keep up the good work

Dude, that intro is what i wanted to see for quite some time now! Good job, stepped your game up in the right direction finally. greetings, lusetony

these videos get better and better each time!

But Suleyman the Magnificent would be back in 1521 ;) Love the video Apollo

I've been begging for this specific battle for years!

I enjoy the video so much more when you have a pre battle intro. It’s great

this was the best intro to a battle you have ever made

I love this mod wish my computer could handle it I always enjoy your videos

Damn Apollo now THAT is how you intro your siege battles! 👏👏👏👏

Great battle apollo love this sort of videos :)

Awesome intro, like the last one, great job!

Watup apollo,,,,lol epic intro and commentary on this video bro. I'm still around and watching your vids, gotta see eye doc soon,,losing eyesight slowly. Hope all is well with u and ur fam,, take care man. I'll b watching your glorious seiges and battles til I cant see anymore lol

Love when you add historical context

This was a great alternate historical video

That was one of the best intros Apollo has done

Hey pixie it's been a long time like a year since I've watched you but man like 2and a half years ago I watched you every single day. Wanted to say congrats, I remember when you were only at like 36k subscribers💪❤

And i love your videos man

btw apollo you cant go down broken arrow towers

Talking about you joining the defender if you were a greek was actually a thing many times. The siege of constantinople in 717 century is a great example for that :) The arabs recruited greeks from north afrika, which than joined the defenders minutes after arriving in constantinople and played a crucial role in the lifting of the siege.

Much love and support pixiepoo. My one critic is that the armies of the players who submitted the video(yellow/blue team) are always the one to win. I know you can't do much about it but it removes all the suspense.

that mercenary at 17:50 reminded me of Henry's blacksmith pa. Defends his lord to the end and fights like a boss.

Hey!!! Belgrade was back then still a part of serbia!

Does the performance mod help with when you cover replays? Or only when the battles are being fought?

This is so unlucky for the defender, they only have to fight for 3 more seconds , unbelievable close game

1212AD 😍😍😍 vert good intro btw !

Thank you Apollo for the nice historic facts, they warmed my hearth. Also awesome vid.😉 Greetings from Hungary 😁

I'm saving up to buy one of your jumpers. I cant wait :)

To fire from the barricades is, like, the FIRST move you learn while playing defensive campaign battles in Attila. Just put infantry on it and let them fire! (Until the barricade is destroyed, by the way...). The defender could've used the crossbows sooner, and make a stand at the bridges... Such a good battle, man! Been waiting for more 1212 AD, those Ottoman units look awesome by the way.

Yay another vid !!

Do Siege of Vienna. Edit: and please don't forget about the Winged Hussars

A burning city would destroy my morale, you failed to protect the city

Im from the UK making sure you know we will always support you :) #ApolloForever

Someone needs to link me up to Apollo's battle playlist, I can't handle not being able to listen to those tunes at will.

In the historical battle the Ottomans attacked the outer wall,they defeated the defenders who retreated to the citadel.The Hungarians landed their reliaving army across the Sava river behind the Ottomans and defeated them.

Very nice video,now you could try to make the Battle of Sisak.

Great intro dude!

Belgrade was in fact captured later on. But they were stopped at Vienna

no..... tony! one of the best moments

Just got here, in my break to see this sweety siege!

Greetings from Budapest! Actually my ancestors were the lords on who's territory Belgrade was😅😅

I am from estonia. I really like your videos. #respecttheserbs

love ya pixie great intro

3:48 awww, come on! I wasn’t on that episode of history!

Sad part on hystorie no one helped us we had to free ourselves ... aweasome vid as ever

Damn that defender does not know how to use his crosbows

Could you make more historical battle recreations, certain nations would love to see some of the famous battles from their history, (example: your followers from Serbia for example would go crazy if you make battle of Kosovo replay), would be amazing ;)

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED! COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE!

Yes I missed historical siege Battles! Oh hi Apollo.

I’m Turkish as well and I loved this battle soooooo much

did anyone think of sabaton when he said when the winged hussars arrived

Im from Belgrade and love your vids like yas

only being able to use half of all his amunition. Bad miscalculation from the defender.

NO!....................TONY! ROFL! You have the best sense of humor.

Please do a video on ancient/medieval Persia!

This battle happens all the time when I have homework to do and these videos or video game enter my mind, the attacker being entertainment and positive attitude and defenders being boring and negative attitude

Another great battle, well done by all players. Is this one part of siege week?

When the winged hussars arrived! Hell yes

Sometimes we don't need to make any videos. Because Apollo has already done this, and this is no longer necessary.))

You should do a battle of Vienna!

Fellow Knights of Apollo, This siege is GLORIOUS!!! For Valhalla!!

Thx for doing this i am Serbian and this is epic 😀

37:54 wtf i spit my coffe... "Look at that standard carrier, standard berrihrer" ( Banner carrier) lol

I wish Total War had a Discipline mechanic for units, separate from Morale, which would affect their formation integrity and their "bloodlust." A unit with low discipline might charge from formation to continue attacking, or will keep fighting if told to retreat.

Actually Apollo I’m in 6th grade in the us and we have been learning about them especially the seige of Istanbul

I saw a head fall down from the wall at 29:16

Anyone from Hungary here? Jó érzés mikor ilyen videókat csinálnak rólunk:)

Id rather die on my feet than live on my knees

29:18 guy got his head cut off so hard it flew off the wall :D

Can you please make videos on the Battle of Hastings and the Battle of Stamford in thrones of britannia?(I like the time period and the game)

YES! More 1212!

In fact they celebrated ioan of hunedoara the leader that won the battle also the pope honnored him that is why the noon bell he is also known as mathias corvinus

The artillary crew have santa hats

Good video i am from romania:D

Defender lost because he was too conservative on ammo. You should not have units will almost full ammo once your last defensive units died.

Another Epic Sally. Who loves cav???❤️❤️

40:35 That was pretty much Moscow in the Napoleonic Wars.

Its much more interesting and exciting

What? MKTW 1212 AD!!?? It's been a minute!

i am from Austria and i watch every single Replay

I am not sure how accurate the intro is, though I believe that the Serbians were larger in number than the Hungarians as Belgrade is a Serbian citi (now also the capital). Also Belgrade was much more than some border fort... It was and is a very important strategic location. The Otomans needed to take it to move through to rest of Europe.

in fact belgrad was conquered 70 years later by the ottoman empire. For Europe, the main turning point was the siege of Vienna.