At one point during mehmet's campaign to conquer wallachia, vlad lll dressed his soldiers in ottoman garb and led them on a midniht raid of the sultan's camp. their goal was to kill the sultan as he slept in his tent - a goal they failed to accomplish. however, they did succeed in creating mass confusion among the ottoman soldiers, according to curta. the ottomans stayed up until
morning slaughtering one another in the belief that their comrades were really the enemy in turkish clothing.