Battle of Pločnik

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The Battle of Pločnik was fought in 1386(or, according to the Bulgarian historiography, in 1387), at the village of Pločnik, near Prokuplje in today's southeastern Serbia, between the Serbian forces of prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic and the invading Ottoman Turks of sultan Murad I. King Tvardko of Bosnia sent too auxiliary troops and the the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman joined the coalition, but he was unable to send troops.[1] Serbian army used heavy knight cavalry charge with horse archers on the flanks.Milos Obilic was wounded by arrow in the battle.

The Serbian army emerged victorious, temporarily slowing down the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans, to set up the stage for the ill-fated battle of Kosovo between the two armies in 1389.

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  1. ^ История на България в 14 тома, 1982, т. 3., С., изд-ние на БАН, стр. 358-362
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