Bernd 10/23/2019 (Wed) 19:49:05 No.30859 del
>>30858
That's just how larger armies worked in that era.
On small scale they still used cunning, tricks and maneuvers. On our borders (and later when the border went through Hungary, post-Suleiman times) there was a line of fortresses where fights were constant, quick, small horse units always broke into each others' territory to make mischief. They clashed little million times and they always tried to use everything to their own advantage, terrain, weather, vegetation, distractions, maneuverability etc.
Granted most of the time these were only skirmishes, but larger units with several thousand men did it too. Chiefly akinjis. A notable action of theirs was the plunder of Nagyvárad in 1474 (ok it's little earlier than what you specified, but I wouldn't call the Ottomans small timers at that time), when Miháloglu Ali bey led 6000+ (mainly) akinjis through the border (which at that time was quite secure) into the heart of the country barely with any notice(!) and surprised the prosperous town. Only the castle could hold out. Then they left just as suddenly as they appeared. It was a nice action from their part.