 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1466, Sultan Mehmed akaenda neuto guru kuzorwisa Skanderbeg nevaAlbania. Skanderbeg akanga atsvaka rubatsiro kakawanda kubva kuItaly, uye akatenda kuti Hondo yeOttoman-Venetian 14631479yakapa mukana wegoridhe wekusimbisazve kuzvimiririra kweAlbania; kune veVenetian, maAlbania akapa chifukidziro chinobatsira kumahombekombe eVenetian eDurrës uye Shkodër . Mugumisiro mukuru webasa iri wakanga uri kuvakwa kwenhare yeElbasan, inonzi yakavakwa mumazuva 25 chete. Iyi nhare yaiva panzvimbo yakakodzera, mumapani pedyo nomugumo weVia Egnatia yekare, yakatema Albania nepakati, ichiparadzanisa hwaro hwaSkanderbeg munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzokuchamhembe kubva muzvinhu zveVenetian kumaodzanyemba. Zvisinei, pashure pokubva kwaSultan, Skanderbeg amene akapedza nguva yechando muItaly, achitsvaka betsero. Pakudzoka kwake mukutanga kwa1467, mauto ake akabuda munzvimbo dzakakwirira, akakunda Ballaban Pasha, uye akasimudza kukombwa kwenhare yeCroia Krujë; ivo vakarwisawo Elbasan asi vakatadza kuitora. Mehmed II akapindura nokuforazve achirwisa Albania. Akashingairira kurwisa nhare dzeAlbania, achitumira mapoka kuti arwise zvinhu zveVenetian kuti varambe vakaparadzaniswa. VaOttoman vakakundikana zvakare kutora Croatia, uye vakakundikana kudzvinyirira nyika yacho. Zvisinei, nguva yechando yakaunza denda, raizodzoka gore negore uye raizopedza simba revanhu vomunzvimbo yacho. Skanderbeg pachake akafa nemarariya munhare yeVenetian yeLissus Lezhë, achigumisa kugona kweVenetian kushandisa madzishe eAlbania kuti zvibatsire. VaAlbania vakasiyiwa kuti vaite zvavaida uye vakadzorwa zvishoma nezvishoma mumakore gumi akatevera. 