A sakamakon haka, Sarkin sarakuna Constantine VII (r. 913<unk>959) ya aika da wani kamfen a cikin 949. Wannan kuma ya ci nasara a cikin wani harin da aka yi a cikin wani harin da 'yan jarida na Byzantine suka danganta da rashin iyawa da rashin kwarewa na shugabansa, mai kula da gidansa Constantine Gongyles. Constantine VII bai yi watsi ba, kuma a cikin shekaru na ƙarshe na mulkinsa ya fara shirya wani tafiya. Za a gudanar da shi a karkashin magajinsa, Romanos II (r. 959<unk>63), wanda ya ba da jagorancinsa ga Janar Nikos Phokas. A karkashin jagorancin babban rundunar sojojin da Phokas, a watan Yunin 960, Constantine ya yi nasara a kan tsibirin, kuma ya ci nasara a kan tsibirin a watan Yulin 949.
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