 Apafi did not dare to resist Fazıl Ahmed's command, but he sent words to the Palatine (or viceroy) of Hungary, Ferenc Wesselényi, about the Ottomans' plans and deferred his departure.Kuchuk Mehmed left Transylvania to join the Grand Vizier's army in August, but Apafi departed for the campaign only after Fazıl Ahmed had threatened him of a new Tatar invasion of Transylvania.By the time he reached the Grand Vizier's camp at Érsekújvár (Nové Zámky, Slovakia) in October, the Ottomans had already captured the town.