 On Fazıl Ahmed's order, Apafi called on the Hungarian nobility to yield to the Ottomans, but his manifesto remained unnoticed.Before leaving Érsekújvár to winter at Belgrade late in October, the Grand Vizier allowed Apafi to return to Transylvania.The German mercenaries who were stationed at Székelyhíd (Săcueni) and Kolozsvár had not received their salaries for month.