 So, in 718 they to sent embassys and won the support of Duke Eudo of Aquitaine whom at their request mustered 'a Gascon army' to face Charles.In response, Charles brought an army to the eastern Neustrian borders and faced Duke Eudo in battle at Soissons.Duke Eudo, realising he was outmatched, retreated to Paris where he took Chilperic and the royal treasury and left for Aquitaine.