 Accompanied by the Sultan, the Ottomans conquered Eger in 1596.Upon hearing of the Habsburg army's approach, Mehmed wanted to dismiss the army and return to Istanbul.However, the Ottomans eventually decided to face the enemy and defeated the Habsburg and Transylvanian forces at the Battle of Keresztes (known in Turkish as the Battle of Haçova), during which the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle.