 Ypsilantis hid this detail from his Wallachian contacts as he began taking pledges of support from the various Pandur captains.He also hid from them that the Sacred Band had been anathemized by the Orthodox Patriarch, Gregory V.

On March 15, Pharmakis and his troops, quartered in Lipscani, central Bucharest, broke with the Pandurs.A ceremony organized by actor Costache Aristia consecrated their own army symbols, which echoed Byzantine flags and insignia.