 Other versions suggest that Fochianos, still in contact with the Porte, expected to "play the two sides against each other and then side with the winner", or "an opportunity of making the prince [Ypsilantis] prisoner".Olympios also followed the Pandurs and, upon reaching them, demanded that Vladimirescu return to fight for Bucharest.During a subsequent standoff on the banks of Cârcinov, Vladimirescu agreed to hold deescalation talks.