 He returned to Naoussa which was liberated from Ottomans on February 19, 1822, under the leadership of Zafeirakis Theodosiou.In April 1822, the Pasha οf Thessaloniki, Abdul Abut with 18,000 men besieged Naoussa, and, fourteen days later, he captured and destroyed the city.Karatasos was responsible for the defence, and he managed to save himself and his family, escaping from the burned town.