 Victims of his retribution included Iovan Latinul, father of Leon's "Postelnic", who was decapitated at Caracal.Leon prepared for a defense of Muntenia, sending Princess Victoria to a safe haven, in the Ottoman fortress of Giurgiu.The main rebel force pushed toward Bucharest, but, following his grants of privilege, Leon had fuller confidence in his own troops, to whom he promised payments in bullion coin; he was also backed by a native "Logothete", Papa Greceanu.