News came to the capital that the Uzes had been annihilated by famine, plague, and attacks by Bulgarians and Pechenegs, although their leaders managed to escape across the Danube. Basileios Apokapes and Nikephoros Botaneiates, who had escaped from captivity, spread the miraculous information. Konstantinos X with his tiny army received messengers from the Danube with the good news, and he rejoiced, thanked God and the Virgin, and returned to Constantinople to find the population celebrating