Gregorios Pakourianos left Nikolaos Branas as his replacement in Adrianople and led heavy-armed infantry and nobles to join Alexios I. Alexios had organised his army to march in battle formation, for the purpose of familiarisation. Konstantinos Opos was the commander of the corps of the exkoubitai, Antiochos of the Macedonian contingent, Alexandros Kabasilas of the Thessalians, Tatikios of the Turks living near Achridos. Xantas and Kouleon led their fellow-religionists the Manichaeans, while the troops specially attached to the emperor, the vestiaritai and the Franks, were under the command of Niketas Panoukomites and Konstantinos Oumpert(opoul)os