After escaping from the rock, Raymond of Toulouse gathered the Byzantine troops and his own and told the Lombards of the route to the Byzantine castle of Pauraë. He was the first to flee, setting an example to other crusader leaders, who abandoned their women, infantry and baggage. The exhausted Turks were amazed at the booty. The flight Raymond began left countless thousands to be massacred by the Turks, in the camp or fleeing without horses. There were many women, the young going to eastern slave-markets, the old being butchered; the money and precious objects were incalculable. Many of the leaders escaped the massacre by fleeing on horseback through the mountains via Sinope to Constantinople. They included Anselm of Milan, Stephen count of Burgundy, Stephen of Blois, Conrad the constable, Engelrand of Laon, Hugh of Pierrefonds bishop of Soissons, Guy of Rochefort (with the red hair) and Hugh Bardolf of Broyes. The Turkish leaders, Danishmend Gazi, Kilic Arslan I and Balas of Saruj, pursued the survivors almost to Sinope, and then killed even more stragglers on the return. Christian casualties included Arnulf son of Uillicus, the knight Dodo, Engelrand and Erald of Chalons and Gaucher of Chatillon. Alexios I welcomed to the capital the survivors of Mersivan, but at first was displeased with Raymond of Toulouse, because he had fled first, separately from Stephen of Burgundy and Conrad the constable; Raymond explained that he feared anger against him from some of the crusaders, as Alexios was blamed for the defeat. Anselm of Milan died in Constantinople. Later, Alexios I was sympathetic and generous to all the surviving leaders, entertaining them for the autumn and winter, and giving presents to those who had lost everything. He then sent them on, at their request, towards Jerusalem