Though feeling exhausted, Ioannes II marched for the tenth time against the Turks, with a warning to Muhammad the Danishmendid. He went to defend the weak areas along the Sangarios against Tukish attacks. News of his arrival was enough to stop them. He drove off many animals as booty and returned to Lopadion, where many people from the capital felt secure in visiting him, including women and Theodoros Prodromos. When the womenfolk left, he built Ochyrai. Now for the first time he acquired a reputation as an implacable slave-driver, allowing his troops little or no time at home after returning from Syria before preparing for an expedition to Pontos. His enforcement was strict, resentment was extreme, and he made little attempt to soothe it