After three days in Jerusalem, Joscelin of Edessa took the army of Jerusalem northwards with the True Cross, which had already been sent on to Tripoli. He combined the armies of Jerusalem and of Antioch, in the hope of reaching Kharpurt in time to save Baldwin II from returning to captivity. But at Tell Bashir they learned that they were too late: Kharpurt had fallen, and so their quest was fruitless. Joscelin used the two armies to make a sharp raid on Aleppo for four days, destroying everything outside the walls, but then had to withdraw for lack of food. Joscelin then sent the troops from Jerusalem back southwards, where they made a raid across the Jordan and gained extensive booty before reaching home, and putting the True Cross back in its place