Ioannes II during the siege of Shayzar moved around all day fully armed, with a golden helmet, encouraging the army by word and example and arranging all military details. Young Raymond of Poitiers and Joscelin of Edessa, however, preferred dice to war, and influenced others. Ioannes tried secretly to improve their conduct, without success, and became angry at the slow progress of the siege. Murshid (Machedolus), who was in charge of the defence, was alarmed when all the citizens of a captured suburb were slaughtered, and offered a good deal of money and treasure to stop the siege. Ioannes, increasingly disillusioned with the lazy and faithless Raymond and Joscelin, for whom he was fighting, decided to accept Murshid's offer and leave Shayzar; Raymond and Joscelin now tried to dissuade him, but in vain. The ransom included some of the Byzantine treasures taken at Mantzikert