After eight hours of fighting, the Persians suddenly retreated to nearby foothills, but it was not a rout.
== Vdor v Mezopotamijo ==Sredi septembra 627, pri čemer je Ziebel nadaljevati obleganje Tiflisa (danes Tbilisi), je Heraklij napadel osrčje Perzije, tokrat z 25.000 do 50.000 vojaki in 40.000 Gokturki.