In the fall of 1608, the flight from Moscow took on a rampant character – especially after at the end of September Sapega defeated a detachment moved against him at Rakhmanov, after which he laid Siege to the Trinity–Sergius Monastery. The New Chronicler describes the situation in Moscow as follows: "A great famine began to exist in Moscow, one quarter of rye was sold for seven rubles, and because of the famine, many came from Moscow to Tushino; the rest came to Tsar Vasily saying: how long can we endure hunger, or give us bread, or we'll leave the city". This led to uprisings and several attempts to overthrow Shuisky: February 25, April 2 and May 5, 1610. However, in Tushino itself, on February 1, a riot also broke out, as the Poles demanded payment of salaries. Since, with all their desire, the Poles could not find the required amount of coins, they divided the country between feeding units – "bailiffs", which the inhabitants compared with the former appanage principalities, and began to plunder them whenever possible.