 The French army further split into several companies who went through different roads, with several towns refusing them obedience, the companies themselves being unable to stop the march and retaliate.The army's parts joined again at Mont-de-Marsan, where Charles VII arrived on 21 June.The French captain La Hire arrived the following day, after, according to legend, having fought a group of English "routiers" and assaulted a castle close to Ygos.