Croatian Ban Tamás Erdödy set out to help the endangered town with 1,240 of his soldiers. He was joined by Andreas von Auersperg with 300 armourers from Kranjska and Carinthia, then German troops Ruprecht Eggenberg with 300 soldiers, Stjepan Grasswein, commander of the Slavonian Krajina and its 400 horsemen, Petar Erdödy with 500 Žumberak Uskoks, Melchior Rödern with 500 Tole archers, Adam Rauber of Weiner with 200 arcebuzirs, Krštofor Obrutschan with 100 men, Stjepan Tahy with 80 hussars, Martin Pietschnik from Altenhof with 100 guys, Georg Sigismund Paradeiser, commander of the Karlovac, Carinthian and Kranj Musketeers with 160 men, Ferdinand Weidner with 100 pedestrians and Count Montecuccoli with 100 horsemen. In addition, the following Croatian captains were present with their armies: Ivan Draskovic, Benedict Thuroczy, Franjo Orehovački, Vuk od Druškovca and Count Stjepan Blagajski. Thus, this Croatian-Slovenian-German army, which came to the aid of the besieged Croatian city, gathered about 5,000-6,000 battlers, with more than two-thirds of them being Croatians.