According to one version, when they were in Dadi village, they were approached by Androutsos’s men. The latter, knowing the purpose of their mission,Dionysios Kokkinos, 1974, vol.2 (Β΄), p. 524-525.Karpos Papadopoulos [Κάρπος Παπαδόπουλος], Ανασκευή των εις την ιστορίαν των Αθηνών αναφερομένων περί του στρατηγού Οδυσσέως Ανδρούτζου του ελληνικού τακτικού και του συνταγματάρχου Καρόλου Φαββιέρου, Εκ της Τυπογραφίας Πέτρου Μαντζαράκη, Εν Αθήναις, 1837, p.48. initially went at the headquarters of Ypsilantis with a force of sixty soldiers to find out information about the moves of the two men. There, they called Androutsos to a meeting, but he did not attend, because his men were afraid of a possible conflict with the opposite side’s armed escort. After that, according to the same version, although they told him via messenger that they would go to Messolonghi, the next day they continued towards Drakospilia.
