<prompt> Cishe ngaleso sikhathi amabutho aseBulgaria aphinde aqala ukuhlasela iGrisi yaseByzantium. Nokho, uBasil, wakubona lokhu njengethuba: ngokuchoboza amabutho aseBulgaria, wayengagunyaza ukubusa kwakhe ekhaya ngenkathi enciphisa irekhodi lempi elivelele lamaPhokades aqhutshwa nguBardas Phokas empumalanga, njengoba lokhu kwakuyisikhuthazi sakhe esiyinhloko sokusekelwa, yena uqobo engusomabhizinisi ompofu. Waya empini esentshonalanga ngo-986 futhi wafika eSerdica ehlobo. Wavimbezela umuzi izinsuku ezingamashumi amabili ngaphambi kokuba akhathazeke ngenxa yamahemuhemu ayesakazeka okuthi uMelissenos wayehlela ukuvukela umbuso enhlokodolobha. Nokho, ngo - August 16, wabanjwa isicupho amabutho ombusi waseBulgaria uSamuel, eSangweni LaseTrajan  <response>: . futhi. Amabutho akhe ahlakazeka, futhi uBasil wahlazeka ngenxa yokunqotshwa. USamuel akazange akwazi nje kuphela ukunqoba ingxenye enkulu yoMbuso waseBulgaria, njengoba kwakunjalo ngaphambi kokunqotshwa kukaJohn I Tzimiskes, kodwa ukusekelwa kokubusa kukaBasil kwahlukaniswa kokubili eConstantinople nasempumalanga. Okubi nakakhulu, izindaba zokunqotshwa kwabo okuyinhlekelele zazizofika naseBaghdad, lapho uBardas Skleros owayekade eyisihlubuki ayenikezwe khona isiphephelo umbuso weBuyid owawubusa. 