Đurađ Branković proposed to Władysław III of Poland and John Hunyadi that they stay in Serbian fortified towns during the winter and continue their campaign against the Ottomans in Spring 1444. They rejected his proposal, and retreated.[7] By the end of January 1444 forces of Władysław and Hunyadi reached Belgrade,[8] and in February they arrived at Buda where they were greeted as heroes.[9]