in the meantime, on 8 december 899, emperor arnulf died in regensburg, so the alliance between east francia and the principality of hungary lost its validity. the hungarian envoys sent from the new home of the hungarians, the eastern part of the carpathian basin, to negotiate the renewal of the alliance, were seen as spies by the guardian and councillor of the new king, the 6 year old louis the child, hatto i, archbishop of mainz and his advisers, and sent home, having achieved nothing. this started a state of war between the two political communities, so the principality of hungary needed the hungarian army from italy, which, because they became an important task in the conquest of pannonia, which was planned by the hungarians. they had to attack the bavarian province from south west in the same time when another hungarian army attacked it from east.