[3] Along with Odysseas Androutsos, Athanasios Diakos and other leaders of the Greek Revolution of 1821, he served in the garrison of Ali Pasha.

There he managed to organize in a short period of time, the military camp and to turn the inexperienced men from Euboea into brave soldiers.

In fact, they won their first major victory in the summer of 1821 in the battle against the organized army of Omer Vrioni, in the area of Messapia, near Psachna in Euboea.

On July 15 Omer Vrioni, after the seizure of Livadeia, he wanted to suppress the Revolution in Euboea, in order to ensure safe passage for transportation and supplies to be able to move towards Athens.

Three days later, Ali Pasha marched again against them, but Govios and his men had been withdrawn to Agios, so he only burnt the huts of the Greeks in Vrysakia and he returned to Chalkida, from where he soon decided to leave since the city fortress was very strong.