The Latin Empire suffered heavy casualties and in the fall of 1205 the Crusaders tried to regroup and reorganize the remains of their army.

The battle was fought while the armies were on the march and the masses of fighting soldiers were slowly moving to Rusion.

At about 2 km from the fortress the Crusader battle formation finally collapsed under the Bulgarian assaults from both sides.

The remains of the crushed army abandoned Rusion and sought refuge to the nearby town of Rodosto.

Rodosto was well-fortified town with a large garrison of Venetians consolidated by the survivors from Rusion and a company of 2,000 men who arrived later.

In the whole military operation the Crusaders lost more than 200 knights, many thousands of soldiers and several Venetian garrisons were completely annihilated.

However, the Crusaders were lucky - in 1207 Tsar Kaloyan was killed during the siege of Thessaloniki and the new Emperor Boril who was a usurper needed time to enforce his authority.