When spring came on (681), the besieged redoubled their exertions and took the trenches constructed on Dindymon: nothing remained for the king but to raise the siege and with the aid of his fleet to save what he could.
He went in person with the fleet to the Hellespont, but suffered considerable loss partly at its departure, partly through storms on the voyage.

The land army under Hermaeus and Marius likewise set out thither, with the view of embarking at Lampsacus under the protection of its walls.

They left behind their baggage as well as the sick and wounded, who were all put to death by the exasperated Cyzicenes.

Lucullus inflicted on them very considerable loss by the way at the passage of the rivers Aesepus and Granicus; but they attained their object.

The Pontic ships carried off the remains of the great army and the citizens of Lampsacus themselves beyond the reach of the Romans.
Maritime War Mithradates Driven Back to Pontus The consistent and discreet conduct of the war by Lucullus had not only repaired the errors of his colleague, but had also destroyed without a pitched battle the flower of the enemy's army-- it was said 200,000 soldiers.