Sarkin Daular Usmaniyya, Murad II, ya yi shela a cikin kaka na shekara ta 1441 cewa za a kai farmaki a ƙasar Hungarian Transylvania a watan Maris na shekara ta 1442. A farkon Maris na shekara ta 1442, sarkin yaƙi Mezid Bey ya jagoranci mayaƙan doki 16,000 akinji zuwa ƙasar Transylvania, inda suka tsallaka Wallachia a Danube zuwa Danube. Nicopolis da kuma tafiya arewa cikin tsari.John Hunyadi ya yi mamaki kuma ya yi rashin nasara a yakin farko a kusa da Marosszentimre (Sântimbru, Romania).Bey Mezid ya kewaye Hermannstadt, amma hadin kan sojojin Hunyadi da Újlaki, wadanda a halin yanzu suka isa Transylvania, sun tilasta wa Ottomans tayar da yakin. kewaye.An halaka sojojin Ottoman.Wannan ita ce nasara ta uku da Hunyadi ya samu kan Daular Usmaniyya bayan samun saukin Smederevo a shekara ta 1437 da kuma kashin da Ishak Beg ya yi a tsakiyar hanya tsakanin Semendria da Belgrade a shekara ta 1441.