 Yakhainggyi continued to be the main base of operations for Myinzaing until May 1886, while the rest of his army remained at Kywetnapha and Hngetkyithaik.Myinzaing hatched a plan to capture Mandalay by launching a full-scale attack on the city in May 1886.300 swordsmen and 100 musketeers would attack the police station and destroy the telegraph wires.