 The Assamese were not prepared for such an eventuality and they left their frontier garrisons and sailed down to Guwahati.Also, the Ahoms had not quite completed their preparations for resisting Ramsingh I’s advance.Lachit Borphukan, the commander-in-chief of the Ahom camp had realized fully that postponement of the open encounter would enable him to bring his preparations to perfection in the light of the enemy’s superior strength.