 Given his precarious position, Narathihapate decided to buy time, and sue for peace with the Mongols.In November/December 1285, the king ordered his generals Ananda Pyissi and Maha Bo to enter into ceasefire negotiations.The Mongol commanders at Hanlin, who had organized northern Burma as a protectorate named Zhengmian (), agreed to a ceasefire but insisted on a full submission.