This would allow them to pressurize the Peruvian government for the expected decision of the territorial disagreement between both of them with chances of gaining advantages in the negotiations since if they were not to prosper, the Chilean government would offer military support which would imply going to war on a second from in the Peruvian north, weakening the allies' forces.
En este contexto fue, que la acción de la diplomacia chilena trató de aprovechar, mostrando al gobierno de Veintemilla, que desarrollar una estrategia de política exterior, enfocada a convencer al gobierno limeño de negociar un acuerdo, con la finalidad de que si no se alcanzaba una respuesta satisfactoria a la demanda, se podría generar una alianza con Chile, por lo tanto, abriendo otro frente que debilitaría a las tropas peruanas.