The King of Burma immediately attacked an captured Tavoy. He then went on to Tenasserim but the Siamese were ready for him and with the aid of some Portuguese mercenaries they drove him off with considerable loss (January 1614). They then retook Tavoy. This placed Siam in what was at that time her normal territorial condition. Pegu was but a trophy of war. Tavoy was then regarded as Siamese soil.