Now the Tartars sacked and destroyed some other smaller forts, as well as one very important stronghold called Sin Hon [_i.e._, Tsingho].

From this point they made their forays through the whole of that district, and sacked a large part of it.
The decision reached in the consultation by the mandarins was that the king should order all the noted captains who were not holding office, and who had retired to their homes, to come to the court; that a large number of soldiers should come from all the provinces to lend aid and to meet the demands of the occasion; and that the mandarins who were for various reasons at their homes should come to the court of Paquin.

All this was soon carried out by the king's order.

He likewise commanded that heavy taxes should be gathered for supplying the soldiers; that a large number of horses should be collected; land that the tuton, or the viceroy of that district, should be imprisoned.

He sent another viceroy in his place with extensive powers, even with authority to put to death the chief captains who, on account of their fear, were contemplating flight.