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Krung Thēp to take refuge under the royal authority. As for Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā, he boarded a vessel, bringing Khmer nobles and gentles to the Vietnamese kingdom to take refuge under the Vietnamese monarchy and request Vietnamese troops to march north to protect the kingdom of Great Cambodia. At that time, the Khmer vassal states situated next to the borders of Phra Tabǭng City remained subject to Krung Thēp. In addition, a bull white elephant was successfully captured with a lasso in the city of Phōthisat and was sent by the ruler thereof, Phrayā Sawankhalok, whose name was Wēt, into Krung Thēp to be presented to His Majesty, who then furnished it with the name of Phrayā Sawētkunchǭn. Phrayā Sawankhalōk and Somdet Phra ʿUthairāchā bore hatred towards each other, causing the former to bring his family into Krung Thēp to take refuge under the royal authority. Having been Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt, ruler of Phra Tabǭng City, for five years, Phrayā Phibūnrāt (Bǣn) died in the Year of the Dog, Year Six (2357 BE).[1] Phra Wisētsunthǭn (Rot), son of Čhāophrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt (Bǣn), was then appointed as Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt, the third ruler of Phra Tabǭng City. In the Year of the Pig, Year Nine (2370 BE),[2] during the reign of His Majesty King Nangklāo Čhāoyūhūa, being the thirteenth year after Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt (Rot) assumed rulership over the city, Phrayā ʿUdomphakdī, whose name was Chēt, as well as Phrayā Palat and commissioners of the city of Phra Tabǭng, sent notices accusing Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt (Rot) of offences into Krung Thēp. His Majesty then ordered that Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt (Rot) be taken into Krung Thēp to be appointed as Phra Phiphitphakdī and retained in service there, before appointing Phrayā ʿUdomphakdī (Chēt) to succeed him as Phrayā ʿAphaiphūbēt, the fourth ruler of Phra Tabǭng City.
Upon the death of Chāoʿong Sa-ngūan, the Phra Mahā ʿUppayōrāt who had been brought into Krung Thēp, His Majesty decreed in the Year of the Snake, Year Five (2376 BE),[3] that Čhāophrayā Bǭdindēchā the Civil Chancellor be commander-in-chief and march out to
