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rescue the capital city of Glorious Ayutthaya, they were forced to retire and return home. Returning by the same route was impossible as sources of food supplies along the arrival route had completely been ruined. They then marched back through a northern route which led to an exit at the Mae Sot Pass, also known as the Mae Lamao Pass, in the city of Tak. Burmese chronicles had it that, as the king of Hanthawati marched back on that occasion, he met pursuits and attacks from Prince Ramesuan, a son of King Mahachakkraphat who led a Thai armed force on one way, and from Prince Mahathammaracha of Phitsanulok on the other way, in which a great many of the Burmese were killed. As the king of Hanthawati arrived in the city of Kamphaeng Phet, the two Thai armed forces were at a three-day distance away from his royal force. The king of Hanthawati then invented a plan to place his troops in wait and stated that they must lure the Thai armed forces into an ambush. The Thai, merrily giving a chase, found themselves to be in the middle of the Burmese, where both Prince Ramesuan and Prince Mahathammaracha were captured. King Mahachakkraphat was therefore required to agree to the cessation of hostilities and restoration of peace with Burma and give two champion elephants to the king of Hanthawati. The king of Hanthawati then released Prince Ramesuan and Prince Mahathammaracha, allowing them to return home.
Not so long after King Tabinshweti of Hanthawati returned to the city of Hanthawati,
