After the decease of King Burengnong, King Angwa
became recalcitrant. Nantabureng, the new king of Burma, conscripted
troops from the protectorates to suppress the recalcitrance. However,
King Nantabureng had a secret plan and assigned his Crown Prince to
kill Pra Naresuan on the way. The Crown Prince ordered Praya Kiat
and Praya Ram to conduct this mission. Nevertheless, both army leaders
had a chance to see Mahathen Kanchong, who was their monk teacher
and therefore disclosed all the secrets. Since the senior monk was
Mon and loathed the Burmese, he tried to persuade the two commanders
not to follow the Crown Prince’s order. When Pra Naresuan moved his
troops to Kraeng, the monk informed him of the wicked Burmese plan,
and this led Pra Naresuan to proclaim independence from Burma by pouring
holy water to the earth and brought all the people back to Ayuddhaya.
The Burmese troops then followed Pra Naresuan. The spearhead under
the control of Surakanma caught up with Pra Naresuan’s troops at the
River Stong and saw the troops on the other side of the river bank.
Pra Naresuan, seeing that the Burmese troops had caught up, then shot
a long gun across the river and killed Surakanma who was on elephant
back. The Burmese troops therefore had to retreat.
picture : King Naresuan creating
a storng and stable kingdom.