Prince Naresuen met these two nobles at Muang K’reng. After meeting him the intended assassins were touched by his youth and his gallant bearing their consciences revolted against their infamous task and they divulged the plot to the Prince. Prince Naresuen then clled a meeting of all his Generals together with the princecipal Peguan officials in the district and openly declared to them that he renounced on behalf of his father Siam’s allegiance to Burma. This important declaration was made at Muang K’reng in the mouth of May 1584 Most of the population along the border joined Prince Naresuen and he proceeded to Hanthawadi at the head of a considerable force and laid siege to the city. He shortly afterwaeds learned however that Nanda Bhureng had defeated the Prince of Ava and was returning to Hanthawadi.Not being as yet in a condition to encounter a victorious army instead of as he had hoped a routed one he returned to siam taking with him a large number of prisoners. The majority of these were Siamese who had been captured by the Burmese in prvious waes and forced to settle in Pegu.The King of Burma incensed at these proceedings at once dispatched a force cooanded by the crown Prince to pursue the Siamese.Prince Naresuen utterly defeaed them on the blanks of the sittaung River.One of the Burmese Generals Surakamma was shot dead by the Siamese Prince.This was the frist victory gained by the Siamese against the Burmese for many yreas.