After the fall of Ayutthaya, one of the five communities in the Kingdom, the Chao tark community in Chantaburi, volunteered to recapture the city. Leading a force of 500 men, Taksin moved from Chantaburi to Thonburi. From there he made war against the burmese and drove them out of Siam. During this period he became King but the strain of a lifetime of war meant that he did not reign for long.