The invasion initially met little resistance, as the Burmese force was too large for the small guard posts around the border.[1] Upon hearing of the Burmese invasion, Maha Chakkraphat mobilized his kingdom, then gathered his forces at Suphanburi, a town just west of Ayutthaya.[2] When Tabinshwehti and his army arrived at the walled town of Kanchanaburi, they found it completely deserted