Thread--If Sino-Burmese War--(with Manchu Banners) had not happened--would Taksin (not the present Taksin Shinawatre of course)

been able to unify Siam/Ayutthaya Kingdom--later?

This Q seems to me to be an If question--

but interesting as it shows--Taksin already active before 1767. https://historum.com/t/if-the-sino-burmese-war-never-happened-would-thailand-still-be-an-independent-nation-till-today.197292/