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By the end of 1424, Le Loi's rebels had forced the Ming army being clustered in Vinh, which is provincial capital of Nghệ An. Le Loi recruited thousands soldiers from ethnic minority in the highland west of the Cả River delta for his army. His forces then defeated an army of ethnic minority troops who had joined the Ming cause.
Lê Lợi divided his army into small bands of partisan fighters and utilized guerrilla tactics to fight against regular Ming units. [4] In February, a Ming army under general Ma Ji (马骐) attacked Lam Sơn, but was ambushed by Lam Sơn partisans near the Chu River. [5] A betrayer led the Ming army to Lam Sơn to attack Lê Lợi in surprise.
Le Loi's forces began advancing north. By November, general Lý Triện's forward detachments had arrived near Đông Quan. The Ming garrison assumed that this was the main Lam Sơn army, and went out to confront them near Ninh Kiều. The Ming were defeated, suffering 2000 casualties. [11]
In September 1427, when Liu Sheng's army of 150,000 men approached the borders, Lê Lợi unexpectedly sent a message to the Ming court, proposing to recognize Trần Cảo, a descendant of the Trần dynasty, as the ruler of Đại Việt if the Chinese guaranteed autonomy. A few days later, Liu Sheng's army was defeated and lost 70,000 men.
Nguyen Xi, 22 years old at the time, and his brother Nguyen Bien joined Le Loi. On the 16th of the first Month, the traitorous Ai led the Ming army to take a shortcut and assaulted Le Loi's forces from the rear, capturing his family and many of his household members. Many soldiers left, but only Le Xi and Le Le, Le Nao, Le Bi and Le Dap ...
Liu Shan (Chinese: 劉山, Vietnamese: Lưu Sơn, died 1427) was a general of the Ming dynasty era of Chinese history.The Emperor of China called upon him to lead a massive army to crush the Lam Sơn uprising in Vietnam, led by the landowner Le Loi. [1]
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Thuận Thiên (順天, lit. "to obey, to accord with, to comply with Heaven") was the mythical sword of the Vietnamese Emperor Lê Lợi, who liberated Vietnam from Ming occupation after ten years of fighting from 1418 until 1428. [1] Lê Lợi then proclaimed himself emperor of the newly established Lê dynasty.