Battle of Chi Lăng

The Battle of Chi Lăng Pass was a short skirmish between Vietnamese force under Prince Lê Lợi and Chinese Ming dynasty army under General Liu Sheng. The Chinese forces had been dispatched to relieve Wang Tong, who was besieged at Đông Quan in the aftermath of the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động.[2] The battle took place in the Chi Lăng valley, Chi Lăng District, Northeast Vietnam on September 18, 1427. At first, the Vietnamese pretended to flee, leading the charging Chinese cavalry into the marshes near Dao Ma Pha mountain where Chinese horses were bogged down, ambushed, and slaughtered.[3]

Battle of Chi Lăng
Part of Lam Sơn uprising
DateSeptember 18, 1427
Location
Chi Lăng District, Lạng Sơn Province
Result Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
Lam Sơn Ming Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Lê Lợi Liu Sheng  †
Huang Fu  (POW)
Mu Sheng
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown

70,000–90,000[1]

30,000 captured

References
  1. Sun 2006, p. 88.
  2. Ming Shilu. pp. Book 154.
  3. Charney 2004, p. 176–177.

Bibliography
  • Charney, Michael (2004). Southeast Asian Warfare, 1300-1900. Brill.
  • Sun, Laichen (2006), "Chinese Gunpowder Technology and Đại Việt, ca. 1390–1497", in Reid, Anthony; Tran, Nhung Tuyet (eds.), Viet Nam: Borderless Histories, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 72–120
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