Place
Long Bien
The citadel of Giao Chau, with a south landing; the Complete Annals note that Luy Lau, where Si Nhiep made his capital, is Long Bien. Here Do Tue Do defeated Lu Tuan in 411, Ly Bi seized the citadel in 541, and, according to the Complete Annals, Trieu Viet Vuong went to live after the Liang army broke in 550.
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- The Complete Annals note that Luy Lau, where Si Nhiep made his capital, is Long Bien1
About the place
The old chronicles say
The annal of Si Vuong in the Complete Annals records that he made his capital at Luy Lau, with a note adding that this is Long Bien.1
In 411, Lu Tuan advanced on Giao Chau and was defeated at Long Bien by the inspector Do Tue Do. The Song shu records: on the Canh Ty day of the sixth month, Tuan reached the south landing at dawn, and ordered his whole army to take the city first and eat afterwards. That meal never came: Tue Do brought out all the private wealth of his clan to pay as rewards, then they loosed fire arrows and pheasant-tail torches; foot soldiers lined both banks and shot from either side; every one of Tuan's ships caught fire, and in a moment his force broke apart. Tue Do was afterwards made Marquis of Long Bien district, with the revenue of a thousand households.42
In 541, Ly Bi went out and seized the provincial citadel; the Complete Annals add a small note: that is, Long Bien. The Nguyen court's Cuong muc adds the month: in winter, in the twelfth month, Ly Bi of Giao Chi raised troops, drove out the Liang governor Tieu Tu, and seized and held Long Bien. If that really was the twelfth lunar month, the event may already have fallen early in 542 by the Western calendar, so the figure 541 should be read as the seventh year of Datong.35
In 550, the main text of the Complete Annals records that the Liang general Duong San resisted, was defeated and died (Ngo Si Lien's comment in the same book says San was captured); the Liang army broke and fled north, the country was at peace, and Trieu Viet Vuong went to live in the citadel of Long Bien.67
Mentioned in
- Episode 3Si Nhiep holds Giao Chau amid the turmoil of the Three Kingdoms17 min
- Episode 4Giao Chau under the Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties16 min
- Episode 6Ly Bi rises and founds Van Xuan, 541-54413 min
- Episode 8Trieu Quang Phuc, King of the Night Marsh, 548-55016 min
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