Tot Dong, Chuc Dong (Hanoi)
In September 1426, Le Loi decided to march north, the Lam Son uprising entered a new phase. He let a part of the insurgent army continue to organize the siege of the citadels in Nghe An, Dien Chau, Thanh Hoa, while the main army divided into 3 wings to march north. On September 13, 1426, generals Ly Trien, Trinh Kha and Do Bi brought 3,000 troops to approach Dong Quan citadel. The Ming army thought that the insurgent army had just arrived from afar, and that the generals and soldiers were alone, so they immediately sent troops to fight. The battle between the two sides took place fiercely in Ninh Kieu land located in Tot Dong commune (Chuong My, Hanoi).
Taking advantage of the difficult terrain, Ly Trien, Trinh Kha and Do Bi led troops to lie in ambush at Ninh Kieu waiting for the Ming army to arrive. Pham Van Xao commanded another army to attack Dong Quan citadel and then pretended to lose to lure the enemy into the ambush. When the Ming general Tran Tri led troops to chase and fell into the ambush, generals Ly Trien, Trinh Kha and Do Bi led troops to charge out and kill more than 2,000 enemies. Tran Tri fled to Dong Quan to defend, at the same time asking for help from the troops of Ly An and Phuong Chinh in Nghe An.
On October 20, 1426, the Ming Dynasty mobilized 10,000 reinforcements to march down to Xa Lo bridge on Tam Giang road (now in Phu Tho). Here, General Pham Van Xao's army fought bravely, destroying more than 1,000 enemies, and many Ming soldiers also drowned. Also on that day, the Ming army in Dong Quan citadel was being threatened by the troops of Ly Trien and Do Bi. To break the siege of the rebel army, Tran Tri sent someone to lead the army out of the citadel to attack. The rebel army's ambush on both sides of the road west of Nhan Muc bridge (now in Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) rose up and attacked fiercely, killing more than 1,000 enemy soldiers in the battle. After this defeat, the enemy general Tran Tri closed the citadel gate and waited for reinforcements.
At the end of October, 10,000 Ming reinforcements divided into 3 armies advanced into Dong Quan. Still using the ambush tactic, Ly Trien and Do Bi continued to command the army to defeat the enemy at Co Lam, Tam La (now Ha Dong). According to Dai Viet Su Ky Toan Thu, the corpses of Ming soldiers were scattered for several dozen miles, and more than 500 soldiers were captured alive by the insurgents.
In November 1426, Vuong Thong brought troops to reinforce, joining with the army in Dong Quan to form 10,000 men to block the Lam Son army. Unable to deal with the large army of the Ming Dynasty, Ly Trien and Do Bi sent people to report to Dinh Le, Truong Chien and Nguyen Xi.
Dinh Le, Nguyen Xi and Truong Chien brought 3,000 troops and set up ambushes in Tot Dong and Chuc Dong (both in Chuong My, Hanoi today). The generals used their strategies to command the insurgents to fight bravely, defeating the Ming army, killing 50,000 soldiers and capturing more than 10,000. "Many Ming soldiers drowned, their corpses floating and blocking the entire Ninh Giang River. We captured countless horses, military equipment and weapons," according to official history. Vuong Thong and his generals fled back to defend Dong Quan.
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