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Brothers Nguyen Nhac, Nguyen Lu, and Nguyen Hue led the Tay
Son revolution in 1771 and overthrew the Nguyen Dynasty.
Thai forces were defeated by the Tay Son army in the Rach
Gam- Xoai Mut front in 1785. Then, the Tay Son army marched
to Dang Ngoai, and overthrew the Trinh dynasty. Le Chieu
Thong, the last king of the Le Dynasty, fled to China,
and asked for Qin dynasty's assistance. Nguyen Hue took the
throne in Phu Xuan, now called Hue,
in 1788. He led the army and marched north to defeat the Qin
troop of 290,000 men in Thang Long in the first lunar month
of 1789.
Quang Trung Nguyen Hue, founder of the
Tay Son Dynasty, implemented progressive policies on land
and education but he passed away in 1792. Nguyen Anh,
supported by the French, returned to the Mekong River Delta
to fight Tay Son army. Tay Son was defeated in 1802 and
Nguyen Anh conquered Phu Xuan. |
