Le Loi Raises the Lam Son Uprising

1418

In the forested hills of Thanh Hoa province, a Vietnamese landowner named Le Loi began organizing armed resistance against the Ming Chinese occupation that had swallowed his country. His small band survived years of near-annihilation in mountain caves, eating roots and ambushing supply trains before gathering enough peasant support to challenge Chinese garrisons directly. The insurrection that would liberate Vietnam and found the Le dynasty had started with a handful of desperate fugitives.