Cao Bang Rebellion Against Ming Occupation

1419

In the pine-covered hills above the Red River, Le Loi gathered a band of outlaws and began raiding Chinese garrisons. The Ming commander dismissed him as a bandit. Within a decade Le Loi would be emperor of an independent Vietnam and a national hero schoolchildren still salute. Le Loi's guerrilla tactics became the template for Vietnamese resistance warfare replicated against invaders for six centuries.