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Wang Tong (Ming general)

15th century · 15th century

Wang Tong was a Ming general sent in 1426 to suppress Lê Lợi's rising in Vietnam. Defeated and besieged in Đông Quan, the Ming seat at modern Hanoi, he agreed after the destruction of the Ming relief army in 1427 to withdraw his forces to China, for which he was condemned at the Ming court.

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