Hou Renbao and Sun Quanxing moved up the Kinh Thầy into the Lục Đầu to open the road to Đại La and Hoa Lư; they were held and badly beaten, and the Song land army fell back to Hoa Bộ.
Battle
Battle of the Lục Đầu river
- 7 February 981 CE
- Southeast Asia
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