Facing a Ming army of 200,000 sent at the Lê court's request, Mạc Đăng Dung went barefoot with a rope round his neck to the Ming camp at the pass, offered his registers and ceded several border cantons of Vĩnh An to Khâm Châu; the Ming kept the Mạc as a lesser commandery.
Treaty
Mạc Đăng Dung's submission to the Ming at Trấn Nam Quan
- 1540
- Southeast Asia
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