Returning from Lan Xang, Nguyễn Kim took Lôi Dương in Thanh Hóa and the next year advanced into Nghệ An, giving the restored Lê court its first foothold, the Southern Court.
Conquest
Nguyễn Kim takes Lôi Dương and Nghệ An
- 1539 – 1540
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