Lê Hoàn drew Hou Renbao's fleet into an ambush on the Bạch Đằng, some say after a feigned offer of surrender; Hou Renbao was killed, the Song armies retreated, and the Song emperor later recognised Lê Hoàn.
Battle
Second Battle of Bạch Đằng
- 28 April 981 CE
- Southeast Asia
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