Nguyễn Huệ invaded Gia Định by land and sea. Lý Tài's Hòa Nghĩa army broke at Hóc Môn and was wiped out by the rival Đông Sơn army at Ba Giồng; the two Nguyễn lords lost at Ba Việt and fled south, where the Tây Sơn hunted them down.
War
Tây Sơn conquest of Gia Định
- 1777
- Southeast Asia
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