Trịnh Kiểm, Lê Bá Ly and Vũ Văn Mật advanced on Thăng Long in three columns; the Mạc king fled to Kim Thành while Mạc Kính Điển held fortified lines at Bồ Đề, and the Lê commanders, judging the Mạc still too strong, withdrew to Thanh Hóa.
Battle
Trịnh Kiểm's attack on Thăng Long
- 1551
- Southeast Asia