Trịnh Tùng marched north with five columns, beat Mạc Mậu Hợp's 100,000 men at Phấn Thượng and stormed the ramparts of Thăng Long at the Cầu Dền gate, capturing Nguyễn Quyện; the Mạc king fled across the Red River.
Battle
Trịnh Tùng captures Thăng Long
- 1592
- Southeast Asia
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