Almost every autumn for a decade Mạc Kính Điển and Nguyễn Quyện raided the Mã and Cả valleys, capturing the Lê generals Phan Công Tích and Trịnh Mô; Trịnh Tùng answered with scorched earth and firearms, and after 1583 the Mạc stopped coming south.
War
Yearly Mạc offensives in Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An
- 1573 – 1583
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