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Starting
from Hoa Lu in present-day Ninh Binh, Dinh Bo Linh
defeated all 12 warlords, one after another, and unified
the country in 967. The next year he made himself king,
named the country Dai Co Viet, established his capital
at Hoa Lu, reorganized the army and administration, and
appointed renowned Buddhist monks as advisers. The
murder of Dinh Bo Linh in 979 brought a six-year-old
child to the throne. Meanwhile the Sung dynasty had
taken power in
China
where order was restored. A Sung expeditionary corps was
sent to reconquer
Vietnam,
which was also being attacked from the south by the
Cham. |
