Lý-Song War
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Was a military conflict between the Lý dynasty of Đại Việt and the Song dynasty of China between 1075 and 1077. .
Chronology
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March 1076: In the early spring of 1076, Lý Thường Kiệt and Nùng Tông Đản defeated the Song reinforcements to Yongzhou and, during a battle at Kunlun Pass, their forces beheaded the Governor-General of Guangnan West Circuit, Zhang Shoujie. Afterwards, the Vietnamese forces then marched towards the city of Yongzhou, where they were temporarily held up by a fierce resistance led by the Yongzhou governor Su Jian, who with three thousand soldiers prevented the city from falling for forty-two days.
April 1076: When Song forces attempted to challenge Lý Thường Kiệt's forces, the latter retreated from Yongzhou, with their spoils of war and thousands of prisoners.
January 1083: As a result of mounting casualties on both sides, Thường Kiệt made peace overtures to the Song in 1077. Captured territories held by both Song and Vietnamese were mutually exchanged in 1082, along with prisoners of war.
November 1075: In the October 1075, Nùng Tông Đản led 23,000 soldiers advancing into Song territory in Guangxi.
Was a counterattack by the Chinese Song Dynasty against the invading armies of Đại Việt.
January 1078: By 1077, the Song had destroyed two other Vietnamese armies and marched towards their capital at Thăng Long. Song forces were halted at the Nhu Nguyệt River.
January 1078: The Song regained Quảng Nguyên prefecture.
