The Sui–Former Lý War was a military conflict between the Chinese

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and the Vietnamese Former Lý dynasty in 602, eventually resulting in the collapse of the latter. In 601,

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, ruler of the Former Lý dynasty was summoned to attend the Chinese court. However, he delayed the attendance and eventually rebelled in 602, even though he had recognized Sui authority in 595.Walker 2012, 151. He concentrated his military forces at the Vạn Xuân capital Co Loa and at Long Bien. In 602, General

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led his army in the invasion of Vạn Xuân.Taylor 2013, 36–37. The Sui army departed via Yunnan to the Former Lý territory. However, the Vietnamese army was unprepared to fend them off because they had not expected that the Sui army would take this invasion route. In the end, Lý Phật Tử surrendered to the Sui forces in front of his palace in

Long Biên Long Biên (Vietnamese), also known as Longbian ( <

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. Consequently, the Chinese took him captive and transferred him to the Chinese capital

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, although he died on the way. Liu Fang's army also forced the submission or defeated the remaining local clans. The conquered territory was re-incorporated into China.

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