Who was the first female spy in Vietnamese history?

The person mentioned is Ms. Luong Thi Minh Nguyet.

Mrs. Luong Thi Minh Nguyet was from Ngoc Chue village, Chue Cau commune, Tu Mac canton (now Yen Nghia commune, Y Yen district, Nam Dinh province), famous for her beauty and unusual temperament. When she came of age, she married Mr. Dinh Cong Tuan.

According to historical documents, in 1406, the Ming Dynasty sent 200,000 troops to invade our country. In 1407, the enemy general Moc Thanh sent troops to take soil from Thien Kien mountain, destroy Chuong Son tower (today's Yen Loi commune) and transport it to Lai Cach field (Yen Tho commune) to build Co Long citadel, in order to block the waterway on the Day River and the Thien Ly road from North to South, as a springboard for the Ming invaders to rule and suppress people's uprisings.

Faced with that situation, Mrs. Luong Thi Minh Nguyet discussed with her husband how to destroy the foreign invaders. She opened a restaurant right next to Co Long citadel to know how the enemy arranged their defenses.

Ms. Luong Thi Minh Nguyet is considered the first female intelligence officer in Vietnamese history. (Illustration photo)

With her intelligent and skillful nature, she easily became acquainted with many enemy generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, she recorded the routes, arrangements of military provisions, weapons, and military camps into diagrams. When Le Loi marched to Dong Quan, looking for a way to attack Co Long citadel, she came to present a diagram of the food and weapons depot, and proposed a strategy to take down the citadel.

One night at the end of 1426, in the freezing cold, she brought some young village girls into the city to sell wine and meat to the enemy. The enemy soldiers were not on guard, after eating and drinking their fill, they crawled into bags to sleep. She and the village girls quickly tied the bags tightly. When the city was left with only a small group of soldiers guarding, she opened the city gate so that Mr. Dinh Cong Tuan and the soldiers in ambush could lead the main army to storm in.

After defeating the Ming invaders, Mrs. Luong Thi Minh Nguyet and her husband did not accept the official positions granted by the king but only asked for land and tax exemption for 3 years for the people in the area. The couple lived in peace in their hometown until suddenly on November 25, 1443 of the lunar calendar, both of them suddenly passed away without illness.

King Le built a temple to worship Kien Quoc in the village, buried the bodies of the two people behind the temple, and gave the village 100 acres of good rice fields for worship.

Every year, on the 25th day of the 11th lunar month, local people eagerly hold a festival to commemorate Ms. Luong Thi Minh Nguyet - who is considered the first female spy in Vietnamese history.

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