Vo Dinh Tu was hit by a bullet and collapsed on his horse. The horse neighed loudly, jumped from the battlefield, and ran all the way back to his hometown in Phu Phong. When he got home, the horse fell down and died, and Vo Dinh Tu's hands and feet were cold, but he overcame the ordeal of life and death...
After King Quang Trung died, Canh Thinh was appointed to the throne when he was only 6 years old. At that time, because Bui Dac Tuyen was the favored uncle of King Canh Thinh, he was made a Grand Master and from then on Tuyen became more and more powerful. If the mandarins in the court were to follow Tuyen, they would be given preferential treatment, if they showed up to oppose, they would be harmed, and if they were indifferent, they would be pushed far away. Therefore, the situation in the court became chaotic, with factions opposing each other.
At that time, Vo Van Dung, who was defending Bac Ha, was called back, so he found an excuse to kill Bui Dac Tuyen and his accomplices. Because he did not clearly understand the situation, Tran Quang Dieu pulled troops back to protect the court. When the two sides lined up to fight, Vo Dinh Tu took advantage of his friendship with both sides, then asked for King Canh Thinh's permission to mediate. First, Vo Dinh Tu came to meet Vo Van Dung and analyzed the gains and losses when two great mandarins opposed each other:
Statue of Vo Dinh Tu. Photo: IT.
– The reason why Tran Quang Dieu had to leave Quy Nhon and bring back the navy was because he was only worried that the capital would cause chaos. Now that Tran Quang Dieu has returned, please allow both sides to meet to understand the reason.
Next, Vo Dinh Tu sailed across the Perfume River to the An Cuu area to meet Tran Quang Dieu. Here, Vo Dinh Tu clearly analyzes Bui Dac Tuyen's autocracy and will ruin the great career of the Tay Son dynasty. Therefore, Vo Van Dung must take action to eliminate the danger. Now there is only one major task left: to restore the solidarity of the courtiers in order to work together to defeat Nguyen Phuc Anh's army.
Thanks to Vo Dinh Tu's words of reconciliation, Vo Van Dung and Tran Quang Dieu reconnected with their old love and went to see King Canh Thinh together. Afterwards, all three were appointed by King Canh Thinh and assigned to take care of court affairs. But King Canh Thinh was still young and liked to listen to detractors, so he appointed Vo Dinh Tu to the position of Military Inspector and was assigned to oversee the army in Phu Yen, Quy Nhon. This purpose of King Canh Thinh was to disperse the forces that could oppose him, the trio Tran Quang Dieu, Vo Van Dung and Vo Dinh Tu.
In April of the year of the Goat (4), Nguyen Phuc Anh brought troops into Thi Nai gate. As for General Vo Tanh and General Nguyen Huynh Duc of the Nguyen Dynasty, they brought troops to station in Ham Long, Tuy Phuoc district. Ham Long Mountain is also known as Can Uc Mountain and is a unique mountain, not very tall but located within Thuan Nghi village, shaped like a dragon head, mouth wide open. The Ha Thanh River runs from South to North, passes this mountain, turns down to the east, then flows into Thi Nai lagoon, forming an arc hugging the foot of the mountain.
Vo Dinh Tu was on a tour in Phu Yen. He heard that Nguyen Phuc Anh's army had landed in Quy Nhon, so he quickly pulled his army back and went straight to Can Uc mountain to fight Vo Tanh's army. The two sides fought fiercely for two days and nights. Faced with that situation, Vo Tanh used a deception strategy and let Nguyen Huynh Duc ambush the soldiers on the mountain. Taking advantage of the victory, Vo Dinh Tu urged his troops to chase. At that moment, arrows shot down from the mountain like rain, interspersed with many gunshots, the Tay Son army was hit by arrows, many people died, others were injured.
Vo Dinh Tu suddenly rushed from left to right, his iron rod radiated into a stream of clear light, deflecting thousands of arrows flying at him and his horse. But you can parry arrows, but you can't parry copper bullets. Vo Dinh Tu was hit by a bullet and collapsed on his horse. The horse neighed loudly, jumped from the battlefield, and ran all the way back to his hometown in Phu Phong. When he got home, the horse fell down and died, and Vo Dinh Tu's hands and feet were cold.
Discussion:
Sun Tzu taught: When a stone rolls down a hill, a good warrior will use the rolling momentum, a weak person will run away, and an ignorant person will be crushed. And the Tay Son leaders, notably Nguyen Hue, took advantage of favorable weather, favorable conditions, and human harmony to become outstanding heroes of Vietnamese farmers, a genius strategist, and a national hero. radiant, with many outstanding contributions in the fight against foreign invasion and the restoration of national unity in the 30th century. Therefore, although the Tay Son era existed for just over 1771 years (1802-XNUMX), it became a bold mark in the nation's history, in the people's memory and the pride of each person. Vietnamese land.
To have those heroic pages of history, every time we mention the Tay Son movement, we cannot forget the lives and careers of typical generals and literati of Binh Dinh at that time, such as: Vo Dinh Tu, Tran Quang Dieu, Bui Thi Xuan, Bui Thi Nhan, Vo Van Dung, Nguyen Van Tuyet. Their intelligence and talent as well as the glorious victories they contributed to the Tay Son cause are boundless and history books cannot record them all. And what remains after this anecdote is how posterity lives to be worthy of their predecessors!
NN – Vietnamese people
