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| Dinh Tien Hoang temple |
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.
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