Tran Dynasty vs. the MongolsExpansion eras
1257–1312
Tran Dynasty vs. the Mongols (1257–1312). You start as Soldier and could rise all the way to Duke, if you survive. This era covers 14 historical battles.
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- Soldier
- Squad leader
- Section leader
- Company captain
- Commander
- General
- Duke
Historical battles
| Year | Battle | Est. casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 1258 | Battle of Bình Lệ NguyênUriyangkhadai's Mongol horsemen came down from Yunnan. Emperor Trần Thái Tông fought in person, couldn't hold, and abandoned Thăng Long. | ≈12% |
| 1258 | Battle of Đông Bộ ĐầuThe Mongols found no food in the empty city, and the heat and fever wore them down. The Trần army struck their camp at Đông Bộ Đầu by night, and the Mongols fell back to Yunnan. | ≈10% |
| 1270 | Champa border fightCham war boats came up the coast to raid and were driven back by the border garrison. | ≈6% |
| 1285 | Battle of Nội BàngToghan marched south with an army said to be half a million strong. Prince Hưng Đạo held the Nội Bàng pass for a few days, then fell back to Vạn Kiếp. | ≈10% |
| 1285 | Battle of Vạn KiếpThe Yuan came by land and river at once and stormed the camp at Vạn Kiếp. Prince Hưng Đạo escaped by boat with what was left of his men. | ≈12% |
| 1285 | Battle of Hàm TửPrince Chiêu Văn, Trần Nhật Duật, defeated the Yuan at Hàm Tử with a unit of Song refugees who had joined Đại Việt. | ≈8% |
| 1285 | Battle of Chương DươngGeneral Trần Quang Khải smashed the Yuan river fleet at Chương Dương and retook Thăng Long. | ≈10% |
| 1285 | Battle of Tây KếtThe Yuan general Sogetu, marching north from Champa, was killed at Tây Kết. | ≈12% |
| 1285 | Pursuit of ToghanThe Yuan army ran. Legend says Toghan hid inside a bronze tube and had his soldiers carry him back across the border. | ≈15% |
| 1288 | Battle of Vân ĐồnPrince Nhân Huệ, Trần Khánh Dư, caught the Yuan grain fleet. More than a hundred thousand sacks of grain went to the bottom, and the Yuan army began to starve. | ≈12% |
| 1288 | Battle of Bạch ĐằngPrince Hưng Đạo drove sharpened stakes into the riverbed and lured the Yuan fleet in at high tide. When the tide went out, four hundred Yuan ships were stuck fast on the stakes, and every one of them was burned. | ≈25% |
| 1294 | Ai Lao campaignThe Ai Lao kept raiding the western border. The retired emperor Trần Nhân Tông led the army against them himself. | ≈8% |
| 1297 | Battle of the Đà RiverThe Ai Lao came back. Phạm Ngũ Lão routed them on the banks of the Đà. | ≈8% |
| 1312 | Champa campaignKing Chế Chí of Champa broke his oath. Emperor Anh Tông marched south himself and brought him back to Thăng Long a prisoner. | ≈8% |
Casualty rates are the game's estimates from historical sources, used to work out the chance of dying. Treat them as approximate.
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