Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên

Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên (1258)
	Part of the First Mongol–Vietnamese War
Date	17 January 1258
Location	21°28′N 105°45′E Bạch Hạc, Vĩnh Phúc province, Northern Vietnam
Result	Mongol victory; Trần Thái Tông and the Viet court abandoned capital Thang Long.;
Belligerents
Đại Việt (ruled by the Trần dynasty)	Mongol Empire
Commanders and leaders
Trần Thái Tông ; Lê Tần	Uriyangqadai; Chechegtu; Aju ; Qaidu
Strength
–	13,000–25,000 ; Atwood: 3,000 Mongols and 10,000 Yunnanese ; Taylor: 5,000 Mongols and 20,000 Yunnanese

The Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên was a battle between the invading Mongol forces led by Uriyangkhadai and Đại Việt forces led by king Trần Thái Tông. The battle took place on the field of Bạch Hạc, now located in Vĩnh Phúc province, northwest of Hanoi in mid-January 1258. The Mongol army defeated the Vietnamese counter forces of war elephants but failed to capture Trần Thái Tông as he escaped by boat, and the capital Thang Long, which was captured and sacked by the Mongols five days later.

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