The legend of restored sword lake
05/04/2010
On the Another night, Thận cast his net in another section of the Then came another night and Thận went fishing late. At cockcrow, the man pulled up his net and feeling the bottom of the net with his hands, he found the same iron bar. But this time he decided not to throw it away. Bringing the iron bar onto the deck of this boat, Thận lit a fire in order to take a closer look at this mysterious and persistent object. When he had a chance to see it more clearly, Thận saw that it was not an iron bar at all: “Ah, a sword blade,” he exclaimed. At this time, all over the country floods of people were joining Lê Lợi’s insurgent army. On the two banks of the Thận abandoned his boat and went to join Lê Lợi’s army. One night when the army had to spend a night in the forest, Thận was put on guard over his camp. Lê Lợi, being on patrol, saw on one side of Lê Thận’s camp something shining. He walked into the camp out of curiosity. It was the fisherman’s sword blade he had seen. Lê Thận took down the sword blade and showed it to Lê Lợi. Lê Lợi watched it for a while and then said, “This is a magic sword blade. Only it lacks a magic hilt to match.” Soon after that night, Lê Lợi and his followers lost a battle and had to retreat into the forest, each man finding a place to hide. Lê Lợi took shelter on the branch of an old banyan. There, he noticed nearby on another branch streak of light that looked like fireflies of the scales of python flashing in the night. Lê Lợi moved to this branch to get a closer look. At first sight, he mistook the strange light for a piece of rotten wood on which lived a phosphorescent centipede. But when he picked up the object it turned out to be a sword hilt made of horn. The germs inlaid in the hilt were shining brightly. Remembering the sword blade he saw in Lê Thận’s camp, Lê Lợi decided to unite the pair and tucked it in his waistband. On that day the army reunited, Lê Lợi told everyone about the hilt he had found in the forest. He took out the hilt to be matched with Lê Thận’s sword blade. The two matched perfectly. Lê Thận and everyone else knelt down, shouting, “God his bestowed on you this magic sword.” Finally, the Ming troops officially declared their surrender. After ten years of fighting, Lê Lợi’s army gained a glorious victory in 1427. The whole nation was unified and Lê Lợi was enthroned as king. The people lived in peace. One beautiful day, Lê Lợi took a boat trip around the 
King Lê Lợi returned sword to tortoise Everywhere in Việt 
Big tortoise floats in the Sword lake After this event, Lê Lợi’s army regained its strength. By contrast, the Ming troops became weaker from hardships and pressure from Lê Lợi’s army and had to retreat. Using his magic sword, Lê Lợi began to win battles against the invaders. 