Vue Pa Chay's revolt
Vue Pa Chay, the leader of the revolt, regularly climbed trees to receive military orders from heaven.[1] The stimulus for the rebellion was heavy taxation by the French and abuse of power by the ethnic Lao and Tai tax collectors.The cannon was designed by Kuab Chav and is said to have weighed over 200 lbs and so only one man, named Lwv, was able to carry it.At its height, the rebellion encompassed 40,000 square kilometers of Indochina, from Điện Biên Phủ in Tonkin to Nam Ou in Luang Prabang, and from Muong Cha north of Vientiane to Sam Neua in Laos.As World War I came to an end, the French reinforcements began to outnumber the rebels, and their firepower overpowered the Hmong.