As Duyệt was being prosecuted and his relatives condemned, Khôi had been imprisoned, but managed to escape on 10 May 1833.[2] Soon, numerous people joined his revolt, in the desire to avenge Duyệt and challenge the legitimacy of the Nguyễn dynasty.[3] Khôi fortified himself into the Citadel of Saigon and asked for the help of the Siamese.[2]
Khôi died in December 1834 during the siege and was succeeded by his 8-year-old son Lê Văn Cù.[2] The Citadel fell in September 1835, and Cù was tortured and executed, together with the French missionary Joseph Marchand.[4]
^Nghia M. Vo; Saigon: A History. p. 53. 2011. "The six principal leaders were sent to Huế to be executed. Among them were the French missionary Marchand, accused of being the leader of the Catholic rebel group; Nguyễn Văn Trấm, the leader of the hồi lương who took the command of the revolt after Lê Văn Khôi's death in 1834; and Lưu Tín, the Chinese leader."
References
Chapuis, Oscar (1995). A History of Vietnam: From Hong Bang to Tu Duc. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN978-0-313-29622-2.
McLeod, Mark W. (1991). The Vietnamese response to French intervention, 1862–1874. Praeger. ISBN0-275-93562-0.