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needed in order to buy time to raise



                                                                                                                                         an army and bring reinforcements




                                                                                                                                         from Japan, their old ally. Their



                                                                                                                                         attempts to retake the Han River



                                                                                                                                         region continued every year, to




                                                                                                                                         no avail. Bakjae dominance in the



                                                                                                                                         Korean peninsula had finally finished



                                                                                                                                         due to the military genius of  King


            was finally subdued, and the king of                                                                                         Gwanggaeto.




            Bakjae surrendered unconditionally,                                                                                          After, Gwanggaeto spent time



            giving the Goguryeo army a hostage                                                                                           to increase territory towards the



            group that exceeded a thousand men                                                                                           northeast areas of  Manchuria, which




            and women. However, this surrender                                                                                           currently is Russian territory. This



            was a ruse that the Bakjae kingdom                                                                                           massive territorial expansion had
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