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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
