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Conquest of Goguryeo

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 668

In 668, allied Tang and Silla forces captured Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, after years of warfare;…

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  1. 668Outside Pyongyang · KoreaTang generals Li Ji and Xue Rengui led a large army southward, while Silla's King Munmu and Kim Yushin advanced from the south, encircling Pyongyang; with food exhausted and no relief, the morale of Goguryeo's defenders collapsed.
  2. 668Pyongyang · KoreaGoguryeo's last king, Bojang, led his civil and military officials out of the city to surrender, ending Goguryeo as an independent state. Emperor Gaozong of Tang granted him the title of Yuanwailang, relocated the royal clan inland, and established the Protectorate General to Pacify the East to administer the former territory.

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