"I hear you've rebuilt Wandu City?"
Yang Hu looked at the captive before him and asked casually.
Gao Chiran raised his head. He was badly wounded, his left eye barely able to open. Looking at the armored general before him, he had a fair idea of who the man was.
Now he wanted to cry but had no tears.
In the past, Goguryeo had never thought much of Wei, the Xianbei, or anyone of the sort.
Gao Chiran's grandfather was Sansang Wang, Gao Yeonu. After ascending the throne, the fellow had been stabbed in the back by his own brother. He believed the Han Dynasty had instigated this betrayal, so he withdrew from the tributary system of his own accord and prepared to attack the Han Dynasty to vent his anger.
In reality, when he took the throne, Later Han had only just finished campaigning against Dong Zhuo, and the Princes were still fighting among themselves. Nobody had the energy to go foment rebellion in Goguryeo, a place where not even birds would shit.
That was why he had managed to leave the tributary system. Had it been even a little earlier, Later Han would certainly have sent troops to thrash him.
Later Han chose to ignore Sansang Wang's actions because it was already paralyzed, while the northern Princes were still locked in war and had no energy to bother with his business.
This gave the people of Goguryeo tremendous confidence. They believed they had defeated Later Han and become a vast power like the former Xianbei Alliance, a mighty force capable of standing against Later Han.
Later, this Sansang Wang planned another raid against Later Han and carried off roughly a thousand refugees.
That operation became Sansang Wang's illustrious military achievement.
Later still, his son Dongcheon Wang, Gao Chiran's