Wei sacks the Goguryeo capital
General Guanqiu Jian burns Hwando
In 244 the Wei general Guanqiu Jian, answering Goguryeo raids on Liaodong, took and sacked its capital Hwando; King Dongcheon fled north-east to the Okjeo. Goguryeo recovered and in 313 drove the Chinese out of Lelang itself.
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