Goguryeo–Yan Wars
| Goguryeo–Yan Wars | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Sixteen Kingdoms and Three Kingdoms of Korea | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
|
Murong Former Yan Later Yan | Goguryeo | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
|
Murong Hui Murong Huang Murong Chui Murong Sheng Murong Xi |
Micheon Gogugwon Gogugyang Gwanggaeto the Great | ||||
The Goguryeo–Yan Wars were a series of wars between the Korean state of Goguryeo and the Murong-Xianbei states of Former Yan and Later Yan in the 4th and early 5th century. The Murong, who settled in Liaodong with assent from the Chinese imperial court, clashed on several occasions with the neighbouring Goguryeo and went as far as sacking their capital, Hwando in 342, forcing them into submission.
After a brief period under Former Qin rule, the Murong restored their state as the Later Yan, and hostility resumed between them and Goguryeo. The Goguryeo king, Gwanggaeto the Great invaded Yan and made significant gains by capturing the Liaodong Peninsula in 404. The conflict came to an end in 407 with the ascension of Gao Yun, an adopted member of the ruling-Murong clan and a distant relative of the Goguryeo imperial family, establishing several years of peace between Goguryeo and the succeeding Northern Yan dynasty.