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 COREAN HOST. 169 erected by the river side. Every man of them, over eighty, received a piece of silk ; and to each of the soldiers among the garrison, who were natives of other cities, were given a staff and some provender, with permission to return to their native place. Among the captives was the wife of Jangshu, the late command- ant of Liaotung city, conducted to Baiyen by a trusty servant Because her husband had been so faithful a minister, the emperor gave her five pieces of silk, and a fast cart to take her husband's dead body to Pingyang. What the effect of this geherosity would be upon those who surrendered xmconditionally we may imagine, and can be inferred from the fact that 700 men who had been sent by the MoUju, to throw themselves into Gaimow, who were taken prisoners by Shuji, now offered to serve his majesty. The emperor refused to recieve them as his soldiers, on the ground that if the Moliju heard of it, he would put to death every soul belonging to them. Gaoli was then, and since the third century, divided into Five Banners or Provinces ; 1st, Nei (Inner) Boo or Whang Boo, anciently Gweilow; 2nd, Bei (North) or How (Behind) Boo, anciently Jiienoo Boo ; 3rd, Doonq (East) or Dso (left) Boo, the ancient Shvninnoo Boo ; 4th, Nan (South) or Chien (Front) Boo, the ancient Owannoo Boo ; 5th, Si (west) or Yow (right) Boo, the ancient Siaonoo Boo, Over each of these was an Owsa, equivalent to the Tang Doodoo or Governor. When news of the fall of Baiyen reached Gaoli, and with it all the plain of Liaotung, Yenshow the Owsa of Bei Boo and Whijun, marched westwards with an army of 150,000, composed of Gaoli and Mogo men, in order to cover Anshu, which was north-east of Elaichow. He found the city already invested, the Chinese having camped before it on the preceding day. It was now July, both the hot and the rainy season in Liaotung ; hei)ce the emperor was anxious to discover the plans of Yenshow. He said that his best plan ^ould be to make the walls of Anshu his camp-fence, rest on the hillside, feed his army out of the plentiful stores of the city, act entirely on the defensive, and give the Mogo full liberty to pounce upon the Chinese oxen and