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 166 aiNiiO. ihey were oyertaken by a great wind, whidi droTe upon them a terrific saow storm, and great numbere perished of cold. The result of the vanity of Tenshow prevented the further evils of a rear attack by the way, for the Ooreans dared not meet the em^pGror in the field. The emperor d^lored the nnfinished nature of the campaign, and could not regard it as a worthy task, that the ten cities of Huentoo, Whangshan, Gaimow, Momi, liaotung, Baiyen, Bisfaa, Maigoo, Yinshan and Howwhang had fallen into his hands, and that 70,000 Liaotung, Qaoli, and Ten people were removed captives into Chinese soil, — ^while his main object, the humiliation of Gaisoowun, was unsecured. This should have proved, together with the obstinate defence met with everywhere, that the Coreaa people did not hate Qaisoowun, as the emperor either believed or professed to believe. The estimated Qaoli loss at the three great battles of Sinehung, Jienain, and Joobi, was 40,000 soldiers and 2,000 officers. The bones of those Chinese soldiers who had died in Liaotung were brought into Chinese soil, buried south-east of Liwchung just outside the dly, and sacrificed to, while the emperor himself made great lamentation over them. This so pleased the parents, that they said, '' Why grieve over the^loss of our sons since the^Son of Heaven laments them so bitterly?'' The emperor said to Yingwei that he must have young generals next time ; and Ihat he was delighted, not at the reconquest of Liaotung, but because he had found out true nobility. There were over 14,000 Qaoli collected in Yowchow, to be distribated as prizes among the soldiers, and separated, — fS&tiier from son, hudband firom wifa While the army was still on its homeward march, the emperor redeemed those captives, paying a certain sum to his soldiers in exchange, and permitting the captivos to live as Chinese subjecta The noise of their grateful shoutings ceased not for three days. This was while he was yet on the way to Yowchow. On his arrival there, all these redeemed Coreans met him, made their obeisance, shouted, sang, and danced for joy in his presenca If all is fair in war, then this, the second Tang Emperor, may be favourably compared, and