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Post by pabomandu on Feb 20, 2008 12:25:34 GMT -5
I missed a bit of the show where the turks come into djy and want an army to fight the tang...then all of a sudden i see li wen forced to cut a deal with djy for amiable alliance ...how did djy get out of the turk deal?
Thanx
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Post by ajk on Feb 20, 2008 14:03:26 GMT -5
You didn't miss anything, pabomandu--it wasn't resolved. This is one of those things that would have made great material for additional episodes. You're right, it does put Balhae in a sticky situation. They promised the Turks military aid but they've also promised friendship to Tang.
We know that Goem got called back from the Turkic front and that the army in Liaodong (the one that DJY's son was with) also got called back before they could conquer those tough forts. That was when the Tang envoys were in Balhae. I would think that once the Tang occupying forces were withdrawn from Liaodong they'd be reassigned to fight off the Turkic attack (a weaker attack, now without Balhae troops). Of course this would have ticked off Muchuo big-time, and to some extent he'd have good reason to be ticked off. But I guess we'll never know what would happen next--unless you want to write episode #135!
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