Qualla: Ansi City https://qualla.com/ansi en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:39 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/p/r/ansi-city-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Ansi City https://qualla.com/ansi Ansi City: Introduction https://qualla.com/ansi/ Photo credit Historiographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. The name of the general who defended Ansi has been lost to history. Korean tradition calls him Yang Manch'un, though even Korean sources acknowledge the name is uncertain. What is certain is this: in the autumn of 645 CE, a garrison commander whose identity no one can confirm held off the most powerful emperor in the world for nearly three months, shouting insults from the walls while the Tang army built a mountain of dirt to try to breach them.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/p/r/ansi-city-wp/wxpr-ansi-city-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ansi City: Fortress on the Frontier https://qualla.com/ansi/ Photo credit Historiographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Ansi City -- also called Ansi Fortress -- was built by the Goguryeo kingdom in the early 4th century, after they conquered the region from earlier Chinese administrations. The fortress took its name from a Han dynasty prefecture, but its purpose was distinctly Goguryeo: a fortifi...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/p/r/ansi-city-wp/wxpr-ansi-city-fortress-on-the-frontier.mp3 0:06 2 full Ansi City: The Emperor's Gambit https://qualla.com/ansi/ Photo credit Historiographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. In 643 CE, Goguryeo attacked its southern neighbor Silla, which appealed to the Tang emperor for help. Emperor Taizong of Tang -- one of China's most celebrated rulers -- needed little persuasion. By 645, his army was marching into Liaodong. The initial campaign went well: the Ta...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/p/r/ansi-city-wp/wxpr-ansi-city-the-emperors-gambit.mp3 0:06 3 full Ansi City: Sixty Days of Dirt https://qualla.com/ansi/ Photo credit Historiographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Unable to breach the walls by conventional assault, the Tang commander Li Daozong began constructing an enormous earthen ramp to the southeast of the fortress, intending to use it as a siege platform. The Ansi defenders responded by raising their own walls to match. This contest ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/p/r/ansi-city-wp/wxpr-ansi-city-sixty-days-of-dirt.mp3 0:06 4 full Ansi City: Winter's Verdict https://qualla.com/ansi/ Photo credit Historiographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. By mid-October, the Liaodong winter was closing in. Grass was dying, food supplies were exhausted, and Goguryeo reinforcements were arriving. On October 13, 645, Emperor Taizong ordered the retreat. Before withdrawing, he staged a demonstration ceremony beside Ansi -- a face-savi...

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