Goryeosa: Mongol envoy Go-i says the northwest border has already been badly ravaged, so rather than return to the old capital, rely on the rivers…
Mongol envoy Go-i says the northwest border has already been badly ravaged, so rather than return to the old capital, rely on the rivers and defend oneself.
高伊謂王曰：「國之北鄙，殘破已甚，如家無藩籬，何可復都舊京？宜據江以自固，我當歸奏皇后，無令東擾。
Location: 世家 卷24 高宗 三十八年
January 1251: the king entertains the Mongol envoy Honggoi at Jepogung. The envoy says the north has already been destroyed and a return to the old capital is impossible, so they should defend by relying on the river, and that he will go back and report
王在梯浦宮，宴蒙使洪高伊。
Location: 권17 高宗 三十八年
Place: Ganghwa-gun · 江華
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