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Yeon Namsaeng
Yeon Namsaeng was the eldest son of the Goguryeo military dictator Yeon Gaesomun and succeeded him as the kingdom's chief minister. Soon after his father's death in 665 or 666 he was ousted by his younger brothers, fled to the fortress of Gungnae and went over to the Tang. He guided the Tang armies that took Pyongyang in 668 and died in Tang service.
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