Editing Balhae (section)

===Reconciliation with the Tang===
In 734, Silla attacked Balhae with no success. In an effort to curb Balhae's ambitions, the Tang granted Silla's request to place troops in the [[Daedong River|Paegang]] [[Hwanghae Province|region]] in 735.{{sfn|Wang|2013|p=91}}

The strategic landscape began to turn on Balhae in 734–735, when the [[Khitan people|Khitan]] chieftain, Ketuyu, and his Turkic allies were defeated by Tang forces. In addition a force of 5,000 [[Kumo Xi]] cavalrymen surrendered to the Tang. The defeat of the Khitans and [[Turkic peoples|Turks]], and the submission of the Kumo Xi removed the buffer zone that had formed between Balhae and the Tang. Sensing the change in strategic developments, Muye decided to reconcile with the Tang. In 737, Tang sailors and civilians detained in Balhae were repatriated. In 738, an envoy from Balhae requested Tang ritual codes and dynastic histories in a symbolic gesture towards peace. Muye died soon after.{{sfn|Wang|2013|p=92}}