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Region: Korean Peninsula · Coordinates: 40.197, 124.532 · 8 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 1010Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)The Khitan ruler seizes farmers outside Tongju fortress, gives them silk clothes and an arrow-letter, and sends them to Heunghwa-jin urging surrender and demanding that Gang Jo be handed over
AD 1018Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)1018: Xiao Sunning of the Khitan invades claiming 100,000 men; Gang Gam-chan, as supreme commander, stations over 208,000 troops at Yeongju. At Heunghwa-jin he hides 12,000 cavalry and dams a stream with ox hides, then breaks it, winning a great victory; Min Cheop at Naegusan in Jaju and Jo Won at Matan also rout them
AD 1126Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)1126: an envoy is sent to Jin with a memorial thanking them for allowing the Bozhou fortress lands to belong to Goryeo
AD 1219Goryeosa (History of Goryeo)Vice-Commander of the Chumilwon Yi Geuk-su and others divide their forces and are ordered to subdue Uiju.
AD 1222Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)1222: remnants of Han Sun and Daji lead Dongjin troops into Jeongju and raid as far as Uiju; border commander Su-yeon is defeated, and the Inju border commander ambushes them outside the walls and takes over 200 heads
AD 1359Goryeosa (History of Goryeo)The Red Turban bandits take Jeongju, kill the vice-commander Kim Won-bong, and also take Injuju.
AD 1364Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)January 1364: Choe Yu, with 10,000 Yuan troops, escorts Prince Deokheung across the Amnok River and besieges Uiju. An U-gyeong repels them in seven battles, but military commissioner Hong Seon is captured and Goryeo forces are defeated and fall back to Anju. Choe Yeong is rushed in as commander
AD 1382Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)1382: Hobaldo of Liaodong secretly crosses the Amnok River with 1,000 troops and raids Uiju, surrounding the house of upper commander Jang Ryeo. Deputy commander Choe Won-ji pursues and takes over 20 heads
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