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Goryeo won the first battle against Liao, led by Yang Kyu, but lost the second battle, led by Kang Cho: the Goryeo army suffered heavy casualties and was dispersed, and many commanders were captured or killed, including Kang Cho himself. [21] [31] Later, Pyongyang was successfully defended, but the Liao army marched toward Kaesong. [21]
Kang Cho (Korean: 강조; Hanja: 康兆, 964 – January 1, 1011 [a]) was a Goryeo official, who served under King Mokjong of Goryeo and King Hyeonjong of Goryeo. He was the military inspector of Seobukmyeon, the northwest frontier territory on Goryeo's border with the Liao dynasty. He seized power and overthrew Mokjong and installed Hyeonjong ...
The Sambyeolcho was a military unit of the Goryeo dynasty while the Ch'oe family held the reins of power as military dictators behind puppet kings.. Meaning "specially-selected troops", the Sambyeolcho originated from a unit called the Yabyeolcho (야별초, 夜別抄, Special Night Unit), which was established to prevent burglaries and to provide night time security in the capital.
The Ch'oe regime lasted 60 years, during which Goryeo could resist the Mongol invasions. After the fall of the Ch'oe military regime, the Sambyeolcho, which was the private army of the Ch'oe family, separated from the Goryeo government and attempted to start its nation, but this rebellion was defeated by a Mongol-Goryeo army.
Ch'ŏk fought in the wars against the Eastern Jurchens on Goryeo's northeastern border. In 1104, after the defeat of the Goryeo army led by Im Kan (임간; 林幹) to the forces of the Eastern Jurchens, Ch'ŏk Chun-gyŏng asked Im for a weapon and an armoured horse. Ch'ŏk rode into the enemy camp and slew one of the enemy commanders, and ...
The Goryeo military regime (Korean: 무신정권; Hanja: 武臣政權; RR: Musin Jeonggwon; MR: Musin Jŏnggwŏn) refers to a period in Goryeo history when military generals wielded considerable power, overshadowing royal authority and disrupting Goryeo's system of civilian supremacy and severe discrimination against military personnel.
This is a list of notable people from the Goryeo dynasty, a period in Korean history lasting from 918 to 1392. Rulers. For a chronological list of rulers, ...
Byeolmuban is the name of a special army unit in the time of Korea's Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392). The word byeol means of special. Founding of the army was initiated by Yun Kwan during the reign of king Sukjong of Goryeo. The army was put together to fight the Jurchen who were putting pressure on Goryeo's northern borders. The Goryeo infantry ...