Third conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War

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Goryeo–Khitan Wars
Third Goryeo–Khitan War
Part of
Korean Peninsula
Result Goryeo victory[1][2][3][4][5]
Belligerents Goryeo dynasty
Liao Dynasty
Commanders and leaders Kang Kam-ch'an
Kang Min-ch'ŏm Xiao PaiyaStrength 208,000 [6] 100,000 [6]Casualties and losses Unknown 90,000+ [6][7]

The Third Goryeo–Khitan War (

second campaign
.

After the second Liao campaign against Goryeo, the two sides fought indecisively until 1018, when a large expeditionary army was mobilized by the Liao under the command of Xiao Paiya. The army crossed the

Battle of Gwiju, they were encircled and attacked by the Goryeo army, which almost annihilated the Khitan army.[9][10] According to Korean sources, only a few thousand men managed to retreat to the Liao border.[11]

Aftermath

The next year, the Khitans assembled another large army to march on Goryeo. At this point both sides realized that they could not defeat each other militarily, so in 1020 King Hyeonjong resumed sending tribute, and in 1022 the Khitans officially recognized the legitimacy of King Hyeonjong's reign. In 1022, a Khitan envoy was sent to invest Hyeongjong as king, and when he died in 1031, his successor Wang Heum was also invested by the Liao court as king. Goryeo would remain a Liao tributary, and the relationship between Liao and Goryeo would remain peaceful until the end of the Liao dynasty.[12][13][14] According to historian Bielenstein however, Goryeo maintained diplomatic relations with Song rather than break relations, Hyeonjong kept his own reign title, and the two states concluded peace as equals in 1022.[15]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780520045620
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ISBN 9780231502511
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ISBN 9780231500043
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016. The Mongolian-Khitan invasions of the late tenth century challenge the stability of the Koryo government, but a period of prosperity follows the defeat of the Khitan in 1018..
  4. ISBN 9781477265178
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. ISBN 9780674615762
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016. Subsequently the Khitan launched several small-scale attacks, to press demands for Hyŏnjong's appearance at their court and surrender of the region of the Six Garrison Settlements, before mounting their third great invasion in 1018. Led by Hsiao P'ai-ya, this time the Khitan army was harassed at every turn and then, retreating, was all but annihilated by a massive Koryŏ attack at Kuju (Kusŏng) executed by Kang Kam-ch'an. The Koryŏ victory was so overwhelming that scarcely a few thousand of the 100,000 man invasion force survived. The Khitan invasions of Koryŏ thus ended in failure. Koryŏ had resolutely resisted foreign aggression and had driven the invaders back. The result was that the two nations worked out a settlement and peaceful relations were maintained between them thereafter.
  6. ^ a b c (in Korean)귀주대첩
  7. ISBN 9780742574717
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. ISBN 9781107098466
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. ISBN 9781135936747
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  10. ISBN 978-9004183254
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. ISBN 9780742574717
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  12. ^ Twitchett 1994, pp. 111–112.
  13. ISBN 9780231500043
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016. The Mongolian-Khitan invasions of the late tenth century challenge the stability of the Koryo government, but a period of prosperity follows the defeat of the Khitan in 1018..
  14. ISBN 9780275958237
    . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  15. ^ Bielenstein 2005, p. 183-183.

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