How Korea Defended against the Mongols - Medieval History
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good vidio
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@@marcuslouvierF1 not sure
Tatar Khaganate was Turkic .It is referred to as the Turco-Mongol in the literature,but this is a mistake. In addition to historical records, DNA studies also proved that Genghis Khan was Turkic.Genghis Khan's Y-haplogroup R1b lol
In your next video series about the Korean resistance against the Mongols, please mention the IMPORTANT contribution of the Great VIETNAMESE General Lý Long Tường who led the Koreans to FULL VICTORY against the Mongols TWICE!!! He DEFEATED the Mongols and forced them to SURRENDER TWICE!! Thank you.
Hopefully you'll cover the Goguryeo Sui war and the khitan invasions in the future.
The Goguryeo-Sui War; aka when China assembled an army so large it had no way to feed it and over half the army died of starvation and disease while invading Korea before the rest were wiped out on the retreat. It was bad enough the Sui Dynasty collapsed because of this failed invasion, because the country couldn’t sustain the war effort (though Goguryeo also suffered severely as a result of the scorched-earth policy they enacted to starve out the Sui).
Goryeo-khitan war is crazy too, Yang Gyu and Gang Gamchan are legendary
The fact that Goryeo wasn't turned into a Mongol dynasty like the Yuan Dynasty and preserved its cultural autonomy was a small victory in and of itself.
핏줄이 같아서 그냥 놔둔거임. 고구려 후예 몽고가 신라 후예 고려를 그냥 완전히 지우지 않은 거임. 굴종만 시킨 거고.
Mongolians are a people who do not want to change the language, culture and religion of other nations. that's why the people of that country always give up. I think Mongols never wanted Korea to become Mongol.
@@helloareyouthere 몽골이 왜 고구려 후예임;; 고구려가 그 지역까지 정복한 적도 없고 오히려 그쪽 애들이 이주해서 만주 지역으로 왔다는 게 더 개연성 있겠구만 이렇게 말하는 한국인이 있으니까 몽골 애들이 한국 혐오하는 글 올리고 다니지;;
@@helloareyouthere토왜가 또 발악을하네ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@@helloareyouthere 넌 확실히 중국인인듯
Just one thing. The capital city of Goryeo was Kaeseong, not Hanseong. Hanseong was just the third largest city in Korea back then.
Though Hanseong had been a capital previously (and then would become the capital again under the Joseon Dynasty and afterwards)
아 그러네 ㅋㅋㅋ 저때는 개성이 수도였지
개경(Gaegyeong)이였죠. 개성이 아니라.
@@We_are_Koreans 정식 명칭이 개경 개성부, 남경 한성부라 한성에 맞춰서 개성이라고 하는게 더 맞는 표현 같네요.
Hanseong was also the former capital of the previous Kingdom of Baekje (one of the larger three kingdoms of Korea) and later became the capital of the Kingdom of Joseon too.
“If you can’t beat ‘em, join them.” This was pretty much the mentality of both sides of the Mongol-Goryeo War, even though the Mongols technically “won.” Goryeo was one of the very few instances in history where the Mongols could not secure absolute domination and therefore had to sign a peace treaty. Generally this was how it usually went: The Mongols approach a city and sends a messenger with demands that the city surrender. If the city does not surrender, the Mongols swoop in with its massive hordes and pillage, rape, and burn to their hearts content. The Mongols gather the heads of their victims and display it for the next city. Pretty straightforward, albeit gruesome, tactic. It worked…MOST of the time. There was only a few places in the world where this did not work, one of which was Korea. Here’s why: The Mongols approach a Korean city, only to find it deserted. No guards, no people. Where is everyone? They find out the Korean people and army have locked themselves in a fortress far up a nearby mountain, where cavalry and siege weapons are useless. The Mongols march around the Peninsula, raiding and pillaging wherever they can, only to constantly be ambushed at every corner. One ambush even resulted in the death of a general, just one of only two times this has happened to the Mongols. The Mongols look into capturing the king and end the war directly, only to find out the king and his entire court, as well as his commanders, set up their operations on Ganghwa Island. The island itself isn’t far from the mainland at all, but there’s nothing the Mongols hated more than water. Worse still, the entire Goryeo navy, battle hardened from centuries of fighting Japanese pirates, were docked nearby to make sure no Mongol excursion would get anywhere near the island. Fighting lasted for three decades, one of the longest wars the Mongols had ever waged. It even got to the point that the Mongols had to send its most seasoned warriors and leaders to the Korean war effort, men that could’ve been of more use elsewhere. But three decades weren’t easy on the Koreans either. Constant pillaging of the kingdom’s farmlands resulted in a severe food shortage. The people were exhausted, many of their able-bodied men were fighting or dead, and yet the Mongols kept coming. Needless to say, both sides were sick of the war and sought peace. They agreed that Goryeo would mostly retain its autonomy as a vassal state to the Yuan Dynasty, but its princes would have to marry a Mongol princess. This made Goryeo an “in-law state.” With hostilities finally coming to a close, the Mongols finally could focus on a task that was even scarier than war: governing. Unfortunately, they weren’t really great at this, which was why the Yuan Dynasty lasted less than a century. Some people today have lived longer than that time. Either way, the Yuan Dynasty was far too busy dealing with its own provinces for it to even think of attacking Goryeo again.
I'm pretty sure I saw this on a Quora post.
Yuan were busy with Song china after this.. Which was another headache for the Mongols.
you copy from quora. shame
Their worst enemy, governing… and also water
@@Uncle228e alls aw how that went down in japan
Korean here. Thank you so much for uploading this video! I was waiting for it:) I have to say, even for us Won-Jong 원종 recognizing Kublai as the Khan is a great luck/miracle we had after long years of war
I'm starting to learn history about the country of South Korea 🇰🇷
🇺🇸❤🇰🇷 😊
From Mongolia with LOVE to our Korean brothers and sisters. We are all ONE. Cheers.
Koreans show great resilience through out their historic wars. Truly sad to see what has become of South Korea. I hope their standards of living and lack of freedoms improves as soon as possible. Sad to think of how their people are treated in the modern day. Then again China still has forced labor and concentration camps, so I guess S Korea is doing well when compared to China.
@@matts3425you mean North Korea?
As a Korean, I love seeing the histories I learned at school being presented to the larger audience around the globe, just as I learn other countries' history through your channel. If my history teachers were half as fun as this video, we would have had a lot more history enthusiast. Efforts like yours are what keeps me invested in history. Thank you very much. Also, to give an insight of how Koreans learn about this period, the history textbooks focus on 30~40 years of resistance and guerilla warfare conducted by peasants more so than the devastation and the royal courts' neglection of the plight of the people during the war which is quite a nationalistic view.
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What are all these replies with some question marks for? 😄😄 That's exactly how I also learned that period of time at school.
수도 표기부터 틀렸는데 뭘 감사한다는건지
I am glad we are able to watch these high quality videos for free. Shout out to these creators.
No one would pay to watch this
Some minor but important details for the Siege of Kuju: Kim Gyeong-Son reckoned that the Mongols were able to do 4D chess levels of coordination because of their intricate use of flag bearers, so he and his 12 men rode out and slew all (or at least most) of the flag bearers before retreating into the city. Mongol resolve was ultimately snapped when after the defenders constantly rebuilt any breaches that were made, they sallied out and broke the attackers. Definitely some cinematic shit. Also Byeolcho units were generally cavalry from military families, don't know why you presented them as infantry
Kim Gyeong-Son and his men were from ex-Byeolmuban vanguard regiment that used to fought against Jurchen which is why they're so good at dealing with Mongol riders.
Fun fact* Kim Gyeong-Son, coming from a branch family of the Silla Royalty, is the direct ancestor of the Fatties up in North Korea. He's the Patriarch of the Jeonju Kim Clan.
Just a little context: The Mongol invasions of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo occurred over the course of six campaigns between 1231 and 1259 CE (seven if you include the put-down of the anti-Mongol Sambyeolcho Rebellion in 1270-1273). This means that the Mongol attacks against Goryeo actually preceded the official founding of the Yuan Dynasty by a full decade, and thus the relationship between the Mongols and Koreans was already established before the Yuan Dynasty even existed. That said, let’s look at the invasions themselves. The Goryeo-Mongol Wars lasted nearly three full decades - a full generation. Now, as mentioned before, the Mongols had a pretty… decisive way of doing things. All over Eurasia, the Mongols swept through the lands, conquering tribes and empires alike. They did this by, well, destroying all those that stood in their way. They would ride up to a city, surround it, send a messenger demanding it to immediately surrender, and burn the place down while decimating, raping, and/or enslaving the population if it resisted. This intimidation tactic was also applied to the state-level, as well. But none of this would’ve really worked if the Mongols couldn’t follow up on their threats. And they did this thanks to an amazingly skilled, mounted fighting force. In pre-industrial times, horsemen were the tanks of the world - and the Mongols were some of the best horse riders in the world. Thanks to their amazing mounted archery capabilities, the Mongol hordes could route armies many times larger their own with hit-and-run tactics and firing volleys from different directions. Rigid formations would break, making them easy pickings for the mobile horse-warriors. All of this made the Mongols practically an unstoppable force, which explains their success across the Old World. But, the Mongols had two major weaknesses. One you probably already know about: water. Generations on the landlocked Steppe meant the Mongols had virtually no knowledge of shipbuilding, sea-faring, or naval warfare, which explains their disastrous invasions of Japan. The second weakness, however, is less talked about: mountains. On the steep slopes of mountainous terrain, the height and mobility advantages of being on horseback are neutralized, if not reversed. And, even outside of the battlefield, mountains - especially rocky, forested ones - make for poor grazing grounds for large amounts of horses. Unfortunately for the Mongols, Korea featured both water and mountains. Worse, centuries of fighting the mounted hordes of the Jurchens and Khitans, as well as Japanese sea pirates, has given the Koreans valuable lessons on how to use these two terrains to their advantage. Case in point, the Koreans had built hundreds of stone fortresses perched on the top of mountains and hills. In wartime, whole towns and cities would be evacuated into nearby citadels, where they would be greeted by a small permanent garrison. For you Lord of the Rings nerds out there, this defensive strategy is not unlike the one employed by Rohan in the LOTR: the Two Towers. In the film, you can see that Rohan’s capital city Edoras is defended by a basic wall that alone does not seem particularly impressive or practical. The reason for this, we find, is that in emergencies, the city’s residents would be evacuated into a mountain fortress called Helm’s Deep. The Koreans basically did the exact same thing, except on a broader scale. And, unlike Helm’s Deep, which wasn’t really a true a “mountain-fortress” and sat on a flat valley, Korean fortresses were literally built into or on top of mountains. The fortresses themselves may not seem like much alone, but those steep slopes did much of the defending. As you can imagine, you can’t really drag a horse up there and even if you did, what use does it have against sturdy stone walls? The same goes for heavy siege weapons. Siege towers and catapults simply weren’t going to do much for you when you’re faced with such an incline. The only real way to get through was to batter down the gate or over-run the walls, both at massive costs. So that’s one element to Korea’s defense against the Mongols. The other was the sea. Before the Mongols could reach the capital city of Kaegyeong (currently near the border between North and South Korea), the royal court and military command were evacuated to Ganghwa Island. As you can see, it’s barely off the coast of the mainland. But that sliver of water was enough to keep the Korean government out of the Mongols’ reach. And even if they tried, the island was fortified and guarded by the Korean fleet. So, let’s go back to the Mongols’ normal tactics and see how they’d fare in Korea. The Korean army hardly ever faced the Mongols head-on, so the Mongols’ swarm tactics were almost never employed to their fullest degree. The Mongols could threaten to destroy cities and their residents, but much of the population was already evacuated into strongholds in the mountains and hills anyway. And, the Mongols could try to threaten the government directly, but it was safely tucked away on an island. Thus, for much of the three decades of war, the Mongols mostly went around pillaging and burning what they could. Don’t get me wrong, this was devastating and took a heavy toll on the Korean people. But, it wasn’t enough to destroy the kingdom completely. Thus, the Mongols forewent the total conquest of Korea and settled for its vassalization. Korea, for its part, was exhausted by the war and accepted vassal status to the Mongols, as long as the kingdom’s domestic affairs were mostly untouched. Over time, this arrangement was profitable to both sides, considering Korea gained access to the Silk Road and trade with the rest of Eurasia, while the Mongols could focus less on subjugating the Korean people and more on controlling its newly conquered lands and people. The founding of the Yuan Dynasty as the rightful inheritor of the Mandate of Heaven was mostly a propaganda move to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the Chinese population, which outnumbered their Mongol overlords by a wide margin. Beyond this, the Mongol imperial family held onto their Mongol roots the best they could and even discouraged inter-marriages between the Mongols and the Chinese. This balancing act between governing the Chinese people and holding onto their traditional roots was an enormous challenge for Yuan emperors, a challenge that was too much to bear. The ensuing domestic turmoil and nearly fanatical persecution of the Mongols just come to show how precarious Yuan rule over China had always been. Needless to say, then, that the Yuan Dynasty was really in no position to annex Korea. Despite its significantly larger size, the Yuan Dynasty was not as powerful as you’d might expect and could not project much influence beyond its borders for very long. Meanwhile, Korea was not as small and weak as its size suggests. It had fought an impressive defensive war against the Mongols and managed to ensure its partial independence, an arrangement that the Yuan Dynasty honored partly because it couldn’t afford to break it.
This. This is what I was looking for. Thank you for posting. Your hard work will not go unnoticed!
Great work. It was a joy to read
Yes, one look at a topographical map will reveal why Korea was so hard to conquer
Approved As a Mongolian. Have to see whole picture , a lot going on at the same time so ~
"Little" context lol
A Suggestion here, can you guys do a video on the Silk Routes (Both over land and maritime routes). Its origin, purpose, what was traded and ultimately what led to its decline.
Great video, as always. Can you do a video on the three kingdoms of korea? There’s a lot of interesting content to be found in that period.
I second this!
Thanks for the super well made videos
Everything about this video is perfect ❤
Thanks for the video 👍🏻
we need a goryeo-khitan war series, one of the most famous events ever to impact east asian history! also, Kang Gam Chan (the famous general who defeated the khitans once and for all) is almost as comparable to Yi Soon Shin!
There's actually a Kdrama being filmed
@@KC-bt3wd i saw the whole thing, it was very good!
@@user-rd5sz4rg8j k-drama로 제작된 고려-거란 전쟁은 어느정도 각색된 부분이 있습니다. 솔직히 일부 사람들(저를 포함)은 역사를 왜곡했다면서 강하게 거부하는 분들도 계십니다. 지금의 한국처럼 예전부터 한국인들은 끈질기게 저항하는 역사를 가졌고, 나라의 크기나 인구가 다른 여타 강대국들보다 훨씬 적었음에도 완전 정복을 하기 쉽지 않은 나라였습니다. 오직 몽골과 일본만이 한국을 잠시 통치하였고, 그 통치 방식도 자주권을 부여하는 방향이었어요. 그렇게 하지 않고는 식민지의 저항을 본인들이 감당할 수 없었던 것이 본질이죠. 중국 왕조였던 수나라와 당나라는 삼국으로 분열된 한국의 고구려와도 전쟁을 쉽게 이길 수 없을 정도로 고전을 면치 못했고, 거란, 여진, 몽골 같은 기마 중심의 전투 방식도 산악 지대가 대부분인 한국의 지형에서 게릴라처럼 싸우는 고구려, 신라, 고려와 고전을 면치 못했죠.
Who caree :)) only korean know that
ty for the content! always binge-able. xoxoxo
Interesting. Competent and pragmatic leaders prevented outright defeat. Eventually the leadership was not good enough and ...
And what?
@@triadwarfarehes sad korea lost to japan and turned into a slave state
Well, that is one interpretation. It sounded more like a slow-motion apocalypse, especially once you start thinking about what it looked like on the ground, with raid, counter-raid, burning towns, and mass starvation. Plus I am guessing the quality of mercy was strained in the extreme, given usual Mongol attitudes toward resisting populations and a Korean desire for revenge.
They were defeated constantly.. didn't you watch the video? They constantly fled to fortress while the Mongols completely destroyed their farms and cities causing famines, death and had hundreds of thousands Koreans enslaved. Nothing competetent or pragmatic about this .
I believe there is no competent leader even in the past, most of them just learning by doing, the rest is experimenting and the impactful factor is they can steal, learn and kill from their competitor, and make their story cool
This is my most awaited Video thank you for posting
An English channel that continues to introduce interesting local histories to Western audiences. You guys are the best. Love from 🇰🇷 And yes, the Korean defense against the Mongols is quite a standout case compared to almost all the other regions that the Mongols invaded. It deserves to be more internationally known.
???? Who caree
Always interesting to learn about a people that successfully resisted against that scourge that was the Mongols.
vietnam is what i would call successfully repelling the mongols, koreans bent their knees towards the khan and were forced to supply troops to them, how is that a successful resistance?
These guys are underrated
The 왕 at 1:46 is not timeline accurate, as the Korean writing system was only made many centuries later. I love your content!
Mongols: "Well, it's not a stupid island, so this should work out pretty great." Korea: "Well, yes, but actually, _no."_
@@user-dx7px6jo1d what do you talk about? just see map from 13 th century. You are talking bullshit. Korea gived up in this time. lol
Stop, that line is so old 😢
Korea: "The word you're looking for is PENNINSULA."
@@nom_chompsky Sure, but it's literally a peninsula.
Its Ganghwa island not Kanga sounds like african
As a Korean, i am greatful covering about my country's history. although there are some languege barrier, i keep trying to enjoy your high quality contents.
Some of advanced arms featured in the movie were also used during Mongol invasion of others, which was led by the Korean princes pragmatic policies. K&G was already making a video about Japan
Are the movies kdramas
Sir kings and generals please more videos on mongols please, we need more untold stories or lesser known battle explained in a long video please
Korean history is awsome. Please do more.
Try out some Korean Historical drama series, like, "My Country". During the transitional period between the end of the Goryeo dynasty and the beginning of the Joseon dynasty, two friends become enemies following a misunderstanding. They try to protect their country, and the people they love, their own way. 14th Century.
My Country, is on Netflix.
@@rogerjamespaul5528 I watched my country, and Jeong do Jeon (the architect of the creation of Joseon dynasty, made the code of law, gave land to peasents, and tried his best at abolishing private armies.) I really like My country tho. But nothing comes close to Jeong do Jeon for me. My country is a second close
@@Ali-fx6jdi need to watch jeong do jeon, ive watched othet dramas in the same exact era six flying dragons he was pretty influential, i dont recall him being in my country tho
@@Boryang. pls does this drama include Mongols conquests
❤️ this channel
A video on Burmese Siamese war would be great......people rarely cover this part of the world on any historical videos....overshadowed by India and china
Also Burmese destruction of Manipur and Assam
Oh wow, i didn't think you would cover this.
Koreans have always been inventive, creative, and competent fighters throughout history always winning against odds.
so, they lost mongols
@HigehiroGo yes and no. They technically lost, but the Mongols didn't really interfere or exercise any sovereignty beyond tribute requests and initial symbolic acquiescence.
nope, they were too poor to have anything to be conquered and exploited during most of the history, or else they would have been a normal province of Chinese empire.
@@joeottoman6484 I'm sure normal Korean farmers were fed better than normal Chinese farmers throughout the history.
@@joeottoman6484South Korea is all plains and was a major food producing hub. If you look at traditional food culture and amounts of food the peasants ate historically, it was significant amounts of food especially compared to Japan. Not sure of China bc I personally don't know. Mongols also got smashed something like 8 times including a royal getting killed even with overwhelming odds. But it does help to be a peninsula on the far end of the continent.
This video brilliantly highlights Korea's strategic defense tactics against the Mongol invasions during medieval times. Great job!
Excellent Episode 👍
Nice 👍
nice video what program did you use to create this i like the animation of movement
Thank you for doing more Korean history other than the Imjin War! We have so much lost history as well as rich well documented ones that ultimately survived due to constant threat of invasion. I hope one day we maybe able to uncover even more lost artifacts and ancestral grounds in modern northern China!
When Japan invaded Korea in 1592, Korea was defeated on all fronts. The Ming Dynasty of China, which was supporting Korea at this time, fell into a financial crisis due to this war. I'm sure you're only learning history that is convenient for you, so I'll tell you this: Of the three great conquests of Banreki, this war was the one in which the most silver was spent. His other two wars combined did not reach the funds used for this war. More than 7.4 million taels of silver were used in this war, while in other wars he used 800,000 taels and 2.4 million taels of silver. Approximately 80,000 Japanese soldiers died during the two dispatches to Korea, but half of them died from infectious diseases and the remaining 40,000 died in battle. To kill these 40,000 people, the Joseon Dynasty lost 260,000 soldiers and the Ming Dynasty lost 38,000 soldiers. Where is the victory? Including civilian deaths, the total number of deaths in the Sino-South Korean coalition is likely to exceed 1 million. This war was not a big deal for Japan, but the Ming Dynasty and its vassal states suffered irreparable damage (lol) The number of troops dispatched to Korea at that time was 150,000, 25% of Japan's total military force. was. was. Do you know of any small country that could not protect itself from this 25% total military force and asked China for help? (Laughs) Then Japan made peace with the Ming Dynasty and withdrew without paying any reparations. By the way, the Joseon Dynasty was refused participation in negotiations by China. It seems that there was also a sailor who was considered a Korean hero who made a surprise attack on the retreating Shimazu and was killed by Shimazu's casual soldiers. Did you know that during the heyday of the Edo period, Japan was an economic power that surpassed Britain and Spain, and even just before the Meiji Restoration, Japan's GDP was slightly higher than that of the Ottoman Empire? Did you know that even just before the Meiji Restoration, Japan's per capita GDP was half that of the United States? Korea has always been a small country, but Japan has always been a large country.
Wonderful video! Korea stood up fiercely, much more so than most.
You know, sometimes I sit looking to the sunset and a tear streams down my cheek while thinking what Kings and Generals will do to me when they finally catch me on the next one
I like to "seat" looking at the sunset, too 😅
@@matts3425 and sometimes a tear "strems" down my cheek
@@yungenvy436 lmfao you win 😂
This was a nice story to listen too.
After surrender to Mongols, Mogol had never crushed Korean territory as they did in other conquered countries. Instead Mogols accepted Koryeo's reqest for preserving their customs and appearances utill the Mongol Empire collapsed. This was the same in the period of Ching (of Manchurian)Dynasty in China.
I would love to see even more videos on medieval history of Korea (Goryeo, the warring states & unifications periods)!! It’s so fascinating to hear about their complex political history and their conflicts with neighbours, tribes, Chinese kingdoms & Japan over the course of their development.
Awesome
Korean has a history of defensive wars
As a Korean and a big history nerd I want to thank you Kings and Generals for another great content! I learn so much about other country’s historic battles from you!
There's an ongoing drama on Viki regarding their battles against the Khitans
고려거란전쟁?
kewl video :D
Please make a video on Ghurid Dynisty.... لطفا یک ویدیو در مورد سلسله غوریان بسازید.
Hello kings and generals, I enjoy your videos and have been watching for many years. I have a question. Will these patroon videos be available on KZhead one day?
Not sure
Love the Korean content; please do more videos on the history of Korea! Just two quick notes on minor details though. When you mentioned Korean ships a couple of times in the video you showed images of turtle ships, which are very iconically Korean, but they were created by Admiral Yi Suni-Sin and date primarily to the era of the Imjin War in the late 16th century. The other detail is the pronunciation of Choe. Generally speaking Choe (최) is pronounced in a single syllable that rhymes with the English words “tray” or “day”, rather than two syllables. In the modern day 최 is also anglicized as Choi, but that’s aside from the point.
Can you do a video about the Goryeo Khitan War
do an video of Nabucodonosor
During and after the decades in which the Mongols invaded Korea nine times, they also invaded Poland three times, 1240-88. The last, unsuccessful invasion of Poland was after the ninth attack on Korea and the two failed attempts on Japan. An amazing, if brief, empire.
Korea is a peninsula and every each sides are surrounded by enemy China and Japan and now north korea too. Evey korea's war history are major in defend tactics so our history is quiet interesting. Im impressed that not only the military, but also slaves, and commons voluntarily join the war to defend their own country.
Plz make videos on Hannibal barca🙏
true plz
Watch HistoryMarche's videos on him. I love K&G, but they have wikipedia level knowledge.
All of these videos regarding defense against the Mongols makes me want to see a video about the real-life time period that Mulan is based around.
Let it be known that this video came directly above a Mongolian throat singing clip on my recommended. Also, good stuff
Please do a summary of all tactics used against the Mongols
Finally I always wanted to watch a video on the Mongol invasions of Goryeo
Kublai Khan famously said: "Koryŏ is a country of a myriad miles. Since the time of Emperor Taizong of the Tang, who personally led an expedition against it, it could not be subjugated. Now that its Heir Apparent has come to submit to me, it must be the will of heaven!" Korea was _not_ a weak adversary.
When King Wonjong of Goryeo chose Kublai Khan over Aric Boke and came to meet him.
You should do a piece on korean warrior monks through the centuries!
There is also a great 2012 about Kim Jun called God of War that show how they resisted the Mongols but eventually failed
매우 훌륭한 퀄리티에 놀라울 따름입니다. 깊이있는 역사적 통찰과 분석이 놀랍습니다. 한국의 삼국지에 대해서도 기대됩니다!
Hi, I really join your videos. Could you please do a video on Polish history like the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth? Thank you.
A couple of videos in the works
@@KingsandGenerals Thank you. Also, its worth looking at Lithuanian history since it's too interesting.
One word: VIENNA. Lol.
That is something I'm searching for long, the Korean history before conqueror by Japan. Can you make more videos about the prehistory of Korea?
Japan was a short period of 1910-1945, or 36 years. That's because Japan accepted Western science 40 years before Korea. For more than 2,000 years before this period, Korea was directly ruled by Korean kings.
Well Japan has similar history as England. Both island nation that got conquered and colonized by outsiders. It was mostly Koreans and maybe few jurchens colonized Japan island and introduced many cultures since the ancient times.
And it was the USA Japan treaty forced Korea to annex Japan…
@@dmdmdidn2290 러일전쟁으로 조선의 운명이 이미 결정된 것 아닌가요…?
There was a French campaign against Korea in 1866. That would be interesting to cover.
法国输了
This is an episode from history I knew pretty much nothing about before watching this video. I feel like Korea before the Cold War is quite a blind spot for me. Thank you for teaching me yet more new history. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
you should have included the continued resistance of royal military forces who were still against Mongols in Jeju island even when the whole country fell under Mongol influence.
Cool
Can you make a video about the Mongol invasion of Europe in the 1280s?
Can you cover the Platonic allegory of Altantis?
In what context?
@@KingsandGenerals in the political context!
@@Gen.berseker25 we have covered the Athenian democracy
@@KingsandGenerals thanks!
Koreans got lucky with Kublai Khan which got them with autonomous state and able to marry into Mongol imperial family was smart diplomacy allowing Korea to continue with its own culture and court. Btw, there was Yuan Law book found from Korea several years ago, I wonder what happened to that.
Big reason is King Wonjong of Goryeo chose to meet Kublai when Kublai was competing with Aric Bouquet for the Great Khan.
If you were an empire situated on open planes, then you would easily get beaten by the mongols in a short time because that kind of landscape is where they fought best. Mountains, islands and jungles are like super effective against mongols.
As usual, rulers started the war while ordinary people took most of the suffering.
Please do one on the Korean 3 Kingdoms: Proto-Korean states battling it out for dominance is just such a dynamic period imo and would definitely intrigue K&G viewers (it is a very long period of time though but even a gloss of the period would be 🤌🤌🤌)
Can we get a video oh Khitan- Goreyo wars? And the internal politics from Goreyo to the transition of Joseon dynasty olease 🙏
Yes please
There is a drama about it on Viki. Waiting for it to be complete to watch
@@moderatecanuck Yeah I know about that lol. I wasn't a big fan tho
Goryeo and Silla were so badass
Silla kind of sucks. As a nation, they probably did more harm than anything. As a state it does make sense what they did at the tail end of the 3 kingdom period but they're not that great. Goguryeo was a lot better
@@XXX3155 They did drive out the Tang dynasty which is no small feat, often ignored by historians. Other than that I agree Goguryeo was more badass.
@@XXX3155I agree. They were the shield of the peninsula.
@@XXX3155Silla kind of sucks? Lol
@@yyyymmddhhmm Well yeah, if you know Korean history you'd understand why
If you have held out long enough against an enemy you cannot defeat anyway, surrendering at the optimal time is also an ability.
Why not Jin(金) but Jin(晉) there between Mongol and Goryeo?
Can you also do korea against the qing
There was a Vietnamese prince who helped Korea defeat the Mongols in a land south of Korea until he died of old age.
Sambyeolcho is the name of the unit that carried out the duties of the police and combat during the Goryeo Dynasty, which was specially selected and created instead of the existing weak standing army. It refers to Leftbyulcho, Rightbyulcho, and Sinuigun, which existed as soldiers of the Choi regime during the period of military power. During the period of supreme power, Nightbyulcho, which was engaged in police affairs for the purpose of security, was organized, and when the number increased, it was divided into Leftbyulcho and Rightbyulcho. It was called "Sam (Three) Byeolcho" along with the Sinui-gun, which was composed of those who fled after being captured by Mongolia. In the 40-year Goryeo Mongol War, military activities such as field, siege, guerrilla warfare, and special warfare were remarkable, but when Greater Mongolia was strengthened, they rebelled against this. After establishing an independent government and fighting for three years based on Jindo as the home, they were annihilated in 1273 after being attacked by the Allied Forces of Korea and Mongolia. Ghosts of Goryeo
After the war with Mongolia, Japan, which had strengthened its military power for 100 years, invades. The background of this Seven Years' War is that the carelessness and arrogance of Joseon (Korea), which enjoyed only peace and culture for 200 years, treated Yamato (Japan) as a barbaric pirate group rather than a country. However, Yamato had a high level of tactics through clan battles for 100 years, and the 170,000 troops of Toyotomi, who unified the whole country, armed with Portuguese matchlocks and attacked Joseon. Historically, Japan has waged a surprise war without a declaration of war.The 16,000 Elite heavy cavalry that Joseon was proud of, which had suppressed the cruel northern peoples, was defeated by the Yamato Matchlock unit, and 70, 000 Joseon Army was pushed back all the way to Pyongyang. Yamato, which was a medieval feudal lord era, gained land and people if it won a war, but in Joseon, which was a centralized country, the king fled to the north, but the people and monks formed a militia and fought to the end , the Japanese army was embarrassed by the existence of the Militia. The basic weapons of the Joseon army were bows, spears, and swords, as well as gunpowder bombs and various cannons of different sizes..The Ming Dynasty (China) sent reinforcements to help Joseon, but instead harassed Joseon by plundering and engaging in internal communication with Japan, but helped Yi Sun sin in the final naval battle.Yamato, who did not have the technology to make pottery, brought in hundreds of Joseon pottery craftsmen to make pottery and exported the pottery to Europe, where it received favorable reviews. Joseon was unable to recover from the aftereffects of this war for 400 years and suffered the humiliation of being annexed by Japan, which it regarded as an uncivilized island, and being ruled for 35 years. This Great War was a symbolic event in which the international status of the Korean Peninsula with 4,800 years of history was reversed by the Japanese archipelago with 1,800 years of history. 300 years later, Joseon became a reclusive country with a policy of isolation, and Japan defeated the Russian Navy with Yi Sun-sin's tactics. and joined the ranks of the great powers. Yi Sun sin's the world's top 3 naval admiral and the turtle ship is an invincible Korean Item in the Age of Empires PC Games.
I think it should be mentioned that after Wang Chon returned as the new ruler of Korea, he wrote the song, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight." (Or was that Wang Chung? 😉)
Anyone else enjoy playing as defensive Korea in Europa universalis 4?
It's often forgotten in these conflicts the terrible toll it took on the otters.
Ohh. I know this episode it was from the South Korean Channel called MBCDrama named 무신/Warrior k 19 to 56 episodes. As a South Korean, I just wanted to say that Mooshin Jungeon ended when the final ruler Kim Jun died by the Emperor Wonjongs rebels in the imperial palace in the late 12th century. Also, you forgot to mention that Korean general Choe-Chungmyng was with Kim-Kyongson, the mongol general ordered Choe-Chungmyng, and be executed by a Mongol General Bu-Ta-Wu after the first Mongol-Korean war was over.
Korean prince who is next in line to the throne will eventually surrender to Mongol prince who suppose not to become the next king. This was very smart move. This prince will end up defeating his older brother to become the king. And Korean prince ended up marrying one of princess of Mongol and he kept the title to rule Korea and keep its own custom. However Mongols demanded a lot of goods including women.
I know this has nothing to do with this video, but I just wanted to drop by and send all the love to our Mongolian brothers and sisters. The people of Korea love Mongolia!
1:35 Hanseong is not capital of Goryeo. Gaegyong is capital of Goryeo
The capital of Goryeo was Gaegyeong (Kaesong), not Hanseong (Seoul) at the time.
Rooting for Team Korea, what a bunch of Bosses
Yea, they definitely punched above their weight throughout history. But they were too small. Always one bad administration away from subjugation and eventually, that's exactly what happened.
agree. kim is a great leader.
A very messy war for both sides. Would be interesting to know why the Mongols didn't just completely destroy the Korean court? Their usual response to any moderate resistance was to literally burn everything down to the ground. The Song dynasty also resisted for several decades but they got a much harsher treatment, total annihilation of the ruling class, not exchanging kids for marriage. Did the Mongols see the Koreans as related due to having the same language grammar structures?
It partly has to do with Goryeo choosing to surrender and partly the fact that that surrender didn't come after a large scale disastrous defeat like the seizing of the capital or the capture of important leaders. Some leaders were killed but the royal family was never caught. Basically, it was a peace agreement after a long series of extended invasions that were a huge drain on resources. Also, the Mongols have no practical way of occupying the peninsula long term. It takes a lot just to get to Korea. The distance doesn't look far but the terrain itself is terrible to pass through.
The queens of the Koryeo kings were princesses who were the daughters of the Mongol Empire's emperor, Khan, and the empress, the last wife of the Mongol Empire's emperor, Khan, was the daughter of a Koryeo aristocrat. Mongolia considered Koryeo particularly and treated it.
몽골인들은 고대한국의 후손입니다
Mongols and Koreans have similar folk religions, with Tengri(considered God in Mongolia) being one of the mystical founding fathers of Korea. Also, the Korean court and its army did not face total annihilation, with its most veteran troops being somewhat fully intact. So if the Mongols tried to burn everything down, then it would mean yet another war between Mongols and Koreans, which both sides did not want.
Even the Sui, and Tang dynasties, with their million men armies couldn't take Korea, but the Mongols never gave up and eventually conquered them.
not really the emperor of Goryeo became the son in law of the khan of mongols, which is not conquest.
@@marsaeternum1003 Goryeo would not have become a tribute paying vassal if the Mongols had not defeated their armies and ravaged their country so thoroughly. But yeah whatever floats your boat.
But that tenacity and fierce resistance have earned Goryeo a lot of respect from the Mongolians, who decided not to fully overtake the country. Others were not so lucky.
That is NOT true. The Mongols were eventually defeated because of the IMPORTANT contribution of the Great VIETNAMESE General Lý Long Tường who led the Koreans to FULL VICTORY against the Mongols TWICE!!! He DEFEATED the Mongols and forced them to SURRENDER TWICE!!
@@ElBanditothey never really defeated them though, and the Mongols also accepted the offer for peace because they were kinda embarrassed because 2 of their generals were killed in Korea and its very rare that Mongol generals die in battles against foreign adversaries. The Mongols respected Goryeo enough that domestically, the Emperor of Goryeo was still addressed as Emperor and was addressed as a King overseas. Also, the Mongols wouldnt state a kingdom as a son-in-law state if it didnt respect them enough. They didnt do the same for China and other countries. The Goryeo emperors wedded Mongol princesses which were the children of the Khan himself while some Mongol nobles, both men and women actually married Korean noblemen and women and settled down in Korea or Mongolia.
A couple of things need to be clarified here. The Yuan Dynasty is not “Chinese” in the most traditional sense. The dynasty - which means ruling family - itself was Mongolian, though the realm it controlled is the Middle Kingdom, among other places. Therefore, to ask why Korea isn’t a part of China given it was under the Yuan Dynasty isn’t exactly accurate. Second, Goryeo Korea was not technically a part of the Yuan Dynasty. It was a vassal state, sometimes also called an “in-law state” because Goryeo princes would have to marry Mongolian princesses. But, as far as the Yuan Dynasty was concerned, Korea wasn’t another province that it could rule directly. Goryeo still had its own government and was even ruled by a “king” (wang or 王). So how were things different than from before? First thing is that, before the Mongols conquered Song China, Goryeo internally considered its ruler an emperor, meaning though the king would call himself just a “king” when dealing with China (you couldn’t establish relations with China without recognizing the Chinese emperor your superior), he was considered to not have any equal internally. This is similar to Japan, which also had an “emperor” but when dealing with China, was considered just a “king.” After the war with the Mongols, however, the Goryeo kings had to officially take an inferior role to the Yuan emperor. Second was marriage. Goryeo princes were to marry Mongol princes, which meant that the queen of Goryeo henceforth were Mongol and, indeed, with each generation, the king himself would be progressively more Mongol than Korean. If you think about it, this is an extremely unique arrangement for the Mongols, who completely subjugated all of its others enemies. There are several reasons why the Mongols made an exception for the Koreans, though. For one, the Koreans put up a very, very hard fight, one that lasted nearly three decades, and could’ve lasted longer had a peace treaty not been signed. This was not a unconditional surrender for the Koreans. Second, the Mongols considered the Koreans distant cousins, which they are, in a way. The Koreans and Mongols are Altaic peoples, along with the Turks, Manchus, and even possibly the Native Americans. To them, having the Korean king being married to a Mongol princess was a way of pulling Korea into the fold as kin, rather than through conquest. Now, throughout history, Korea has taken the role as a tributary state of various Chinese dynasties, but that fact is very misleading. Under the Sino-Centric system, any state that formed relations with China were considered a tributary state. Why? Because China believed it was the only legitimate empire in the World. Everyone was inferior. So, as long as foreign rulers recognized this fact, the Chinese considered them tributaries. All those who didn’t were considered barbarians. This didn’t just hold true for Korea, it was a rule for everyone. That included the Japanese, the Vietnamese, the Siamese, and even the West. When Zheng He took his fleet all over the Old World and brought back gifts from kingdoms all over South Asia and Africa, the Chinese emperor called them “tributes.” But none of these kingdoms considered themselves subservient. It’s just what the Chinese called them. Another example of this is when George Macartney met with the Qianglong emperor in the 18th century. Macartney wanted to open trade on behalf of King George III with Qing China, but things got tense with the Qianglong emperor demanded he kowtow before him. What’s more, while Macartney offered what he called “gifts” of goodwill, the emperor insisted they were “tributes” and, worse yet, that King George III was his inferior. This appalled Macartney, who demanded that if he were to kowtow before the emperor, that someone of equal rank should kowtow before a painting of George III. Obviously, things didn’t go well and thus the Opium Wars began. But see, if the British were really interested in trading with China peacefully, they would’ve taken the role as a tributary. Luckily for them, the British had grown powerful enough so they could afford to fight a war with China, but the Koreans (as well as everyone else in East Asia at the time) was in no position to fight a war over hurt pride. Keep in mind also that even though Korea offered tribute to the Chinese emperor, China would usually offer a lot more in return. See, “tribute” wasn’t a tax where only one side benefited. The Chinese would send “gifts” in return to the Korean king, often valuable silks, books, and porcelain, as well as access to their massive market for trade. Essentially, China held a trade deficit with the Koreans, so much so that during the Ming Dynasty, a Chinese adviser argued the relationship with Korea wasn’t worth it. Even then, the Chinese knew that it was better to run a deficit than to antagonize an otherwise docile ally, something the United States has been doing with its allies (something Trump has been crying about). In conclusion, never in its history aside from the 35 years under Imperial Japan, has Korea ever been directly absorbed by an outsider, China included. They were always considered their own people, separate from others.
Japan was a short period of 1910-1945, or 36 years. That's because Japan accepted Western science 40 years before Korea. For more than 2,000 years before this period, Korea was directly ruled by Korean kings.
The queens of the Koryeo kings were princesses who were the daughters of the Mongol Empire's emperor, Khan, and the empress, the last wife of the Mongol Empire's emperor, Khan, was the daughter of a Koryeo aristocrat. Mongolia considered Koryeo particularly and treated it.
@@ftfdggtff5edYes that Ki was the worst empress for both Mongol and Korea 😅
As someone who has driven back the gawdam Mongorians from my city wall, this video really appealed to me
Mongolians not mongorians.!
After watching these videos about how many nations out there defend themselves against the Mongols, I cannot helped but wondering what the Mongols at the time must have felt when their empire was crumbling apart around them as they are being forced to run back to live in the steppe.
not trying to be a smartass, just trying to answer. That's not how the Mongol Empire ended. The decline was very slow and started with splitting into smaller empires first. Smaller pieces lasted for centuries. The Crimean Tatars were there until the 20th century.
@@twofortydrifter I know that. But I just wondered how they felt about being defeated by those who they conquered.
@@lerneanlion that would be difficult to say. The descendants were the ones who witnessed the fall, and they were usually absorbed into the local culture by then.
people barely able to read, let alone know their history.
Nah pretty much mongol despised the Royal Family (kublaid borjigin) because they pretty much got sinicized and spend time more in Beijing(khanbaliq) than Karakorum.
고려는 원종까지는 황제라 불렸는데 원종이 몽골에 복종 하면서 부터 결국 고려는 왕국으로 하락으로 하게되서 원종이후 에는 고려왕이라 불리게 됩니다 그리고 고려왕 칭호에는 앞에자에 충이라고 붙이게 됩니다 그리고 왕뒤에 무슨 종이라 불리는 칭호는 황제라고 칭해지고 황제가 쓴 임금님 모자도 못쓰게 됨과 동시에 원나라 황제가 칭해주는 관을 쓰게 됩니다. 그리고 고려에는 다루가치라는 원나라 감시관들이 파견됩니다.
After the surrender, Darughachi ceased to exist in Goryeo. To be precise, it only existed on Jeju Island.
그것은 고려 왕씨 가문이 원나라 황실의 방계로 편입되었기 때문입니다. 한마디로 고려는 원나라의 황족이 다스리는 제후국이었다는 뜻
Please make video on Tughlaq or Mughals.
It is the time when Mongke Khan of Mongolia became a crucian carp, and the War of Succession of Kanwi (Tului Civil War) took place between Mongke's brothers Kublai and Arikbuka. The war came to an end when the Crown Prince of Goryeo, who was heading to Mongolia to end the 30-year war of nine invasions, met with Kublai, who would become the 5th Grand Khan, to discuss the end of the war. Upon returning home, the prince succeeded King Gojong, who ascended to the throne in July, and became King Wonjong. Kublai Khan is said to have been pleased that he was able to win the surrender of Goguryeo's descendants, who had not conquered even Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. At the time, Kublai was vulnerable to the challenge of his brother Arikbuka, who was a strong Kanwi rival and controlling the Caracorum. However, the fact that Goryeo, which is a significant successor to Goguryeo in the Manchuria region and is well known for its long-term resistance over 30 years, surrendered to him was a very sufficient and reasonable justification to advertise that it was qualified as a Great Khan. On top of that, Mongolian aristocrats represented by the three Eastern Kings of Manchuria, who were mobilized to invade Goryeo, sympathized with Kublai and not only held Kuriltai, but also became the 5th Grand Khan. They were able to surrender Aricbuka by cutting off the transportation route to the capital, Karakorum. Kublai Khan, who received grace from Wonjong, later claimed to be Wonjong's supporter when Wonjong was forcibly deposed by Imyeon and declared, "To harm the Goryeo king as a subject of Goryeo is to disrupt Jim's law." In addition, perhaps because of his political gain, Kublai signed the end of the war with Goryeo and accepted the Goryeo's demand that "it does not change the traditions and systems unique to Goryeo". In other words, Goryeo's independence was guaranteed. When the military regime fell, the Goryeo court officially returned to Gaegyeong in 1270, and the 39-year war came to an end when Wonjong officially joined the Mongolian palace in Karakorum and held talks with Kubilia Khan. Since then, Goryeo has proposed a marriage alliance to Mongolia, and Goryeo has become a country of Mongolian bu-ma-kuk(the country of one's son-in-law) when Crown Prince Wangsim, accepted by the Mongolian side and later became King Chungryol, married Borggin Kutulukelmisi (Princess of the Empire), the youngest daughter of Kublai Khan.