Mongol invasions of Korea | |||||||
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Part of Mongol invasions and conquests | |||||||
![]() 1235 Mongol invasion of Goryeo | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ch'oe U Pak Seo Kim Yun-hu Lý Long Tường Kim Gyeong-son Choi Chunmyeong Dae Jipseong Lee Jaseong Chae Song-nyeon Kim Yun-hu Lee Sehwa Hyeon-Ryeo |
Ögedei Khan Möngke Khan Subutai Danqu Putau Yegü Teke Qorči Saritai † Jalairtai |
A series of campaigns were conducted between 1231 and 1270 by the Mongol Empire against the Korean kingdom of Goryeo. The last campaign concluded with a peace treaty with Goryeo becoming a vassal state of the Yuan dynasty, a relationship that lasted for approximately 80 years. A greater amount of "stubborn resistance" was put up by Korea and the Song Dynasty of China towards the Mongol invasions than many others in Eurasia who were swiftly crushed by the Mongols at a lightning pace.[1]
The Yuan dynasty exacted wealth and tributes from the Goryeo kings. Despite their submission to the Yuan dynasty, internal conflicts among Goryeo's royalty and rebellions against Yuan rule continued, with the most notable being the Sambyeolcho Rebellion.