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Jo Heon

Militia leader who retook Cheongju and died at Geumsan with his 700 men

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    1592Battles of Geumsanmilitia leader

    Go Gyeong-myeong’s militia (seventh month) and Jo Heon and Yeonggyu’s militia and monk soldiers (eighth month) attacked the Japanese at Geumsan and died to a man. Jo Heon’s 700 lie in the Tomb of the Seven Hundred.

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  • Go Gyeong-myeong1533 – 1592

    Scholar-official who raised a militia in Jeolla and died at Geumsan with his son

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    Monk of Gapsa who led monk soldiers with Jo Heon and died with him at Geumsan