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Sartai

Mongol general who invaded Goryeo in 1231 and 1232 and was killed by an arrow at Cheoin

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2 related events

  1. 1

    In the first Mongol invasion Park Seo and Kim Gyeong-son held Gwiju against repeated Mongol assaults, opening the gates only when the court, having made peace, ordered them to.

  2. 2

    In the second Mongol invasion the monk Kim Yun-hu and the people of Cheoin-bugok defended Cheoinseong and shot dead the Mongol commander Sartai, forcing the Mongols to withdraw.

People who appear alongside

  • Park Seo

    Northwestern commander who held Gwiju fortress against the Mongols for over a month in 1231

  • King Gojong of Goryeo1192 – 1259

    Twenty-third king of Goryeo, who reigned through the Mongol invasions from Ganghwa Island

  • Kim Yun-hu

    Monk-turned-commander who killed the Mongol general Sartai at Cheoin in 1232 and held Chungju for 70 days in 1253