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ConflictJanuary 930(Lunar)

Battle of Gochang

Wang Geon crushed Gyeon Hwon’s Later Baekje army at Gochang (Andong), winning Goryeo the initiative among the Later Three Kingdoms.

The local magnates Kim Seon-pyeong, Gwon Haeng and Jang Jeong-pil fought on Goryeo’s side, and with generals such as Yu Geum-pil Goryeo killed more than 8,000 Later Baekje soldiers. The three magnates became the founders of the Andong Kim, Gwon and Jang clans.

Afterwards some 110 fortresses along the east coast of Gyeongsang submitted to Goryeo, and Silla came to lean on it. The battle reversed the defeat at Gongsan and gave Goryeo the lead in reunifying the peninsula.

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States and rulers at the time
Goryeo · victor — Taejo (Wang Geon)
Later Baekje · defeated — Gyeon Hwon
Places
Gochang (Andong)

People

  • Taejo Wang GeonAD 877 – AD 943

    commander · Songak magnate who served Gung Ye, took Naju, overthrew Gung Ye to found Goryeo in 918 and reunified the Later Three Kingdoms in 935–936

  • Gyeon HwonAD 867 – AD 936

    commander · Silla soldier from Gaeun in Sangju who founded Later Baekje at Wansan-ju in 900; deposed by his son Singeom, he defected to Goryeo

  • Yu Geum-pilAD 941

    commander · Goryeo general who distinguished himself at the battles of Gochang and Illicheon

Before and after

Earlier
AD 927 Battle of Gongsan
Later
AD 935 Goryeo Unifies the Later Three Kingdoms

Themes that include this event

  • AndongAD 930 – 1940

    From the Battle of Gochang that helped found Goryeo to Yi Hwang’s Dosan Seowon — home of Goryeo wooden halls and Yeongnam Confucianism