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Gwanggaeto Attacks Baekje

Leading a fleet himself, Gwanggaeto took 58 fortresses and 700 villages and forced King Asin of Baekje to submit.

Rubbing of the Gwanggaeto Stele (Mizutani copy), whose text records the 396 campaign against Baekje
Rubbing of the Gwanggaeto Stele (Mizutani copy), whose text records the 396 campaign against Baekje

Tokyo National Museum · Public domain · Source

In 392, the year after his accession, Gwanggaeto took Baekje’s stronghold of Gwanmi. In 396 (Yeongnak 6) he led a fleet himself, crossed the Han and closed on the Baekje capital.

According to his stele, King Asin handed over a thousand captives and a thousand bolts of fine cloth and swore to be his "slave-retainer for ever", and the king’s brother and ten ministers were taken as hostages. Goguryeo now reached the north bank of the Han. Baekje turned to Wa for support, which led to Goguryeo’s rescue of Silla in 400.

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States and rulers at the time
Goguryeo · victor — King Gwanggaeto the Great
Baekje · defeated — King Asin
Places
Wiryeseong (Pungnap Earthen Fortress)

People

  • King Gwanggaeto the GreatAD 374 – AD 413

    monarch · Nineteenth king of Goguryeo, who used the era name Yeongnak, defeated Baekje, saved Silla from Wa and took Liaodong

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AD 400 Goguryeo Rescues Silla