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PersonAD 645 – AD 660

Gwanchang

Silla hwarang whose lone charges and death at the Battle of Hwangsanbeol roused the Silla army to victory

He was the son of General Pumil. When Gyebaek’s picked troops had beaten the Silla army four times at Hwangsanbeol in 660, he charged the enemy lines alone. Gyebaek spared him for his youth and sent him back, but he charged again and was beheaded. Stirred by his death, the Silla army broke the Baekje force.

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    AD 660Battle of Hwangsanbeolparticipant

    Gyebaek met Kim Yu-sin’s 50,000 Silla troops with 5,000 picked men, won four clashes and finally fell.

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  • GyebaekAD 660

    Baekje general who died at Hwangsanbeol leading 5,000 men against the Silla army

  • Kim Yu-sinAD 595 – AD 673

    Silla general of Geumgwan Gaya royal descent who defeated Gyebaek and led the unification wars

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  • Wars of Korean UnificationAD 598 – AD 676

    From Goguryeo's wars with Sui and Tang to Silla's unification — eighty years of East Asian war on the peninsula