Goguryeo–Sui War

The Goguryeo–Sui War were a series of invasions launched by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, between AD 598 and AD 614. It resulted in the defeat of the Sui and was one of the pivotal factors in the collapse of the dynasty, which led to its overthrow by the Tang dynasty in AD 618.

Goguryeo–Sui War
Date598, 612–614
Location
Manchuria, Northern Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea
Result

Goguryeo victory

  • One of the major causes of the fall of the Sui dynasty
Belligerents
Goguryeo Sui dynasty
Commanders and leaders
King Yeongyang
Eulji Mundeok
Go Geonmu
Gang Isik (?)		 Emperor Yang of Sui
Yang Liang
Gao Jiong
Yuwen Shu
Yu Zhongwen
Qutu Tong
Lai Hu'er
Zhou Luohou
Yuchi Yichen
Huang Junhan
Ashina Danai
Strength
345,000 troops est. Nominally 1,133,800 combat troops with around 2,000,000 support troops during the second invasion of 612, according to the Book of Sui and Samguk Sagi.
Casualties and losses
Unknown At least 302,300 casualties
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