Ul-Ji tul
(42 moves)
In his encyclopaedia General Choi told us:
This pattern
is named after General Ul-Ji Moon Dok who successfully defended
What
I’ve discovered
Ul-Ji Moon Dok (also Ulchi Mundok) remains a
national hero in
There are no records of his exact dates of
birth/death, but he was instrumental in destroying the Sui invaders in 612 A.D.
The Sui had
unified
As an educated man Ul-Ji was skilled in politics,
however it was his military skills that were needed in 612 A.D.
General Ul-Ji used his ingenious military tactics
to lull the Sui into a false sense of security, by continually retreating and
feigning defeat he was able to lure them into a trap.
He had
claimed to surrender in order to gain access to the enemy camp, once in the
confines of the camp he had established that the Sui were short of supplies.
This enabled him to formulate his plan, by
retreating and making the confrontation go on for longer General Ul-Ji was able
to exhaust his enemy and finally at Salsu his guerrilla tactics led to victory
and the Koguryo forces were able to destroy most of the 300,000 troops that had
crossed the Yalu River.
The Sui troops were only able to withdraw 2,700 men
from Koguryo; these great loses probably led to the Sui being overthrown by the
Tang in 618 A.D.
For
sources of this information please see the bibliography section of the site.
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