Battle of Maeso
| Battle of Maeso | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Silla-Tang War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Silla | Tang | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Kim Wonsul | Li Jinxing | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~30,000 |
~40,000 (Chinese sources) 200,000 (Korean sources) ~100,000 Supporting Troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 30,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Maeso (Hangul: 매소성 전투; Hanja: 買肖城戰鬪) was a battle between Silla and Tang forces in the Korean peninsula. On September 29, 675, a confrontation occurred between a Silla of 30,000 under the command of Kim Wonsul and a Tang of 40,000 troops (according to Chinese sources, Korean sources claim about 200,000 Tang force) under Li Jinxing.
South Korean history books claim killed 6,047 cavalry of Tang and got 30,380 horses and weapons of about 30,000.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-25. 신편한국사
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