The Battle of the Salsu River
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Display at the War Memorial
of Korea in Seoul, South Korea.
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The Battle of the Salsu River is one of the Great battles of
antiquity. It occurred in the year 612 during the second campaign of the
Goguryeo-Sui war between Goguryeo and Sui of China.
In 612, Emperor Yang of Sui invaded Goguryeo with well over
one million men. Unable to overcome the Goguryeo defense at Liao-tung Fortress (modern Liao-yang), the
anchor of goguryeo's first line of defense, he dispatched 300,000 troops to
strike directly at Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.