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attacked them. In multiple attempts to cross the river, Ankokuji suffered many losses, and was forced to abandon his attack on Uiryeong. The battle gave the Korean government respect for Gwak's abilities, and he was placed in command of the Korean forces in and around Uiryeong and the nearby Samga.
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While Jae-u's robe is often simply described as red, Samuel Hawley further elaborates that the robe was "dyed in the first menstrual blood of young girls, which he believed suffused the garment with yin energy that would repel the yang energy of Japanese bullets." Jae-u ultimately survived the war
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to reach Uiryeong, an objective. He had his men find the shallowest parts of the river and mark them with stakes. While Ankokuji's army slept, Gwak's men moved the stakes to deeper sections of the river. When the crossing began, the Japanese soldiers foundered in the deep water, and Gwak's army
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in many guerrilla actions. Gwak also had the distinction of winning Korea's first land victory of the war in the Battle of Uiryeong. In part of a two-pronged offensive into
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invaded Korea. Gwak began raising a militia to defend the free parts of Kyongsang province from the invaders.
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to fight against the Japanese army. He originally did not have an official position, but King
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The Imjin War : Japan's sixteenth-century invasion of Korea and attempt to conquer China
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In lunar calendar, Gwak was born on 28 August 1552 and died on 10 April 1617
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led 6th division men from the south. Ankokuji needed to cross the
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Younger half-sister - Lady Gwak of the Hyeonpung Gwak clan (
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Gwak Jae-u disrupted Japanese supply lines around the
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People of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
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Index

Korean name
Gwak
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Courtesy name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Korean
Korean
Uiryeong
Imjin war
Righteous army
Seonjo of Joseon
Yangban
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Nakdong River
Jeolla
Ankokuji Ekei
Nam River
Daegu
Gimhae Heo clan

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