몽골-고려 군사동맹 관계- 양국관계를 조망하는 하나의 관점 -

Abstract

In the first half of the 13th century, Goryeo kept being attacked by Mongol for about 30 years, but fought back fiercely and drove them back successfully. Mongol had a high opinion of this strong resistance of Goryeo's, and had had this recognition for a long time even since the resumption of a friendly relation in 1260. Accordingly, they continued to try to mobilize Goryeo's military force to military activities at home or abroad since the end of the first war. Right after the accession, King Chungryeol adopted the strategy of spontaneously and actively offering military cooperation to Mongol and performing feats. In addition, when negotiating with Mongol, he always paraded his military achievements and got the credit for them from the Mongol ruling class, and through which, he made his position secure. Even after Mongol military activities at home and abroad were all finished with Khubilai's death in the end of the 13th century, Goryeo maintained its strategic importance under Mongol's hegemony by reminding itself of the necessity to protect itself from the enemy country, Japan, all the time and by spontaneously assuming the role based on their traditional world view. Mongol recognized Goryeo, which was located close to its capital city and had strong military power, strategically significant, and Goryeo detected it, played military roles they wanted as necessary, maintained its political and cultural independence and obtained different actual diplomatic benefits. In this respect, the relation between the two nations can be understood as a complementary military alliance.