후기의병기 도암 신태식 의병부대의 지원활동

Abstract

Doam Shin Tae-sik is general of the righteous army and independence activist from Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. He participated in the latter period of the righteous army at the end of the Great Han Empire, and after his country perishes, he organized the Euyongdan of the Joseon Independence Movement and carried out an independence movement in connection with the Seorogunjungseo. Most of the people who fought for the righteous army were arrested by Japanese imperialism and hanged. However, Shin Tae-sik is a person who has been released from prison and continues his activities as an independence movement. This leads to the question of what characteristics Shin Tae-sik’s righteous army has and thus links to the Euyongdan. These questions stem from the aim to understand how the characteristics of Shin Tae-sik’s righteous army differ from other units and what kind of connection the characteristics have with the actions after being released from prison. Shin Tae-sik’s righteous army is not a combat unit that mainly conducts combat, but a logistical activity unit that focuses on support activities. This includes recruiting troops, raising military funds and securing munitions, and small-scale logistical attacks by the Japanese military. In addition, the three aspects of he’s army identified in 「Raise an Army Song」 sustain the characteristics of the support unit. This is because combat methods, marching methods, and military activities are noted. First of all, the Lee Kang-nyeon righteous army identified in 『Raise an Army Facts』 is usually engaged in combat with news of the enemy’s approach and subsequent ambush tactics when fighting the Japanese military. However, it is difficult to find a record of the Shin Tae-sik’s righteous army single battle or ambush the Japanese military, except for joining with other armies or being stationed for a long time. There is no single attack by the Shin’s army after spying on the Japanese military’s movements. Next, looking at the method of marching, Shin Tae-sik’s righteous army is marching in a way that avoids the Japanese military by sending a follower first on the path to the target point or on the main route. Looking at the march route, he’s army is heading to Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, avoiding combat with the Japanese military. Considering the path of Shin’s army, there is a possibility that Shin Tae-sik was the rear of an army of Lee’s army. As mentioned earlier, this is likely to have been a strategic tool of Shin’s army. The key to Shin Tae-sik’s method of marching was how much he did not encounter the Japanese military, indicating that the unit was putting a lot of weight on supporting activities. Finally, when looking at military activities, Shin Tae-sik’s righteous army recruited troops in 「Raise an Army Song」 and activities to raise military funds by securing or stationing military supplies in local governments are shown. Only the number of troops recruited by Shin’s army is confirmed. The number of troops ranges from as few as 100 to as many as 1,000. However, it is necessary to reconsider the fact that the number of troops consumed by Shin Tae-sik’s army has reached about 1,000. This is because he’s army does not need to maintain large-scale troops unless it is intended to defend a specific area. Rather, the troops are presumed to be a strategy to avoid the Japanese military’s surveillance network in comparison to the aforementioned marching method. The number of 1,000 might have been a means of escaping the Japanese military’s threat.