The Sambyeolcho Rebellion

Timeline

1. 1270Ganghwa Island · GanghwaAfter King Wonjong returned to the capital, ordered the Sambyeolcho disbanded, and confiscated their military registers, Bae Jeongsun and No Yeonghui refused the order, deposed King Wonjong, enthroned the royal prince Marquess Seonghwa Wen, and sailed south from Ganghwa to Jindo. Lin Yan was already dead and Lin Weimao was executed by pro-Yuan forces the same year; neither led this uprising.
2. 1270–1271Jindo · South JeollaThe Sambyeolcho established their base at Ryongjang Fortress on Jindo, cutting off the grain transport routes of Jeolla and Gyeongsang. In May 1271, the Yuan–Goryeo allied forces led by Kim Bang-yeong, Hong Ch'ag-ju, and Sindu stormed Jindo; Bae Jeongsun and Marquess Seonghwa Wen died in battle.
3. 1271–1273Jeju Island · JejuThe Jindo remnants under Kim Tongjeong retreated to Tamna (Jeju) and continued raiding the peninsula's coasts. In 1273 (King Wonjong's fourteenth year), the allied forces of Kim Bang-yeong, Sindu, and Hong Ch'ag-ju landed on Jeju; Kim Tongjeong was defeated and killed, ending the Sambyeolcho's resistance against Yuan. King Wonjong did not die until the following year.