Editing Sambyeolcho (section)

==Legacy==
Historian [[Remco Breuker]] attributes the relative success of the Koryõ resistance against the Mongols as a direct consequence of the decentralized structure and guerilla tactics of the Sambyeolcho as well as the forced retreat of the population to mountain fortresses and coastal islands to safeguard the people for tax purposes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Breuker |first1=Remco |title=And now, Your Highness, we'll discuss the location of your hidden rebel base: Guerrillas, Rebels and Mongols in Medieval Korea |journal=Journal of Asian History |date=2012 |volume=46 |issue=1 |page=95 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933606 |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> Breuker writes that this new strategy turned out to be highly successful (if also very costly in all respects). Despite six massively destructive invasions, the Mongol armies never conquered Koryö. That the absorption of Koryö into the Yuan Empire only became possible after internal conditions in Koryö made further war with the Yuan politically undesirable for king and court and emphatically not after Koryö had been forced to its knees ''manu militari''. After forty years of intermittent warfare, a peace treaty was concluded that returned the Koryö royal house to the nexus of power, while providing the final blow for military rule in Koryö. This was done in spite of the fierce resistance mounted by the Sambyeolcho and the establishment of a short-lived rival state and dynasty to Koryö and its ruling house.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Breuker |first1=Remco |title=And now, Your Highness, we'll discuss the location of your hidden rebel base: Guerrillas, Rebels and Mongols in Medieval Korea |journal=Journal of Asian History |date=2012 |volume=46 |issue=1 |page=63–64 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933606 |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> The Extraordinary Watch as a military unit remained and survived during late Koryo to become part of Chosõn military history.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Breuker |first1=Remco |title=And now, Your Highness, we'll discuss the location of your hidden rebel base: Guerrillas, Rebels and Mongols in Medieval Korea |journal=Journal of Asian History |date=2012 |volume=46 |issue=1 |page=95 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933606 |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref>