Abstract

Gibulpo was the first battleground and the last decisive battleground of the Three Kingdoms Unification War in the 7th century. Gibulpo has a deep historical significance. Gibulpo is widely known as Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do. However, there are many minority opinions that it is not Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do. There are a total of five historical events that took place in Gibulpo. The names of Gibulpo are recorded differently in the historical records.
 First, in 660 Baekje recorded it as a place that must be blocked to defend the country at a defense strategy meeting to defend the country. It is also recorded as a Baekgang. Second, it is recorded as Woongjingang-gu or Woongjin-gu as an area that landed when Sojeongbang of the Tang Dynasty invaded Baekje. Third, during the Baekje Revival War in 661, the place where Dochim, the supreme commander of the Revival Army, blocked Tang and Silla County was called Woongjingang-gu. Fourth, in 663, the place where the Japanese and Baekje allied forces fought in the sea with the Tang navy was Baekgang-gu. Fifth, in 676, Silla and the Tang Dynasty fought a naval battle at Gibulpo, Soburiju.
 Gibeolpo, which Baekje's adults and Heungsu told them to stop, was the same place as Woongjingang-gu, where Sojeongbang landed. And it was Woongjingang-gu, where Dochim tried to stop Tang and Silla. In addition, Soburiju Gibeolpo, where Silla and Tang fought in 676, was the same area.
 They were compared and analyzed militarily and literature to determine the location of Gibulpo. As a result of comparing and analyzing these events individually, four places were identified as the same place. As a result of the identification, the location of Gibulpo Port has been known to the estuary of the Geumgang River so far, and it has been confirmed to be the middle and upper reaches of the Geumgang River.
 Specifically, it was identified as Bulamsan Mountain and Dochisan Mountain in Seongdong-myeon, Nonsan-si from Godajin, Sedo-myeon, Buyeo-gun. However, the war zone in Baekgang-gu in 663 was found to be the estuary of the Geumgang River and the upper and lower reaches, so further research will be conducted.

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