Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Zvinoenderana nezvinyorwa zve "Nhoroondo yeLiao" ((), maKitan akagadzira dunhu reSamhan, muZhongjing Circuit (中京道), imwe yeiyo Liao's 5 "matunhu", mushure meGoryeo <unk> Khitan Hondo yekugadzirisa vasungwa vehondo. Muumambo hweYuan, maKorea akabatanidzwa pamwe chete nemaNorth Chinese, Khitan neJurchen mukirasi yechitatu, se "vanhu veHan". Nzvimbo dzokugara dzeKorea muYuan Dynasty dzainyanya kuenderana nehondo. Muna 1233, aimbova mukuru weGoryeo Hong Bok-won nevateveri vake vakatamira kunzvimbo dzazvino dzeLiaoyang neShenyang mudunhu reLiaoning kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweChina mushure mekuzvipira kwake kumaMongol panguva yekupinda kweMongol muKorea
, uye akapiwa chinzvimbo chomutungamiriri kuti atarisire vanhu vokuKorea ikoko. Mumakore akatevera, dzimwe mhuri dzeGoryeo dzine zviuru gumi dzakaiswa pasi pokutonga kwake. Muna 1266, Wang Jun (王俊), nhengo yemhuri youmambo yeGoryeo, akatumirwa kuUmambo hweMongolia senhapwa. Paiva nemhuri dzeGoryeo 2 000 dzakamuperekedza ndokugara muguta reShenyang remazuva ano.