Frogs gathered in a great number west of the palace at Jade Gate Pond. The Queen, hearing this, called her attendants saying, "The bull frogs have anger in their eyes looking like that of soldiers. I once heard in the southwestern region there was a place called 'Jade Gate Valley'. Have perhaps some neighboring country's troops secretly infiltrated there?" She commanded General Alcheon and Piltan to lead troops to go search for them. As expected, Baekje General Uso, wishing to lead a raid on Mount Doksan Fortress, led five hundred armed troops who came hiding there. Alcheon made a surprise attack killing them all.
Uso fought bravely with his bow, but when his arrows ran out, he was captured. SY also says the Queen saw the frogs in the middle of winter when frogs should be hibernating, adding to prescience of Queen Seondeok. The quote is from Shultz’s translation of SS.











