A notice board in front of the public prosecutor's office in the Andong region of Gyeongsangbuk-do on the Korean Peninsula displayed a picture of a volunteer soldier with his head cut off as an example, as well as a reward for information about the volunteer soldier. A police substation displayed a wanted poster with a picture of the volunteer soldier and a list of wanted people with the charges against them.

　　A notice board in front of the public prosecutor's office in the Andong region of Gyeongsangbuk-do on the Korean Peninsula displayed a photo of a volunteer soldier with his head cut off as an example, as well as a reward for information on the volunteer soldier. A police substation displayed a wanted poster with the photo of the volunteer soldier and a list of wanted people with the charges against them. The term “volunteer soldier” suggested soldiers who were soldiers of justice or soldiers who stood up for justice.

　　On August 29th 1910, the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty came into effect, and Japan raised the Japanese flag at Gyeongbok Palace to symbolize the seizure of national sovereignty through the Japan-Korea Annexation of the Korean Peninsula. The Uibyeong voluntarily sacrificed themselves to prevent the tragic suffering of the Korean people and to save the dying nation of Korea. The First Uibyeong was formed in 1895, immediately after the Japanese army invaded Gyeongbokgung and assassinated Empress Myeongseong, under the leadership of Yi Jeong-seok of the Weejeong Jeokja Faction under the leadership of Yi Sun-sin, the Yi-gun resistance movement broke out across the country until 1896. After the Gwangmu Reforms of 1894, the pro-Japanese cabinet of Kim Hong-jip was formed, and the Yi-gun resistance movement was established.

The second anti-Japanese volunteer army was formed in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do, on March 16th 1906 under the leadership of Min Jong-shik, a former vice-minister, after the Japan-Korea Protectorate Treaty of 1905. The volunteer army's struggle against the Japanese military and police sparked a nationwide volunteer army movement that spread like wildfire. On January 3rd 1905, two days after the Gyeongbu Line railway opened, the Japanese army publicly executed the Uibyeong, framing them for a conspiracy to destroy the railway. In May 1906, in order to suppress the Uibyeong movement that had spread nationwide, the Japanese army established military police detachments in 12 locations across the country. When the Japanese military and police captured the Uibyeong in various parts of the Korean Peninsula, they would hang them from the spot without trial and execute them publicly.

　　The lower ranks of the Uibyeong were made up of ordinary Uibyeong, including members of the same clan, members of the village association, house servants, farmers tied to the land, and villagers from the same village or neighboring villages. Defeated soldiers, government soldiers, and displaced people joined them. The Uibyeong affiliated with the government forces fought on the battlefield, while the ordinary Uibyeong stayed to defend their hometowns. With the main objective of defending their hometowns, they operated in the areas around where they lived. The spread of equipment was also inferior to that of the government forces. It was even more difficult to supply weapons to the civilian volunteers, as they could become unruly if they were given weapons and turned into a mob.