Background: Japan in 1588Taiko(second only to His Majesty, who represents the sovereign).Toyotomi HideyoshiAfter the basic unification of Japan, in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the samurai at home with the uneven distribution of land, they decided to expand and acquire land. In June 1591, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent an emissaryZong YizhiInform Joseon SeonjoLi Hao(yán), who intends to attack the Ming Dynasty through Korea in the spring of 1592, please help. Joseon flatly refused, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, after being fully prepared, provoked a war in April 1592, and on the 14th, byYukicho KonishiThe First Army led by the 1st Army landed from Pusan, and on May 2 captured the Korean royal capitalSeoul, June 15PyongyangFall.
At that time, the DPRK was corrupt and incompetent, emphasizing literature over military force, the DPRK's eight military armaments were lax, and the country had been peaceful for a long time, so that "people did not know soldiers for more than 200 years". Therefore, the war was all together, and the North Korean forces were about to collapse at the touch of a button, and on May 8, Li Hao fled north to the border with China and North KoreaUiju(in the northern part of present-day Jinzhou City on the Liaodong Peninsula), and sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain, for help.
In August of the same year, the Ming Dynasty served as the right servant of the military departmentSong YingchangIn chief, in order to prepare the general officerLi RusongAs the main general and deputy commander-in-chiefLi RumeiwithLi RubaiAs a deputy general, he commanded 40,000 elite reinforcements to North Korea. At the cost of 790 casualties, the Ming army wiped out more than 9,000 Japanese troops and won a great victory in Pyongyang.
In this oneImchen is in turmoilWar (we call itWanli Korean WarMedium,Yi SunsinAs the Jeolla Provincial Envoy, he was the only general who could handle it, and he became a hero of the Korean Peninsula and became a household name.
Since the Japanese landing, the Korean army has been routed on all fronts and has lost its combat effectiveness. However, in order to defend the country, Yi Sunsin swore to resist to the death and led the Korean naval army to launch a series of counterattacks.
On May 4, 1592, Jeolla Province was appointed as the Left Water Envoy by Yi Sun-sin and the Right Water EnvoyLi YiqiHe commanded 24 banya boats, 15 boats, and 36 boso boats to sail out of Yeosu Port in Jeolla Province and headed for Okpo on Geoje Island. Yi Sunsin foresawFujido TakatoraWith a surprise attack, 44 Japanese warships were destroyed and damaged in one fell swoop. The ships of the North Korean naval division were not damaged, and all of them were unharmed. In desperation, the Japanese army had no choice but to abandon the ship and go ashore and start an underground life.
The Battle of Okpo was the first major victory of the Korean army since the outbreak of the Imjin Rebellion. When the news came, the Korean government and the opposition were ecstatic, and even the coward who had escaped, Gyeongsang Doyusu, made Won Gyun, began to actively gather the remnants and rendezvous with Yi Sunsin.
On May 27, the Japanese naval division was unwilling to be defeated and turned to Gyeongsangnam-doSacheonOffensive. This time, Yi Sunsin lured the enemy deep and made a killer moveTurtle boats
Turtle boats, as the name suggests, resemble turtles. Cover the iron sheet and insert the barbs on it. The lower part of the turtle ship, loaded with artillery. It can be seen from the inside and easy to operate. The main role of the turtle ship is to assault, break up the formation of the Japanese naval division, and then attack with the main force to destroy the Japanese ** ship.
In this battle, there were zero losses of Korean warships, and 12 Japanese ships were sunk.
On June 2, Yi Sunsin led the Korean naval tortoiseshell fleet to attack the Japanese ships in the port of Tangpo, and 21 Japanese warships were sunk. On June 7, the Korean naval division attacked again and attacked the Japanese ships in Lipo, but the Japanese did not dare to meet the battle, so they turned around and ran.
After the end of the four naval battles, the Japanese naval division suffered heavy losses, so it gathered forces to fight a decisive battle with the Korean naval division.
On July 7, 1592, the Battle of Xianshan Island broke out. The turtle ship shined again, and the Korean sailors inflicted heavy losses on the famous Japanese generalsYasuharu Wakisaka, sank 48 Japanese warships, and killed more than 900 Japanese soldiers.
However, Yi Sunsin's brilliant achievements came to an end, and almost all the later naval battles were defeated.
After the Japanese occupation of Busan, passedTsushimawithKyushuNagoya was constantly transporting supplies to the front line. In order to cut off the supply lines of the Japanese army, Yi Sunsin decided to take the initiative to occupy Pusan. However, the Japanese army defended the port of Busan, and the surprise attack of the Korean naval forces failed. Toyotomi Hideyoshi found a way to deal with Yi Sunsin's naval army, and that isHold on to your strongholdWait for work
AfterBattle of NagatouraKumagawaTang XiangpuYeongdeungpoand other naval battles were defeated by the Japanese army.
In June 1593, Toyotomi Hideyoshi put aside his arrogance and had to propose peace to Li Rusong: the Japanese army abandoned Seoul, still occupied the southern four provinces of Korea, and retreated to the city of Pusan, and the two sides stopped fighting.
In 1597, he was an envoy of the Ming DynastyShen WeijingThe deception of both sides of the terms of the peace talks between China and Japan led to the defeat of the tribute affair, and Japan invaded Korea againStone StarDeath in prison. The Korean envoys came to cry again and asked for help, and the Ming Dynasty wrote a book with a military departmentXing JueIn chief, in order to prepare the general officerHemp expensiveAs the main general, he commanded 70,000 troops to aid North Korea.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi first used a counter-plot to frame Yi Sunsin for a conspiracy to usurp power, and Yuan Jun and others took the opportunity to ** Li Sunsin's "indulgence in the enemy's misfortune", and in the end, Li Sunsin was imprisoned by Li Hao, and later demoted to a soldier, and Yuan Jun successfully became the ruler of the Three Water Divisions.
Yukicho Konishi got his wish and gathered all the water troops, inUshikawa Liang StraitThe sneak attack was successful. The Korean navy suffered a devastating blow, losing 188 warships, and the right naval envoy of Jeolla ProvinceLi Yiqi, Chungcheong-do right water envoyCui LakeKilled in battle, the obese Wonjun was hacked to death by the Japanese army in the melee, and Gyeongsang Province was the right water envoyPei wedgeAfter the war was killed, thousands of soldiers died. The Japanese army, except for one minor wounded, suffered no losses.
In desperation, Li Hao had no choice but to use Yi Sunsin again. At this moment, the Korean navy was almost completely lost, and Yi Sunsin had to do his best to rebuild the navy.
On August 28, 1597, Yi Sunsin fought a decisive battle with the Japanese sailors with 12 remnants of warships and more than 120 soldiersMingliang StraitThis place is located in the narrow sea between Zhendao and Huayuan Peninsula, and the dark tide is turbulent, which is a good place to set up an ambush.
Eventually, the Korean navy repelled the Japanese navy, which had 333 ships (more than 100 in the Japanese view), and killed the Japanese daimyosTsujima Streetto win the Battle of Mingliang.
But the good times did not last long, in September 1598, the battle of Suncheonseong, the Ming and Korean coalition forces were defeated, and Yi Sunsin was able to escape under the desperate rescue of his generals. In November of the same year, Yi Sunsin participated in the last battle of his lifeBattle of Luliang
The main commander of this naval battle was the admiral of the Ming DynastyChen Lin, Adjutant GeneralDeng Zilongand guerrillaMa Wenhuanand others, Yi Sunsin led the Korean naval army to cooperate with the Ming army's naval division. As a result, Deng Zilong died heroically, and Yi Sunsin was shot and died.
After Yi Sunsin's sacrifice, he did not mourn. Chen Lan took advantage of the victory to pursue, burned more than 100 ships that the Japanese army was preparing to retreat, and attacked the Japanese army in Shuntian City with Liu Ling's army by land. Konishi Yukicho led the rest of his army to escape, and at the same time, the Japanese commander Shimazu Tachibana was also able to retreat. However, the Sino-Korean coalition forces finally annihilated the Japanese fleet, and this battle dealt a annihilating blow to the invading Japanese army, reproducing the heroic courage of the two Chinese and North Korean teams who fought bravely and skillfully, one after another, and fought with the enemy to the end.
It can be seen,Yi Sun-sin's life was only naval battlesThere has never been a land battleThroughout the 13 naval battles in which it participatedThe record is 7-6Barely a qualified generalThere is no so-called at allInvincibleConquer everything
For the Koreans who are frogs at the bottom of the well, there is really no one to do it, so it is understandable that they can only move Yi Sunsin out. But is it true that Koreans are not ashamed to rank Lee Sun-sin as the first of Asia's famous generals?
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