In the fifteenth year of Wanli (1588), the first general of the late Ming Dynasty, the founder of the Qi army, and the anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang died. After the death of Qi Jiguang, the status of the Qi family army plummeted, but the appearance of a person continued the glory of Qi Jiguang, he was the first hero of the bloody battle against Pyongyang and the great victory of Pyongyang, and he gave the Qi family army the last "dignity", he was the famous anti-Japanese general Wu Weizhong.
In the later period of Jiajing, the rebellion of the Japanese invaders intensified, and the Ming army on the southeast coast was peaceful for a long time, so the imperial court reused Qi Jiguang to recruit Ding Zhuang in Zhejiang and form a "special combat team", that is, the Qi family army that would move the world in the future. At that time, Wu Weizhong, a native of Yiwu, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang, was recruited into the army.
Wu Weizhong, the word Rucheng, the number Yunfeng, intelligent, courageous, good at studying history books, good at Tao strategy. In September of the 38th year of Jiajing (1559), Qi Jiguang, a general of Ning, Shao and Taiwan in Zhejiang, went to Yiwu to recruit new soldiers, and 4,000 young people including Wu Weizhong were recruited to join the army and served as the general general. - History of the Ming Dynasty
After Wu Weizhong joined the Qi family army, he was promoted to general (equivalent to company commander) because of his bravery. In March of the 40th year of Jiajing (1601), 20,000 Japanese invaders, taking hundreds of warships, raided and plundered the eastern coast of Zhejiang. In April, the Japanese invaders approached Taizhou. Qi Jiguang, the general of Taizhou, Jinhua and Yanzhou, led the Qi army to Taizhou to fight against the Japanese invaders, and broke the Japanese in Taizhou, which was a great victory for Taizhou, and Wu Weizhong personally beheaded 5 Japanese invaders. Then, Wu Weizhong followed Qi Jiguang to Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, killed many Japanese invaders, and made great contributions to the chief military officer of the Imperial Kou.
In September of the first year of Longqing (1567), Altan Khan, the right-wing Tumut of the Mongol right-wing Tumut Department, invaded the interior of Shanxi from the northwest, and the Tumen Zasaktu Khan of the Tumen of the Chahar Department of the Mongol Left Wing and the Dudu Governor Yingke entered from the Lingkou of the northern boundary of Funing County, killing and plundering tens of thousands of border people, and the northwest was shaken. In May of the second year of Longqing Yuan (1568), the Ming court took Qi Jiguang as the governor of the capital and knew the military training affairs of Jizhou, the prime minister, and took over the defense of Jizhen, Qi Jiguang then led more than 3,000 people of the Qi family army to the north to defend against the enemy, and Wu Weizhong also followed Qi Jiguang to the north to garrison Jizhen.
Qi Jiguang repelled the attacks of the Mongol tribes many times in Jizhen, and built the Great Wall, fortresses and other defense lines on a large scale, so that the north did not have to worry about beacon fire for decades. In the eleventh year of Wanli (1583), Qi Jiguang was excluded and transferred to Guangdong, and the main force of the Qi family army stayed in Jizhen, and only Wu Weizhong, Chen Wenliang, Wu Daji and other troops went to Guangdong. In April of the twentieth year of Wanli (1592), Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Japanese Guanbai (regent), sent 250,000 troops to attack Korea, and in less than a month, the Japanese army captured the three capitals of Korea (Wangjing Hanseong, Kaesong, Pyongyang) Eighteen provinces, and the Korean king Li Hao fled to Yiju, and hurriedly asked the Ming Dynasty for help, wanting to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.
In the summer and May of the twentieth year of Wanli, Hideyoshi (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) then divided the canal commander and Qingzheng to lead the boat division to force Busan Town and sneak to Imjin. The North Korean soldiers are not accustomed to war, and they are all defeated. (King Lee) abandoned the royal city and ordered his second son Hun, to take charge of state affairs and go to Pyongyang. Already, re-go to Yizhou, willing to belong to the country. ——History of the Ming Dynasty: Biography of Joseon
In the face of North Korea's request for help, the Wanli Emperor, who had always been lazy in government, overrode public opinion, requisitioned 40,000 elites from all over the country, and took Li Rusong, a famous general in Liaodong, as the commander of the Eastern Expedition, and led the army to rescue Korea and fight the Japanese army. As a veteran general of the Qi family's army, Wu Weizhong led 3,000 Qijia soldiers to put on their uniforms again, and crossed the Yalu River to meet the main force of the Japanese army. On the fifth day of the first month of the 21st year of Wanli (1593), the Ming army surrounded Pyongyang.
Admiral General Li Rusong and Adjutant General Yang Yuan General of the Chinese Army, commanding 10,639 troops; with the deputy general Li Rubai to command the left army, commanding 10,632 men; With the deputy general Zhang Shijue will lead the right army, and the general of Jizhen Wu Weizhong will lead 3,000 southern soldiers (Qijia army) and other 10,626.
Pyongyang is an important town in North Korea, the city is tall and steep, and the guard of Pyongyang is the famous Japanese general Konishi Yukinaga, the department 160,000 people. In addition, 2,000 Japanese troops were stationed on Peony Peak outside Pyongyang, forming a horn with the Japanese troops in Pyongyang. And Peony Peak is the commanding height of Pyongyang, if the Ming army does not pull out the nail of Peony Peak, when the Ming army attacks Pyongyang, the Japanese army can condescendingly attack the Ming army. In other words, if you want to capture Pyongyang, you must first capture Peony Peak. However, the terrain of Peony Peak was extremely steep, and the Japanese army was generally equipped with arquebuses, which was very advantageous in the defense battle of this narrow and steep terrain. In the face of the thorny problem of Peony Peak, many Ming army generals looked at each other, and when the coach Li Rusong fell into no one to use, Wu Weizhong volunteered and took the initiative to ask for help, expressing his willingness to lead 3,000 people to attack Peony Peak.
Then, Wu Weizhong led 3,000 Qi army warriors, braving the intensive firepower of the Japanese army to launch a general attack on Peony Peak, in the attack, Wu Weizhong was shot in the chest, but still personally supervised the battle, took the lead, under the example of Wu Weizhong, less than a day, the Qi army captured Peony Peak, annihilated the enemy, and planted the Ming army flag on the top of Peony Peak. The Ming army under the city of Pyongyang looked at the Ming army flag fluttering on the peony peak, and immediately their morale was greatly boosted, they frantically attacked the city of Pyongyang, in just half a day, the Ming army broke through Pyongyang, killed 1,500 Japanese soldiers, burned more than 6,000 people, drowned more than 5,000 people, and Konishi Yukicho only fled from Pyongyang in a hurry with thousands of remnants, which was a great victory for Pyongyang.
After the victory in Pyongyang, Wu Weizhong transferred to various battlefields in Korea, and annihilated more than 10,000 Japanese troops, in the twenty-seventh year of Wanli (1599), the end of the Wanli Korean War, Wu Weizhong led his troops back to China, and was promoted to the governor of the capital because of his merits. Two years later, Wu Weizhong died, and a generation of famous generals fell.