Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Seventeen Moments of Spring - Latent and Secret Warfare

In 1591 AD, the 19th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, and the 19th year of Tensho in Japan, it was a spring. An old Japanese man named Toyotomi Hideyoshi drew a circle near the Korean Peninsula. At this moment, the whole of Japan has become a huge construction site: shipbuilding workshops can be seen everywhere along the coast, and on average, a new ship slips into the sea every day; sparks are flying in the iron cannon workshop, and countless craftsmen are sweating like rain to build iron cannons; The majestic Nagoya Tenshou has begun to take shape, and is only waiting for the final touches of craftsmen; armies from all over the country lined up in long queues, holding up their family crests, and gathered from their hometowns towards Kyushu. It is a convoy of food and supplies that can't be seen at a glance.

All these strange movements caught the attention of a Chinese. This person is called Xu Yihou, also known as Xu Sanguan, a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, who made a living as a trader, and has no blood relationship with Xu Sanduo, a celebrity of later generations.Xu Yi went out to do business in the fifth year of Longqing, but fell into Japanese hands in the waters near Guangzhou, and was sold to Japan after several twists and turns. At that time, there were many Chinese who were captured by Japanese pirates and brought to Japan. In the official classification, they were called "the species of fugitives".In "The Seed of Escape", Xu Yihou was considered to be lucky. He is proficient in medical skills and has not been abused much.By chance, he saved a child of the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain by virtue of his medical skills. The grateful domain lord Shimadzu Yoshihisa kept him by his side as an imperial physician.So Xu Yi later settled in Satsuma, married a wife and had children.

Empress Xu Yi was born with a warm heart.Although he has escaped the threat of Japanese pirates, every time he sees his compatriots being bullied by Japanese pirates, he grits his teeth with hatred and wants to do something for them. When Hideyoshi attacked Kyushu, Shimadzu Yoshihisa saw that he could not resist the military power, so he put on a monk's clothes and surrendered.When he went to see Hideyoshi, Empress Xu Yi also accompanied him.After seeing Hideyoshi, Xu Yihou made an unexpected move: he knelt down on the ground with a thump, told his story while crying, and begged Hideyoshi to punish the Japanese pirates severely.

Hideyoshi appreciates the courage of Empress Xu Yi very much, and just as he intends to clear the sea for Japanese maritime merchants, he made a favor and issued an order to ban Japanese pirates, sending troops to exterminate pirates.From then on, Shimadzu Yoshihisa looked at Xu Yihou with admiration and paid more attention to him, thinking that this guy has courage and courage. After entering Wanli for nineteen years, Xu Yihou discovered that the Satsuma domain has become very lively recently, with a large number of foreign warriors and ashigaru appearing.Judging from the clothes and flags of these people, they should be daimyos belonging to Honshu, Shikoku and other places.He has lived in Shimadzu's house for a long time, and he has been in contact with high-level officials in the feudal clan, so he has a very keen political sense.Japan has been formally unified, and there will be no more wars.The only explanation for such a large-scale deployment of troops is to use troops overseas.

The Japanese archipelago is isolated overseas, and the only possibility of using troops overseas is to attack North Korea. North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, if North Korea is attacked, Ming Dynasty will definitely help.And if there is a collision between Ming and Japan, it will be an earth-shattering event. Although Xu Yihou is only a doctor, she has extraordinary political vision.He realized that a large-scale war was imminent and something had to be done.Therefore, Xu Baoyi took advantage of her position in the Shimadzu clan to quietly start an investigation. The results of the investigation surprised him. Hideyoshi's target was not North Korea, but Daming.Little Japan actually dreamed of a big spring and autumn dream of engulfing China.

Although Empress Xu Yi has settled in Japan, married a wife and had children, her fiery patriotic heart has never been cold, and she still has a fondness for her homeland.In addition, Xu Yi himself was also one of the victims of the Japanese invasion, no matter whether he was in public or private, he could not sit idly by this change. He knew that Daming knew little about Japan, a small country, and if he simply passed on Hideyoshi's plan, it might not attract attention.Therefore, Xu Yi later decided to prepare a detailed report, detailing Japan's national conditions in detail for the reference of the motherland.

The patriot began to collect intelligence quietly, using his identity as an imperial doctor to snoop around.During the investigation, he found that he was proficient in politics and economics, but when it came to the military, he, an outsider, seemed powerless, so he had to find a helper—this helper had to be Chinese, and he had to know soldiers. Thus, the most mysterious and dramatic figure in the entire Imjin War appeared. The name of this person is Guo Guoan, a native of Fujian, who served as a junior officer in Satsuma.Exactly how he got to Japan, and how he got into the Shimadzu family's army, has not been tested.But from the fact that he was able to serve as an officer in the Satsuma Domain, we can see that Guo Guoan is quite capable and deep-minded.He later participated in the war of aggression against Korea, and derived many wonderful stories, we will save it for the Imjin War.

Guo Guoan used his influence in the army to secretly cooperate with Xu Yihou.The two have been busy for a long time, and finally gathered the first-hand information and summarized it into a report. This report is about 5,000 words, and it is divided into six parts: 1. The details of Japan; 1. The reason why Japan invaded; Resume unfinished business.It covers all aspects of Japan, and the content is extremely detailed. Except for the third part, which may be written by Guo Guoan, the rest are all written by Xu Yihou.The report even calculated the detailed date of Japan's dispatch of troops-March 1st of the Renchen year.

The report was finished, but how to send it to Daming was a problem.Xu Yihou originally planned to "go to sue Chen in person", but as the imperial doctor of the Shimadzu domain, he had a wife and children at home, so he couldn't escape at all, so he could only make an idea from the Ming merchants who did business in Japan. On September 3rd and September 9th in the 19th year of Wanli, Xu Yihou successively found two groups of merchants and asked them to convey it on his behalf.But these two groups of people were not very reliable. After they left, Xu Yi was afraid that her hard work would be in vain. She couldn't sleep every night and sighed sadly. At this time, one of his disciples stepped forward and patted her chest. Said I could send another letter.

This person is a Jiangxi fellow of Empress Xu Yi, named Zhu Junwang, from Fuzhou, Jiangxi.He originally sold cloth in the South China Sea, but he encountered Japanese pirates and was taken captive to Fuchang Temple in Satsuma to copy scriptures for others.It happened that after Xu Yi went to the temple to burn incense, he was very happy to hear Zhu Junwang speak his native dialect. Through Shimadzu Yoshihisa's relationship, Zhu Junwang was rescued, accepted as a disciple, and stayed with him to copy the prescription. Zhu Junwang was so grateful to Xu Yihou, and seeing him so sad, he stood up resolutely and offered to be a messenger.

This mission is not easy, not to mention the high winds and rough seas overseas, the political risks alone are quite large.Hideyoshi had already adopted certain control measures at that time, and all merchants who came and went with Ming Dynasty were not allowed to disembark, for fear of leaking information, it would be difficult for ordinary people to get on board.Even if everything goes well on the boat, when they return to Daming, they may be arrested by the government for the crime of colluding with the Japanese—in short, it is a near-death mission. But in order to repay Xu Zhi's kindness, Zhu Junwang was not afraid of these things, and Xu Yi was very happy.After the messenger problem is solved, the next thing to solve is how to get Zhu Junwang out of Japan. After running around, Xu Yi found Lin Shaoqi, a businessman from Zhangzhou. He said that he could smuggle Zhu Junwang away, but he could not pull anchor until the ship was sold out in Japan.Xu Yi had no choice but to wait patiently.This time, a catastrophe happened. His previous act of running around to collect information was behind the backs of the Japanese, but he did not hide the truth from the Chinese.Among these Chinese living in Satsuma, there were a few people who, out of unknown motives, brought this matter to Hideyoshi's confidant Nagamasa Asano. When Asano Nagamasa heard that there was such a thing, he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately reported it to Hideyoshi.Hideyoshi was dreaming of conquering Ming Dynasty, when he suddenly heard that someone wanted to destroy him, and it was Xu Yi who he had done kindness to, he couldn't help being furious, and declared that he would punish this ungrateful bastard severely. This disaster is really not small.Xu Yi was later imprisoned, knowing that he must be unlucky this time, but he insisted that it was all planned by himself, and did not reveal the names of Guo Guoan, Zhu Junwang, or Lin Shaoqi. As for Xu Baoyi's crime, Asano Nagamasa originally ruled that it was the crime of "exiting the country"-that is, illegally leaving the country-but Hideyoshi was not reconciled, and uttered cruel words: "Didn't we make a few new cauldrons? Let Xu San That brat, put it in the pot and fry it to death!" After Xu Yihou's accident, Shimadzu Yoshihisa was in a hurry.He has a very deep relationship with this imperial doctor, and he is also his family's savior.To put it bluntly, Suijiu himself has no interest in Hideyoshi's war, and Xu Yi's subsequent contribution to Daming is actually in line with his wishes. But this happened in the Satsuma domain, and the Shimadzu family could not ask Hideyoshi to intercede directly. Maybe he was not rescued, but instead was labeled as "overseeing".After thinking about it again and again, Yoshihisa moved out a big man-Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu is Hideyoshi's most troublesome and most valued daimyo. He has never been defeated by Hideyoshi on the battlefield. With two million stones in the Kanto, he is the second largest political force after Toyotomi in Japan.Hideyoshi will not sell his face. And Tokugawa Ieyasu himself has plans, and intends to take this opportunity to be kind to the Shimadzu family, so as to lay the groundwork for future competition for the world. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu wrote a pleading letter to Hideyoshi. The letter was very artistic and fully demonstrated Ieyasu's emotional intelligence.He did not directly defend Xu Yihou, but first criticized Xu Yihou for collaborating with the enemy, and then changed the subject, saying that not only Xu Yihou, but also Chinese people in Japan are dissatisfied with the government. If he is punished, On the contrary, it seems that we have small stomachs.If you pardon him, Taige, and show a broad mind, everyone will appreciate your measure and say that you are a benevolent person. Ieyasu is the person who knows Hideyoshi best, and this letter completely hit Taiko-sama's pulse: what Hideyoshi wants most in his heart is respect from others.Sure enough, as Ieyasu expected, Hideyoshi accepted this letter deeply, and because of Ieyasu's embarrassment, he no longer pursued Xu Yi's crime of leaking secrets. He just gave a symbolic warning and rushed back to Satsuma. Xu Yi escaped from the dead and returned to Satsuma, but she was not frightened at all. She still did not change her mind and continued to work for Zhu Junwang's trip.Until the beginning of the twentieth year of Wanli, Lin Shaoqi was finally about to sail back to China—at this time, something unexpected happened. At that time, it was less than three months before the start of the war, and Japan's preparations for the war entered the most tense moment.Yoshihiro Shimadzu, who was the feudal lord at the time, ordered the port to be sealed off, and no one else was allowed to enter or leave.Lin Shaoqi's boat was also detained, and Zhu Junwang, who was hiding in the boat, was helpless. At the critical moment, Xu Yihou once again stepped forward without avoiding suspicion.He used his position in the Shimadzu family to meet Yoshihiro, saying that merchant ships were used for business, and if they were detained without authorization, he was afraid that no one would come to do business in the future.Yihong thought it was reasonable, so he agreed and let Lin Shaoqi go. After finishing these things, Xu Yihou was relieved. Before leaving, he wrote a poem to bid farewell to Zhu Junwang and wept with his arms.The two knew that they would have no chance to meet again in this life.The poem reads like this: Difficult domain Ping meets several times a week, and once they are separated, they will make a tour together. Diligently instruct the loyalty to the emperor, and exhort and exterminate the enemy with all his heart. Knowing that you belonged to Su Zijing, how could you return to Li Lingqiu? If Shuangtai asks about things in the dust, only the people of Daosi are still worried about their suffering. The poems are full of sincerity, among which words such as "attentively enjoin" and "excuse with all my heart" all permeate Xu Yi's patriotic heart.Taking Su Wu as his own account, even though he was in a barbaric land, he did not change his aspirations. He did not seek fame or profit. His only wish was the last line in the poem "Only the people of Daosi suffer but are still worried." In his later life, Xu Yi never obtained any fame in the Ming Dynasty, nor was he awarded any official position in the Ming Dynasty, but while he was imprisoned overseas, he had a patriotic feeling that made many officials of the Ming Dynasty ashamed.Everything he gave to Daming was spontaneous, a simple and sincere love for the motherland, and he never expected anything in return.When it comes to the Imjin War, historians from all walks of life will present a plethora of historical materials, relishing in wars and offensives, or political conflicts; but we should not forget that on the eve of the war, there was such a The Chinese, in the body of commoners, made great contributions to his motherland silently before the national disaster. The deeds of Xu Yihou, Guo Guoan, and Zhu Junwang prove that, no matter at home or abroad, the Chinese nation will never lack people with lofty ideals. On January 16, the 20th year of Wanli, Lin Shaoqi left Satsuma.With the report in his pocket, Zhu Junwang hid at the bottom of the cabin for fear of being discovered.The road was rough and rough, and Zhu Junwang suffered unspeakably. He lived this kind of life for more than forty days.It was not until February 28 that the ship finally arrived at Dayao Bay in Fujian. At this time, it had been fifteen years since Zhu Junwang left Daming; it was still forty-four days before Japan officially declared war on Korea. After Zhu Junwang landed, regardless of his weakness, he went straight to Zhang Ruji of the Fujian Army and handed over Xu Yi's report to the Ming officials. This report is extremely important to the Ming court.The report not only introduced Hideyoshi's plan to annex North Korea and invade Ming Dynasty, but also gave a detailed route map for dispatching troops, mobilizing troops, the cause of the war, and the attitudes of the Japanese vassals towards the war.What's more valuable is that Xu Yihou—or Guo Guoan—also specifically mentioned the Japanese army's combat methods and coping strategies. The report said that to deal with Japanese pirates, we should use "water and land attack each other, and kill them day and night. At this time, the Japanese are not enough to eat, and the beauty is not enough to respond. This suggestion had an important impact on Ming's decision-making, and it was surprisingly similar to the progress of the Korean War.The failure of the Japanese army was precisely due to "not familiar with water warfare" and difficulties in logistical supplies, so they were defeated all the way under the offensive of the "water and land mutual attack" of the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces. This report was highly praised by officials of the Ming Dynasty, saying that "the foretelling of today's events is exactly as stated in the contract volume".After this report was passed to North Korea, the North Koreans also said, "The matter of Japanese bandits' use of troops has been tested extensively." The stories of Empress Xu Yi and Guo Guoan did not end here.These two people have been active in the Japanese camp, and later made many earth-shattering events, and staged a wonderful spy war in the sixteenth century AD.The ups and downs are much the same as those of later generations.Let me not mention anything here. After Xu Yi, they are not fighting alone.During the same period, there were many Chinese who, like Empress Xu Yi, did their best to inform Ming Dynasty of Japan's imminent invasion conspiracy, so that Ming court had sufficient psychological preparation. Some of these people of Ming who lived overseas even became Japanese for various reasons and never set foot on the land of Ming again, but they never forgot that they were born in Ming, and have been silently dedicating to Ming, The beating burning heart buried deep in the body defends his hometown. Maybe, they will be lonely, but they will never be alone.Because they will never fight alone. There was a fisherman named Su Ba who was from Taizhou, Zhejiang.In the eighth year of Wanli, Su Ba was taken captive to Japan, sold to a monastery as a slave, and later resold to sea merchants—ironically, these sea merchants were all Chinese from Zhangzhou—he was unlucky and did not touch After arriving in Xu Yi, such an enthusiastic person can only grit his teeth and suffer.After eight years of hard life, he saved enough money to redeem himself. Although Su Ba regained his freedom, he had no formal channels to return to China, so he settled down in Hirado Port, Japan.It just so happened that Hideyoshi led the army to conquer Kyushu, and Su Hachi joined the army of Hirado Island Lord Matsuura Shinnobu and served the Toyotomi family. It is said that he saw Hideyoshi himself. It was quite normal for the Chinese to serve as Japanese soldiers.In the Japanese army that later invaded Korea, there were also a considerable number of Chinese soldiers. They held various positions in the army so widely that Ming Dynasty even tried to recruit security. In fact, most of these Chinese were exiled in Japan during the Japanese riots in the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties. business.In the Ming Dynasty, after Yongli and before Longqing, the sea was banned. Anyone engaged in maritime trade among the people has only one title in official history books: pirates.There is also a title with more mistakes: Japanese pirates.Because the Ming Dynasty called almost all maritime traders who opposed the Ming Dynasty Japanese pirates, which was not the case in fact.The number of Japanese pirates in the true sense is quite small, and the largest number is Wang Zhi, a Chinese armed smuggling group that drives the Japanese.After the Japanese invasion was suppressed, quite a few of these people stayed in Japan.The Guo Guoan I mentioned earlier, I doubt it is this kind of person, because most of them have certain military capabilities. The second is good Chinese citizens with certain professional skills who were taken to Japan by Japanese pirates and pirates, such as Empress Xu Yi. The third is purely unlucky innocent coolies who were taken away by Japanese pirates and pirates, such as Su Ba. The fourth is pure business people, but for the Ming Dynasty, they were still smugglers. In order to avoid risks, most of them bought property in Japan as a way out. In the eighteenth year of Wanli, after a four-month siege, the Toyotomi family finally captured the last anti-Toyotomi fortress in Japan-the Odawara Castle of the Hojo family.After the war, Hideyoshi ordered the feudal clans of Kyushu to start mobilizing troops and prepare for the conquest of Korea. Matsuura Jinshin, as one of the Kyushu daimyos, also received a mobilization order.Su Ba, who was in the Matsuura Army, noticed the change in the army, and after a little speculation, he discovered the truth of the matter: Hideyoshi planned to use troops against North Korea and Ming Dynasty.This is a full year earlier than Xu Yihou. Su Ba is an ordinary citizen, no more educated than Xu Yihou, and cannot write colorful articles.He has only one mouth, and the only way is to escape back to Daming himself, and return to his wife and children. There is no record in history of how he escaped back, only that he was helped by Zhangzhou merchants, but it is not known whether he was the same group as those who bought him as a slave.In short, he finally miraculously returned to Taizhou, Zhejiang.Su Ba's decision is absolutely wise, because if he continues to stay in Japan, he will definitely follow Matsuura Shinnobu, and Matsuura Zhenxin has fought several times with the Ming army on the battlefield, and Su Ba will be in an extremely embarrassing and dangerous situation. dangerous situation. After Su Ba returned to Taizhou to reunite with his wife and children, he took the initiative to go to the general's office to explain his identity.Shocked, local officials sent him to Hangzhou.The government arranged for a scribe to take notes while speaking, and recorded a confession, which was submitted to Chang Jujing, the governor of Zhejiang at the time. Chang Jujing's eyelids twitched a little after reading the report. Because in Su Ba's confession, one thing was mentioned, saying that Hideyoshi had been wooing Ryukyu and North Korea, and planned to join hands with the three countries to deal with Daming. Regardless of Ryukyu, North Korea and Ming Dynasty have been friendly neighbors since the early Ming Dynasty.Over the past two hundred years, North Korea has been performing well and has never overstepped its domineering behavior. Why did it suddenly become rebellious?If this is true, with so many Japanese pirates and the cooperation of the North Koreans, this battle... I am afraid it will be fought. It is a big matter concerning the vassal state, not to mention that this matter is a bit far away from Zhejiang, which is under his jurisdiction.So Chang Jujing sent the report to the capital with a swipe of his pen.Let the gentlemen in the court worry about these things. After Su Ba's confession arrived in Beijing, it was directly sent to the Ministry of War and the cabinet scholar Xu Guo.When Xu Guozhan read the scroll, he almost thought that the scribe had taken it wrong.Because a few days ago, he received a memorial.The name of the poster is different, but the content is similar to this one. The memorial came from Fujian, and the host who posted it was Zhao Shenlu, Governor of Fujian.In the memorial, Zhao Shenlu said that an envoy and overseas Chinese businessmen from the Ryukyu Kingdom had come to report a shocking news to the Celestial Dynasty, saying that Japan had lured Ryukyu and North Korea and intended to start a war with China.Almost a replica of Su Ba. It turned out that at the beginning of the eighteenth year of Wanli, Hideyoshi received an envoy from Ryukyu.During the interview, Hideyoshi boasted to the envoy, "If you don't listen to me, I will send troops to attack it." He asked Ryukyu to surrender to Japan and be a pioneer for me to attack Ming.He also told the Ryukyu envoys: "I have already made an agreement with North Korea. If I fight Ming Dynasty, I will let Korean soldiers be the guide; when I take Beijing, I will let the northern Chinese be the guide and go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Really the same. Ryukyu has always respected Ming Dynasty, and has never been submissive to Japan.Hearing Hideyoshi reveal his heart so bluntly this time, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a bit overwhelmed.When the news was sent back to China, King Shang Ning of Ryukyu felt worried.What aggressive plan do you have, as long as you know it yourself, if you insist on telling me now, do you think I should report it or not? After Hideyoshi saw off the Ryukyu envoys, he felt that the attitude of these people was ambiguous, and he was a little overthought.So he issued an order to stop sending envoys to Ryukyu to pay tribute, so as not to find out the truth of his family and make it easier for Daming. As soon as the notice arrived, the Ryukyu Kingdom panicked.Shang Ning found out that Hideyoshi was serious, the war was inevitable, and things got a little bigger. Don’t report this matter to Daming, it’s a breach of national duty, and the wrath of the Chinese government can’t bear it; if you report it to Daming, it will offend Japan, Shang Ning is not naive enough to hope that Daming will send a navy to rescue him.The Ryukyu Kingdom is too small, sandwiched between two big countries, and there are no people inside or outside.So this matter has been put on hold for more than a year. Just at this time in Ryukyu, there lived a Ming businessman named Chen Shen, who was from Fujian.Chen Shen was quite unlucky. He took a boat across Ryukyu to do business three years ago, but the boat hit a rock and sank, and he was trapped in Ryukyu.Fortunately, there is a long history in the Ryukyu Kingdom named Zheng Jiong, who is also from Fujian. He took good care of this fellow and often walked around and chatted on weekdays. During a chat over a drink, Zheng Jiong told Chen Shen about the embarrassment encountered by the Ryukyu Kingdom.Chen Shen was shocked after hearing this, and said that such a major event must be reported to the imperial court, how could it be concealed and not reported!He immediately stated that even if Ryukyu did not report, he would try to return to the country and notify the court. Zheng Jiong was also a Chinese. After hearing Chen Shen's words, he was deeply moved, so he went to ask Ryukyu King Shang Yong overnight.Shang Yong agreed with Chen Shen and Zheng Jiong's opinions, and sent his official Zheng Di to go to China in the name of a tribute envoy.Chen Shen also set off with the boat. After arriving in Fujian, Chen Shen went straight to the governor's mansion of Fujian without saying a word, and told all the inside information he knew. Then Zheng Di went through official channels and formally informed the Ming court of this warning.Just looking forward and backward, beating around the bush, the Ryukyu Kingdom finally conveyed the information of the Japanese invasion to the Ming court.For this warning, Zhao Canlu attached great importance to it, and also wrote a letter, which was sent to the capital in the starry night. After receiving the report from Chen Shen and the alarm from the Ryukyu Kingdom, the academician Xu Guo hesitated. This report mentioned that Japan lured North Korea and Ryukyu as the guide, and had unruly intentions towards Ming Dynasty. This is a very serious accusation.But Ryukyu Kingdom and Korea Kingdom are both members of the vassal state after all, diplomacy is no trivial matter, handling must not be careless, one-sided words cannot be trusted. Xu Guo has always insisted on success. It is not so much that he does not dare to believe it, it is better to say that he does not want to believe it.The cabinet is currently in turmoil, and the court and the emperor are arguing about the prince. At this juncture, the foreign domain must not add to the chaos. While he was hesitating, Su Ba's report was also delivered. Whether it is historical research or criminal investigation, there are so-called "solitary evidence is not ironclad" and "solitary evidence cannot stand".Isolated evidence can't explain anything, and only when a complete chain of evidence is formed can a conclusion be drawn.Chen Shen's and Su Ba's two reports came from Fujian and Zhejiang respectively, and they were independent of each other. However, the information about Japan's lure to Ryukyu and North Korea's attack on Ming Dynasty was almost the same, and they could be mutually verified.The evidence is conclusive, and people can't help but believe it. So on July 20, the 19th year of Wanli, Xu Guo officially submitted these two reports to the court.As for Japan's motive for starting the war, Xu Guo explained that it was because Ming had a lot of troubles on the border this year. The Jurchens in the north, the Mongols in the west and the Burmese in the south were all making trouble, so the Japanese felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. At this point, with the efforts of folk patriots from all over East Asia, Japan's invasion plan officially entered the Ming Dynasty's field of vision.At this time, there are still nine months before the outbreak of the Imchen War. In addition to Li Rusong, Deng Zilong and other famous generals, we must also remember the names of Xu Yihou, Guo Guoan, Zhu Junwang, Chen Shen, Su Ba, and pay tribute to these ordinary Chinese people who have been almost buried and forgotten by history. Their stories have been passed down. Because they are the strongest backbone of our nation.