Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven Yi Sun-shin (Part 1)

There has never been a shortage of geniuses in this world, only opportunities are lacking. Opportunities can be divided into many types: for example, the opportunity of encountering the guidance of a master; such as the opportunity of encountering a noble person—even death at the right time is also a kind of opportunity. But for geniuses, the best opportunity is to find a stage where they can show off their strengths and unreservedly bloom their talents. Yi sun-shin is definitely one of them. Any article that talks about the Imjin War inevitably mentions Yi Sun-shin.This person took the vast sea area as the stage, and in just a few years, he bloomed an incomparably bright light. The blazing fire of genius illuminated the entire peninsula, making everyone dumbfounded.North Koreans have a tendency to brag about their own historical figures, elevating them to somewhat outrageous heights, making their two neighbors laugh at them.But only the name Yi Sun-shin is really awesome to a certain extent.

Li sun-shin, courtesy name Xieru, was born in 1545 A.D., a branch of the Deoksu clan of a large family in Gyeonggi-do.Their family has hairpin tassels for generations, but it is a pity that in the generation of Yi Sun-shin's father, the whole family had to move to Asan because of the political struggle. Li Shunchen's father, Li Zhen, named his four sons Xichen, Yichen, Shunchen, and Yuchen after several emperors in ancient Chinese legends.Yi sun-shin happened to be third. Li Sunchen reads very well and writes beautiful calligraphy, but he also has a hobby, which seems a bit special-his greatest pleasure is making bows and arrows for himself, and then wandering around the village to see who is not Anyone who is pleasing to the eye will take an arrow in the head... He also has a partner who is doing something wrong together, and his name is Liu Chenglong.

Such a restless and stubborn person will never be willing to sit in his study.Sure enough, Li Sunshin did not embark on the road of taking the exam like the other brothers, but chose to join the military.After several ups and downs, he finally passed the martial arts examination in the year of Bingzi in the fourth year of Wanli and the ninth year of Xuanzu (AD 1576).At that year, he was already thirty-two years old—and his good friend Liu Chenglong had won the exam ten years ago, and now he has made his way in the official career. Li Sunshin did not envy his good friend, nor would he accept help.The first position he held was Banpu Wanhu.Balpo is located in Jeolla-do and is an important naval base.Here, he saw warships cruising at sea for the first time, and he developed great interest.A soul who was born longing for the sea found his destination here and has been closely connected with it all his life.

Li Sunchen's character is taciturn, unsmiling, and very upright, he never betrays his boss's face.When someone introduced him to someone, he refused without saying a word, and added, "I have just become an official, how dare I entrust the mediators from a wealthy family to get in?", with the intention of offending others; Don't hesitate to argue with him in court. People with such a personality are hard to be seen in officialdom in any era.Li Shunchen was soon dismissed from office and returned home, and caught up with his father's death. As a result, it was not until the 14th year of Wanli that he re-entered the workplace, and was sent to build mountains and serve as a sailor for thousands of households as the master secretary of Sipu Temple.

Orogenic Bay is located on the northern coast of Hamgyong-do. It is bitter, cold and barren, and it is close to the border. It often has to fight with the Jurchens, which is a hard job in the eyes of the people of the time.Yi Sun-shin was sent there more as an exile than an appointment.Without complaint, Li sun-shin devoted himself to reorganizing the army diligently. In Orogeny, he showed his military talent for the first time, trapping Yu Yiqinai, a Jurchen chief, which made the Jurchens afraid to approach him.The inspector Zheng Yanxin felt that this person was quite useful, so he was sent to Ludao near the Liao border to farm.This place is more dangerous than mountain formation, directly facing the soldiers of the Jurchens.

In August of the following year, the Jurchens launched a major attack on Kashima, abducting a large number of women and children.Li Shunchen personally opened the stronghold to pursue and rescued more than 60 people, but he was shot by an arrow.As a result, the imperial court not only did not recognize his contribution, but instead regarded this chaos as his responsibility, and took Yi sun-shin to the end, starting from the lowest level of soldiers. Li Sunchen didn't say a word, and continued to do what he should do.In the battle of time and money in the winter of the same year, he took the lead and made great contributions, which is considered to be a crime.It's a pity that at that time he could no longer be restored to his original post, so he could only be transferred to Jingyi as a small county supervisor.

The turning point of his fate occurred in the eighteenth year of Wanli and the twenty-third year of Xuanzu.In this year, Yi sun-shin was promoted to the governor of Jindo.Jindo is the third largest island in North Korea after Jeju Island and Geoje Island. There are more than 200 large and small islands nearby. The terrain is complex and requires high naval command capabilities. Here, Yi Sun-shin finally returned to his dream of sailing, and began to practice sailing like a fish in water. At the same time, he took advantage of the complicated hydrological conditions near Jindo to accumulate a lot of sailing experience.At this time, Yi Sun-shin was forty-six years old, and he was about to end his life of mediocrity as a mere county governor.

At this time, his good friend Yoo Sung-ryong had become an important minister of the Sunjo dynasty, the leader of the Southern Party branch of the Dongren Party, and the official worshiped Zuo Yizheng. .In addition to spending a lot of energy on dealing with the Beiren Party and the Western Party, Liu Chenglong was also worried about the overall situation between Japan and North Korea. He always felt that the Japanese would definitely fight over. It's a pity that due to the political situation, Liu Chenglong could not openly prepare for the war, so he could only make more preparations in secret, so he thought of his old friend Yi Sun-shin who had been staying in Garypu.Liu Chenglong knows the talent of this friend very well, and also knows his character and the rough experience of so many years.Liu Chenglong hopes to do something for good friends and the country.

Through a series of operations, Yi sun-shin was first appointed as the temperance envoy of the Gary Pushui Army.Jindo County Guard belonged to the local establishment, while Garipo Shui Junqin Temperance Envoy belonged to the regular army. Yi sun-sin made a full circle and returned to the army establishment.This official position was only a transitional step for Yi Sun-shin. After finishing this step, Liu Chenglong immediately wrote a letter recommending Yi Sun-shin as the Jeolla-do Left Water Army Jiedushi.With his power in the court, this recommendation was quickly approved. Li Sunchen worked hard for most of his life, and finally became a third-rank official.But this year is already the nineteenth year of Wanli, and it is less than a year since the outbreak of the Renchen War...

Looking at this series of resumes of Yi sun-shin, despite the ups and downs and extremely ups and downs, it also gave him extremely rich experience in leading the army at the grassroots level.He walked step by step, was quite familiar with the military—especially the navy—and gradually formed his own set of management theories. In addition to the old methods of loving soldiers like sons and distinguishing rewards and punishments, Yi sun-shin has a particularly distinctive feature in governing the army: stability. A coach can have many qualities, such as kindness, harshness, elegance, or boldness.But for soldiers on the battlefield, the most important quality of a coach is calmness.Only a calm commander can stabilize the morale of the army and allow the soldiers to perform various difficult tasks with peace of mind.

Li Sunshin's character is famous for his stability.As early as when he was in Ludao Tuntian, he was shooting with the enemy's bow and arrow, and was shot in the shoulder by an arrow. He pulled out the flying arrow calmly and calmly. Until the end of the battle, no one around him knew that he had been hit by an arrow. In addition to "steadiness", there is another word in Yi sun-shin's secret: "before". In this regard, Yi Sun-shin is very similar to the generals of the People's Liberation Army during the War of Liberation. He liked to shout "Follow me" during the war, instead of "Follow me" shouted by the national army officers in the movie. In all the battles that Yi sun-shin participated in, he was always at the forefront.Yi sun-shin's way of appeasing the soldiers' hearts is very interesting. He has always liked archery and prepared many feathered arrows to carry with him.Every time he fought, he calmly distributed the arrows to his guards.One is to show that you are calm and reassure your subordinates; the other is to tell ordinary soldiers that the position of the commander is only a stone's throw away from the enemy, and he will never be greedy for life and fear of death behind his back, and fight side by side with them. So Yi Sun-shin has gone through countless battles in his life and faced tremendous pressure, but his army has never panicked. No matter what kind of danger they face, they are able to carry out the orders of the commander in an orderly manner. This is thanks to these two words gifted. During the one year in charge of the Jeolla-do Navy, Yi Sun-shin kept in mind Liu Yun-ryong's advice, and used the regular Japanese navy as an imaginary enemy, and was busy training the army. In addition, he also made a major event - technological transformation. The object of transformation is an ancient Korean warship—turtle ship. The object of transformation is an ancient Korean warship—turtle ship. The design idea of ​​the turtle ship first came from the Chinese Mengchong fighting ship.The Mengchong battleship is equipped with a parapet about three feet high on the boat, and a hole is opened under the boat for rowing oars, and a shed flush with the parapet is built inside the boat.The same is true for turtle boats, which are based on wooden house boats and have changed the traditional ship shape.From a distance, it looks like a turtle shell, so it is named Turtle Boat. In North Korea, turtle ships first appeared in 1413 AD, and they were specially used against the Japanese.Emperor Taizong of the Li Dynasty once went to observe the turtle boat banquet in person, and asked Zuo Daiyan Zhuo Shen to develop the turtle boat warfare method. But the turtle boats at that time simply used thick planks to block the hull to prevent enemy bows and arrows from attacking.What Li sun-shin wants now is a brand new turtle ship that matches the ship's artillery. The North Korean navy and the North Korean army have completely different attitudes towards firearms.The Army showed little interest in artillery because North Korean artillery fired mostly long arrows.The shape of this cannonball is similar to that of a rocket, with a length of 3.6 meters and a diameter of 0.077 meters. There are three iron tail fins about one meter long attached to the back of the wooden arrow, and the arrowhead is wrapped with an iron arrowhead. This kind of long arrow has limited lethality in the open field, and its accuracy is not as good as bows and arrows. To the North Korean army, it is like a chicken rib; but the navy is different.At that time, most of the ships were made of wood and moved slowly on the water. Once they were nailed by rockets, they could easily be burned and sunk, causing great damage.Therefore, this kind of artillery was installed on warships and became one of the standard equipment. Before the start of the Imjin War, the warships of the Korean army had been equipped with five different caliber cannons: Cheon, Earth, Xuan, Huang, and Sheng, as well as other small multi-barreled guns. ——Product A is the red-clothed cannon and the mother-in-law gun of the Ming Dynasty. However, after research, Li Sunshin found that this method was not effective enough.First, the number of firearms on the battleship is too small; second, the defense and balance of the battleship itself are insufficient, and often a single shot is fired, and the recoil shakes the ship back and forth, which affects the shooting accuracy at least, and disintegrates the hull at worst; Third, the tactical thinking of the naval divisions of the North Korean army is also very backward. They still stay in the support of firearms, bows and arrows for long-distance attack, and the infantry on board fight against each other. Taking these three points into consideration, Li sun-shin discussed repeatedly with his navy general Zheng Yun, nephew Li Fang and others, and finally came up with a design plan for a new turtle boat. The new turtle boat uses 120 mm thick planks to make the vault, which blocks the bow board, stern board, bottom board and ribs, and there is no exposed side board.There are also many sharp spikes and hexagonal armor protection nailed on the outer wooden board.This design fundamentally eliminated the threat of the enemy jumping onto the deck—even if they jumped up, they would not be able to enter the ship. The shape of the turtle ship is curved. It is definitely a challenge in terms of craftsmanship to bend such a thick wooden board to a certain angle and keep it close to other parts.Yi sun-shin used the embedding method, dividing the outer panel into many short parts, inlaying each other, bending out the arc, and then fixing it with vertical plates. However, unlike the imagination of later generations, the turtle boat is not covered with iron plates, because the cost of manufacturing iron plates covering the entire surface of the turtle ship is too high, and the weight is also extremely alarming. Yi sun-shin does not want to invent a diving that will not float up yet. boat. There is another reason for not using iron plates.Turtle boats are meant to fight at sea. Over time, the iron plates will inevitably corrode and become unusable.You know, in order to avoid seawater erosion, Korean wooden boats rarely use iron for nails, and mostly use wooden nails or lime-made adhesives. The interior of the turtle boat is an empty tent room. On the left and right sides of the ship are two columns for "letters and visits".There are wooden signs one after another along the railing, called Yanfang, about 1.28 meters high.This is the main combat area, with twelve gun ports on the left and right, two more on the glans head, and one at the tail of the turtle.In this way, every turtle ship has extremely terrifying concentrated firepower.You know, during the same period, Japan's most proud ship, Ataka, only had three guns installed. The weapons equipped by Turtle Boat include Tianzi gun barrel, Earth character gun barrel, Xuan character gun barrel, Huang character gun barrel, Dasheng cannon, Xiaosheng cannon, Tribulus cannon, big fire cannon, large bowl muzzle, medium bowl The muzzle and projectiles include long piece arrows, iron projectiles, general arrows, general arrows, etc.In addition, there are bird guns and double-barreled gun barrels.There are so many things to see, it is dizzying. There is also a "turtle" head protruding from the bow of the turtle ship, also known as the dragon head.This tap is generally used to spray sulfur gas, creating smoke to disrupt the battlefield.There is also a cannon in the dragon head. This cannon is not used for long-range shooting, but for close-range bombardment when the turtle ship is close to the enemy warship.In the following naval battles, this leader repeatedly made outstanding achievements. Yi sun-shin also redesigned the size of the turtle ship.The length of the turtle boat is about 35 meters, and the width reaches 11 meters. Compared with the long and narrow shape of traditional ships, the turtle boat looks fatter, and the length ratio of the front, rear and left and right axes is very small.This design is better balanced than traditional warships, no matter how the firearms on both sides are fired, the hull will not capsize. The bow of the turtle boat has also been adjusted. It is no longer the traditional acute angle to reduce seawater resistance, but a wide plane.Although this design slows down the speed of the turtle ship, it can guarantee a quick U-turn in a small area—in naval battles, whoever turns around faster will have the chance to win.Another advantage of the wide-planar bow is that it can quickly get close to the enemy ship, which is convenient for the dragon head to approach and shoot. Two rows of 20 paddles were placed on the bottom of the turtle boat, each rowed by four people, to ensure sufficient maneuverability to achieve an average speed of four knots and a full speed of seven knots. From these characteristics, it can be seen that Yi sun-shin's design idea is very clear, that is, to concentrate the use of technical weapons, emphasize instant destructive power and high mobility, and at the same time limit the enemy's boarding and hand-to-hand combat.To put it bluntly, I can hit you, but you can't hit me. The advantages of turtle boats are obvious, but it also has a fatal disadvantage: expensive.Not only the hardware is expensive, but the software is also expensive.To make a turtle ship, it needs to be equipped with a lot of artillery, operators, and consume a lot of iron and copper resources (not used to build armor, but to make iron nails, iron chains, anchor oars and penetrating rings, etc. ) If you want to build a fleet of turtle ships, the amount of consumption is by no means what a Jeolla-do water envoy can afford. Yi sun-shin worked so busy for a year, and finally launched the first turtle boat in the early April of the Imjin year, and conducted a short test firing of artillery.Because the water testing site is located in Zuoshuiying, this kind of boat is also named Zuoshuiying turtle boat. He didn't know at the time that almost at the same time the turtle boat was launched, the First Japanese Army Corps crossed the ocean aggressively and arrived at Pusan ​​Port.Turtle Ship's birthday is the day when the old enemy appears, probably this is the so-called "destiny". On April 13th of the Imjin year, the Japanese army captured Busan Port and nearby towns within one day, and Won Kyun, who was stationed on Geoje Island, fled in panic and then sunk his ship in the Gadeok Sea area.After doing this stupid thing, Yuan Jun was desperate, so he sent his deputy, Yupu Wanhu Li Yunlong, to sail alone to Lishui to seek help from Li Shunchen. At this time, the Japanese army had already begun to attack the city in Gyeongsang-do.For this, Li Sunshin had already made psychological preparations. He and Youshui envoy Li Yiqi quickly reached a consensus to assemble the two fleets of Jeolla Province in the ocean near Yeosu and keep them ready to sail at any time—as for the newborn The turtle boat was also brought along with the army, and an anti-stepping turtle boat general was specially appointed to command it. When Li Yunlong saw Li Sunchen, he didn't mention Yuan Jun's embarrassment, but vaguely said that Yuan Jun was unable to support him, and retreated to the sea area of ​​Luliang, waiting for rescue, and urged Li Sunchen to dispatch as soon as possible to give the enemy a head-on blow, otherwise something bad would happen—— He had the nerve to say so. Li Shunchen's generals were all excited when they heard this, and they raised their arms and shouted to attack the Japanese pirates.At this moment, Li Sunshin stood up and said, "I'll think about it again." Then they disbanded.All the generals were gearing up and eager to go into battle immediately, but Master Li suppressed their murderous intent. On the second day, Li Sunshin called everyone together and said that we had to rescue Yuan Jun, but the terrain around Luliang was complicated and no one dared to go, so I hesitated.His provocation made everyone angry, especially the one named Yu Yongzhan, who screamed with red eyes, and said, patting his chest, that I would like to be a pioneer. This is what Yi Sun-shin was waiting for.He knew that Gyeongsang-do's naval army had suffered a disastrous defeat, so in order to prevent this defeatism from affecting his subordinates, he used this method of mobilizing generals to provoke a fighting spirit. So Li Sunchen asked Yu Yongzhan to be the vanguard, and specially equipped him with the turtle boat for investigation purposes.Immediately, on the surface of Lishui Ocean, conch shells were fired and cannons were fired, and the Jeolla-do navy officially set out. The era belonging to Yi Sun-shin is about to begin slowly.The genius who has been dormant for a long time is about to set the entire sea on fire. This day is the fourth day of the fifth lunar month in Renchen year.The day before, the Japanese First Army had conquered Seoul.In the entire eastern part of Korea, there is only this lone army left. The troops that Li Shunchen took to the expedition this time consisted of twenty-four plank boats, fifteen carrying boats, and forty-six abalone boats (small boats for scouting). The Japanese Navy has a force of 9,200 men and more than 700 large and small warships.But Yi Sun-shin did not show any worry, he commanded calmly as usual, as if this was just a routine exercise at sea. The journey of the Jeollado Fleet to Luyang was not peaceful. In the vicinity of Gwangju and Yeonghae, scattered Japanese ships could already be seen, and several small encounters broke out.When the fleet arrived in the Nailiang sea area, it ran into a large Japanese fleet. Shen Ruliang, who was driving the turtle boat, was at the forefront of all the fleets.As soon as the Japanese army saw the Korean navy, they immediately surrounded it and surrounded the turtle boats.Shen Ruliang didn't panic at all, and according to the tactics he practiced in advance, he manipulated the turtle boat to charge left and right in the enemy fleet. The Japanese soon discovered that this eccentric warship was tricky.If you want to fight, you can't. The thick wooden board blocks most of the long-range attacks; if you want to climb up, you can't find a place to stay. Several brave sailors were sent one after another and fell into the sea.But this ship has a lot of cannons, one row of cannons is fired at a time, and several clusters of thistle cannons are fired at a time, and several small early boats are fired very quickly. Li Sunchen's fleet approached at this time, instead of stepping forward to help, he gave an order: "Retreat." Shen Ruliang, who was fighting on the turtle boat, was anxious, and shouted at the top of his voice: "You don't want us anymore. Li Sunchen ignored him and commanded the fleet to retreat towards Xianshan Island. When the Japanese saw the North Korean army retreating, their morale was greatly boosted, thinking that this naval army was as pussy as the Korean army, so they ignored the small turtle boat and chased after it with sails and oars.They can't be blamed for this. In the past month, the Japanese army has been attacking the city all the way, and the North Korean troops have been fleeing or fleeing. They don't think the enemy will be any different this time. The Korean army and the Japanese army came one after the other, and soon came to the ocean of Hansando Island.The spirit of the Japanese army was slack, the formation was not neat, and they were scattered on the vast sea in twos and threes.Li sun-shin calculated that the time had come, and ordered the fleet to reverse immediately and start a counterattack. Li Sunshin is a man of action. He knows that although the turtle boat is good, it is just too expensive, so he puts more energy into tactical innovation.Every ship in the Jeollado Fleet has five to ten times as many firearms as the Japanese army.These ships opened their formation and kept aiming sideways at the Japanese army, keeping a certain distance, and concentrated their superior firepower. The sky, earth, black, and yellow firecrackers were fired at the same time, and the ocean was filled with fireworks. The Japanese navy did not have any mental preparations, and the formation immediately became chaotic.At this time, Li Yiqi led the other half of the fleet to fight out from the vicinity of Zhudao, copying the Japanese army's retreat.It took less than an hour after the battle started, and the Japanese fled in defeat. Shen Ruliang also drove the turtle boat back to the team at this time, and asked Li Sunshin why he didn't go to the rescue, Li Sunshin replied flatly: "I have confidence in the turtle boat." This battle is of great significance. First, it verified the role of the turtle ship.Facts have proved that the power of the turtle ship is greater than expected, and it is surrounded by enemy ships several times its size, but it can still be treated calmly. If there are ten or twenty of this kind of thing, it is estimated that the Japanese will not be confused; It verified the correctness of Yi sun-shin's army management, command and new tactics.Throughout the battle, Li Sun-shin was extremely calm. Whether it was his ingenious ambush at the beginning, Li Yiqi's ingenious ambush, or his resolute counterattack, every detail proved that he was an incomparable genius in naval warfare. And the third point is that the North Korean Navy learned from Daming, and all ship regulations were in accordance with Ming’s rules. Therefore, the ships of the Korean Navy were heavier in tonnage and larger in size than the Japanese warships, and they naturally had an advantage.As long as the commander is not as useless as Yuan Jun, it will be difficult to lose. After sweeping the battle, Yi Sun-shin ordered the fleet to move on.Along the way, we passed Jinhaiyang, Geoje, Tangxiangpo and Nantaopo, and finally arrived at Qianyang, Tangpu on the fifth night of May. According to the agreement, Won Kyun should meet up with Yi Sun-sin near here, but Gyeongsang-do's navy was nowhere to be seen.Li Sunshin had no choice but to wait on the sea at risk for this unreliable colleague.It was not until the sixth day of May that Yuan Jun and his officers arrived late.So far, the Jeolla and Gyeongsang-do naval forces have successfully "joined forces". Among them, the Jeolla-do navy has 40 warships, and the Gyeongsang-do navy has four ships... After the meeting, Yuan Jun finally felt relieved.From now on, victory or defeat will be his business. If I entrust the fleet to you, it will not be considered a cold run.The enemy's situation was urgent, and Yi sun-shin didn't care about it. He accepted the poor strength of the Gyeongsang Navy, unified orders, and continued to march to Songmipo in the south of Geoje Island for the night. On May 7th, the Jeolla Gyeongsang Combined Fleet sailed for Gadeok Island, northeast of Geoje Island.It is the place where Yuan Jun sank his fleet and where the Japanese navy was stationed.The fleet advanced counterclockwise along Geoje Island. When the vanguard arrived at Okpo Bay, Yi Sun-shin received a report that there were more than 50 Japanese ships moored in the bay ahead. Okpo Bay is an important port of Geoje Island.Geoje Island stretches out two arms here, one extending to the north and the other extending to the northeast. The two arms form a long and narrow bay called Okpo.It is a natural harbor with deep water and calm waves. Yi sun-shin led the fleet to go deep into Yupu Bay and marched to the vicinity of Brother Rock.It was already close to the middle of the bay, and the Japanese fleet happened to be anchored in the waters near Okpo-ri between Snakeam and Jora. The commander of this fleet is Todo Takatora, who was promoted by Hideyoshi's younger brother, Hashiba Hidecho, and can be regarded as one of Hideyoshi's direct descendants.Speaking of which, The downfall of Gyeongsang-do's navy also has something to do with him.At the beginning, Fujido Takatora, as the vanguard of the Japanese navy, invaded Geoje Island, and this is the feat of Yuan Jun and Park Hong, two top players who panicked and sank their warships. Now that the main force has gone north, Todo Takatora, who is stationed in Busan, feels very bored, and there are no enemies nearby to practice, so he will come to Geoje Island once in a while, and plunder to pass the time. He has already despised the North Korean navy to the extreme, and never thought about the day when the North Koreans will fight back.So Fujido Takatora didn't even raise the most basic precautions. With a wave of the military fan, a group of minions got off the boat and rushed to the island. Li Shunchen found that these large ships at anchor were planted with bamboo poles, colorful flowers, and red and white flags fluttering in the wind. They were full of joy. They didn't look like warships at all, and there were very few people on board.Looking at the inside of Yupu Harbor again, Li Sunshin couldn't help feeling angry.On the shore of Yupu Bay, flames were everywhere. If you don't fight at this time, when will you wait?With an order from Li Sun-shin, the fleet came out in unison, rushing viciously at these empty ships.At the beginning, some people were a little bit afraid, and Zheng Yun Kashima, who served as the guard, was furious. He ordered the ship to move forward and personally beat the drums to supervise the battle. Only then did everyone muster their courage and move forward bravely. The Japanese soldiers on the shore suddenly found a North Korean fleet appearing in the ocean and rushing towards their own car, and they were frightened for a while.They ran from the mountain to the beach, hoping to get back to the boat.How could Li Sunshin allow them to get what they wanted, more than forty warships began to spit out billowing flames, using the flames as sickles to harvest the Japanese crops on Yupu Bay.The Japanese were either burned to death on board, or jumped into the sea and killed, with little third option.For a while, the sea waves were completely red. When Fujido Takatora was fighting in Yupuli, suddenly there was a loud shout behind him, and when he turned around, he found that his fleet was suffering an unprecedented defeat.He hurriedly urged his subordinates to return to the ships at sea, otherwise the whole army would be wiped out. After two or three hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese army sank a total of twenty-six ships, and the other ships followed Takatora Todo, pulled anchor and ran away, even ignoring their companions who were still on land.As soon as Yuan Jun saw that there was a bargain to pick up, he planned to send a group of archers with good archery skills to land on the coast near Yupu to clear out the remaining Japanese one by one.Seeing that the sun was about to set, Yi sun-shin refused to agree for the sake of caution. Instead, he withdrew all the fleet and returned to Yeongdeungpo to station at Qianyang. Halfway there, I happened to catch up with five Japanese transport ships sailing to the sea of ​​Hepu.The North Korean sailors, who were still unsatisfied, rushed forward immediately, and ate one in three bites, and one of them was sunk by the turtle boat. After the fleet rested overnight, the fear of the Japanese was gone.In the early morning of the next day, Yi Sun-shin received information that a Japanese ship was mooring in Jinhae, just north of Geoje Island, and immediately set sail to rush over.The morale of the North Korean army was high, and they searched along the coast all the way, met thieves and killed thieves, encountered boats and burned boats, and went all the way to Near Chizhenpu, I happened to bump into the Japanese thirteen transport ships. The North Korean army wiped out these large ships that could not resist, cleaned up the sea, and then sat down to have breakfast.After breakfast, the people nearby rushed over to complain about the cruelty of the Japanese army.Li sun-shin looked at the map and decided to lead the fleet to Gadeok Island to raid, and even planned to attack Busan.He found that the Japanese army was very lax at this time, and planned to grab the main force of the navy before it reacted.Expand your results. But Yi Sun-sin walked halfway and didn't leave. Because he received a report that the city of Seoul had fallen and Wang Shixi was hunting.Both Li Shunchen and Yuan Jun were quite surprised. Unexpectedly, the army could not survive for a month, and they cried loudly to the west together. After crying, Li Sunshin said that this battle cannot be fought like this, and that he has to change his strategy. The king has fled to Pyongyang, and the whole southern provinces will inevitably fall into the enemy's hands.Now Yi Sun-shin and Won Kyun's Jeolla Gyeongsang Combined Fleet is North Korea's only combat power in the south, and the strategic environment has deteriorated sharply.The waterway near Busan is too narrow to be suitable for the operation of large wooden houses, and it is easy to be ambushed by the enemy.The top priority should be to return to the Lishui base to study how to deal with the main force of the enemy's navy in the future. Yuan Jun naturally wholeheartedly agreed with Li Sunchen's suggestion.So the two returned to the army immediately, ending the first journey. The Yupu naval battle and a series of small battles before and after are collectively referred to as the Yupu Great Victory.This was North Korea's first veritable victory in the early days of the war, and it was also Yi Sun-shin's first victory.From a political point of view, this victory came very timely. It made everyone from the royal family to ordinary soldiers realize that the Japanese army was not invincible, thus strengthening their determination to resist the war. More than 50 ships of the Japanese army were annihilated in this service, most of which were transport ships, which inevitably affected the army's supplies. From a technical point of view, this naval battle did not bring much new things.The warships of the Japanese army were almost empty, and the Korean army was almost hitting a fixed target. The difficulty was not the same as that of the subsequent naval battles.However, the North Korean Navy's morale was completely boosted by this big victory. From the initial timidity to the later high-spirited fighting spirit, the mental outlook has been completely improved, which is crucial for the next battle. The Korean army had very few casualties in this service. The only pity is that Zheng Yun, one of the inventors of the turtle ship, was hit by a stray bullet during the battle and was injured.This shows that even in naval battles, the power of the Japanese army's iron guns should not be underestimated.It's a pity that everyone was immersed in the victory at this time, and no one paid attention to the hint of this detail.