Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Yi Sun-shin (Part 2)

It is said that after Li Sunshin returned to the teacher, he and Yuan Jun parted ways and returned to the station. On the night of May 26th, Li Sunshin was sleeping at the Yeosu Base when he suddenly dreamed that a white-haired old man ran to the bedside and kicked him, saying, "The Japanese are coming! The Japanese are coming!" Li Sunshin gave a slap Waking up with a start, he sat up in bed.Immediately, a courier from outside rushed to report. It turned out to be the information sent by Yuan Jun, saying that more than a dozen Japanese warships were approaching the vicinity of Sacheon and Kunyang.This is very mysterious, right?Believe it or not, in short, according to the records, this is the case... It is normal for a famous general to have something abnormal on his body.

Sacheon is located in the northwest of Geoje Island, across Jinzhou Bay from Namhae Island.This is an important hub of the Jeolla-do Navy. Once Sacheon is lost, the enemy can continuously deploy troops to Nanhai Island and push towards the Yeosu base on the west side of Nanhai Island. The relationship is so important, Li Sunchen is still half sleepy.He couldn't wait to join forces with Li Yiqi, so he first summoned 23 warships from the headquarters, and went to Lulianghai on May 29 to join Yuanjun's fleet. When they arrived at Lulianghai, Li Shunchen saw that Yuan Jun was not late this time, but he had a little less soldiers, three ships, one less than last time.

Arriving at the waters near Sacheon, Li Sun-shin looked around and saw the Japanese bustling on the coast, at least four hundred people.The Japanese boats were red, willows and green, and they also set up a curtain on the nearby hills, ordering soldiers to come and go.And on the shore, there are a total of twelve boats moored like pavilions. These twelve ships are no longer transport ships, but Guan Ships, which are regular warships of the Japanese army.This kind of hull is narrow and long, and its speed is extremely fast. It is equivalent to a cruiser in the Japanese army sequence.The appearance of the Guan ship shows that these Japanese troops are no longer logistics leaders, but regular combat troops.

The Japanese general stationed here at this time was Wakisaka Yasuji.Like Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori and others, he is one of the famous Japanese fashion group "Qiyue Seven Guns" in the Warring States Period. He commanded the navy in the siege of Odawara and performed well.This time Hideyoshi was planning to invade North Korea, and he placed many of his cronies in the army, and also dispatched many in the navy, and Yasuji Wakisaka was one of them. Yasuji Wakisaka is having a headache right now.In the Battle of Yupu, the Japanese transport fleet suffered heavy casualties, which had already affected the supply plan of the army.The commander-in-chief of the Japanese navy, Yoshitaka Kuki, was furious when he heard that, scolded Todo Takatora bloody, and then ordered that the North Korean fleet should be taken down no matter what.Almost all the generals of the navy, including Yasuji Wakisaka, Kamei Izumo, and Kato Yoshiaki, were mobilized to sweep the surrounding waters around Geoje Island as the center.

Yasuji Wakisaka advanced to Sacheon this time because he heard that there was a North Korean fleet in the vicinity. He wanted to try his luck, but no one told him.Wakisaka is very ambitious. His two companions, Kato and Fukushima, are fighting to capture the flag on the Korean peninsula. If he does nothing, won't he be ridiculed by them in the future? After he arrived in Sacheon, he set up his camp on the top of the bank and planned to rest overnight and continue searching westward, but he didn't expect the North Koreans to come first. Yi sun-shin wanted to repeat the battle of Okpo, and rushed in before the enemy returned to the ship, burned the ship and left.But it was getting late at this time, the tide had receded, and the houseboats could no longer approach the coast.Moreover, the enemies are all on the mountain, forming an unfavorable situation where the enemy is high and we are low.After weighing the pros and cons, Li Shunchen restrained his temper and ordered the ships to retreat slightly.

All the generals of the Japanese army had their eyes high above the top, so Yi Sun-shin was often upset by this move to show that the enemy was weak.Wakisaka Yasuji didn't learn the lesson of Todo Takatora at all. He thought that the idiot Todo was attacked because of his carelessness, and he would never win against the North Koreans head-on. Sure enough, as Li Sun-shin expected, Yasuji Wakisaka saw the retreat of the North Korean navy, thought they were timid, ordered half of the soldiers under his command to board the closed ship, and rushed over enthusiastically. The North Korean navy was already familiar with this kind of counterattack. At this time, Yi sun-shin had a few more turtle boats in his hand, and released them all in one go.These turtle boats rushed into the middle of the Japanese fleet, set off cannons and set fire everywhere, rushed from left to right, and made the Japanese confused.After a short effort, all the thirteen Guan boats that were chasing after him were burned down.Yasuji Wakisaka was so angry that he vomited blood, but he had no choice but to do anything.

Li Sunchen saw that it was getting late, so he deliberately left a few small boats on the shore, and the army left with great fanfare.The Japanese who hid in the mountains saw that the North Korean fleet was gone, and then returned to the coast, boarded a boat and escaped at night, and were laid in an ambush by the North Korean army who had ambushed early, and all of them were wiped out.Poor Yasuji Wakisaka came from Busan by boat, and it took a few days to get there by wind and waves, but now he has to walk back on two legs, but he doesn't know how long it will take. However, Zheng Yun's fate almost repeated itself that night.During the night battle, Yi sun-shin was shot through his left shoulder by a bullet, but he remained calm and kept shooting with his bow.Until the battle was completely over, he ordered the doctor to pick out the bullets with a knife.

Carefully reviewing Yi Sun-shin's resume, you will find that this kind of thing happened very frequently.As early as when he was Kashima Wanhu, he was shot in the shoulder during a battle.This has a lot to do with Yi Sun-shin's fighting style of taking the lead - although it is a way to stabilize the morale of the army, the risk of the coach will also increase exponentially. In addition to Yi sun-shin, many generals were hit by iron cannons in naval battles.Li sunshin didn't care about this, and people around him also regarded it as a kind of brave style.At that time, no one thought that his ending was foreshadowed in this injury after injury.

And what about Yuan Jun?He strictly abides by the principle of the coach staying behind.When the battle was over, he rushed to the front again, carrying a knife to collect the heads of the Japanese pirates.This is currently the only means by which he can prove his meritorious deeds. After the great victory in Sacheon, the fleet returned to Snake Liang, and all the generals congratulated Li Sunchen.Li Sunchen waved his hands, worried.The Japanese pirates eliminated in Sacheon were obviously the vanguard, the main force of the Japanese navy, and they had obviously begun to approach Lishui.A real tough battle is gradually approaching.

On June 2, the reconnaissance ship sent back news that 21 Japanese warships were moored in the waters near Tangpu, and many Japanese soldiers burned, killed and looted near Jiangjunling on the shore. In the Japanese fleet, there are nine related ships and twelve Kohaya ships. It seems that the establishment should be the regular Japanese navy.In the middle of the fleet, there is also a big ship called Anzhai Ship.The Antaka ship was the largest ship in Japan at the time. It was huge—of course, according to Japanese standards—it was armored with slats, and there were holes for guns in the gaps. It was a bit like a turtle ship.It's just that the Turtle Ship kept the muzzle, while the Anzhai Ship kept the muzzle, and the caliber is quite different.

There are pavilions on the deck of this house boat, tents are spread around, and red curtains are hung outside, which is very gorgeous.In the middle of the pavilion, a Japanese general was dressed neatly, wandering leisurely. Looks like it's a big fish.Li Sunchen realizes that this is an excellent opportunity, and decides to come to a black tiger to dig out his heart and capture the thief and the king. The sea area of ​​Tangpu is very narrow. Kunli Island, Fu Island, Big Longneck Island, and Little Longneck Island are like a series of chains enclosing the entire sea area. Only the channel between the islands is not wide.Yi sun-shin placed the fleet in the northwest direction, followed the ocean current through the channel between Kunli Island and Menyan, entered Tangpu, and drove straight towards the left wing of the Japanese fleet. The benefits of this are obvious, ocean currents flow from west to east.If the Japanese fleet wanted to resist the enemy head-on, it had to turn left against the current, and the reaction would be very slow. Sure enough, everything went as Li Sunshin expected.As soon as the battle started, the Japanese warships turned left one after another, and the formation was very chaotic for a while.He waved the flag, and several turtle boats rushed towards the big ship Anzhai in the center regardless of their care.The turtle boat rowed the oars very fast, but Anzhai's hull was huge and slow, there was no time to dodge it.One of the turtle boats took the lead, sticking its wide and flat pancake face to the side of the Anzhai boat. The front of the turtle boat is a dragon head, and there are cannons hidden in it.After the turtle ship stuck to Anzhai, the dragon's head was at a forty-five-degree angle looking up at the Anzhai boat building.There was no need to aim at all. With a loud boom, the Xuanzi iron gun in the dragon head shot out iron projectiles, which immediately knocked half of the boat building down.Immediately afterwards, the Tianzi Gun opened its mouth and fired a streamlined cast iron shell called the General's Arrow onto the deck, causing the entire Anzhai deck to be in a mess. Quan Jun, a North Korean officer on the turtle boat, took the lead, leaned out, and shot an arrow upwards, hitting the Japanese general in the forehead.Unexpectedly, the Japanese general didn't know whether he wanted to be cool or his IQ was not high enough. Although he had a long arrow stuck in his forehead, he didn't feel anything, and he continued to command the battle calmly.Calm, very calm.At least it seems so. Quan Jun on the other side took a look, yes?When my bow and arrow are floating clouds?Immediately, he stretched his bow and set an arrow to mend him again, this time the arrow directly pierced his chest, so the Japanese general who still had Quan Jun's previous arrow stuck in his forehead fell down the street, that is to say, he fell to the ground and died. As soon as the commander fell, the other Japanese warships had no intention of fighting, and scattered in a blast. They were either sunk by random artillery fire, or they were too frightened to turn back.This panic even spread to the follow-up troops.When the battle was over, Yi sun-shin received the investigation report that more than 20 Japanese warships were approaching. Li sun-shin wanted to play "show the enemy weak" again, but he turned around and ran away . When Yu Hou Li Menggui was cleaning the battlefield, he found a golden fan from the lacquer box of the fallen Japanese general.On the center of the front of the fan, there are eight characters "June 8th Hideyoshi is famous", on the right side is written "Hashiba Chikuzen Mamoru", and on the right side is "Kamei Ryukyu Shouden". The Koreans took this fan and began to study it.Some people guessed it was Hideyoshi at first, but it was quickly denied.The old man Xiuji was far away in Japan, so it was impossible for him to come to Tangpu by boat to compete with them. After a long time of discussion, there was no result.Li Shunchen was not familiar with Japan, so when he slapped the table, he said that a high-ranking official named Hashiba Chikuzenshou had been beaten to death, which was a great achievement. In fact, Hashiba was Hideyoshi's former surname, and Chikuzen Mamoru was his former imperial post.The real owner of this fan should be Kamei Ryukyu Shouden, that is, Kamei Tomoki.Hideyoshi once promised to entrust Ryukyu to him, so he happily claimed that Ryukyu was guarded. Although Kamei participated in the battle, he did not die. After falling into the water, he was rescued by a friendly ship and fled in a hurry. There have been different opinions on the identity of the Japanese general who was actually killed.One of the most reliable ones is that this general is called Tokuju Toshiyuki, also known as Kuishima Totsuhisa.This person's background is not small, worshiping Lingfengzao County Sanqianshi is also a small name. Michiko Tokiko was born in a family of pirates in the Seto Inland Sea—Kurishima Murakami Suijun, and is very familiar with naval battles.He followed the younger brother of the family to the island, and took Hideyoshi's thick legs in his arms. From then on, he rose straight to the top and became famous in Shikoku.Lai Daotong always fought in the inland with the Fifth Army, but Deju Tongxing was assigned to the Kuki because of his talent in the navy. He was originally ordered to take over Yasuji Wakisaka, but because of their backgrounds, the two have always disliked each other. The Japanese navy is mainly composed of two parts, one part is the pirates incorporated by Hideyoshi, such as Yoshitaka Kumoni from the Kumano Navy, and Mr. Kurishima Tong from the Murakami Navy, both of which are famous pirate families in Japan; and the other part is When Hideyoshi sent his cronies to form a new navy when he was conquering the world, the team was composed of pirates from Liang, Numashima, and Awaji. These two factions have always disliked each other, the old one thinks the young one is unqualified, and the young one thinks the old one is irregular.Now Tokuju Tsuyuki received the order to meet Wakisaka Yasuji, he didn't take it seriously at all, halfway there, the pirates lost their temper, and sent people ashore to plunder near Jiangjunling. As a result, this so-called "famous general of the navy" was killed by the beheading tactics of the turtle boat after being unable to go through a round under Li sun-shin's command.What a shame. On June 4th, Li Yiqi's fleet also entered Tangpu and joined forces with Li Sunshin, which boosted the morale of the Korean navy even higher.Seeing the opportunity, Li Sunchen immediately ordered to continue the pursuit and expand the results of the battle. The North Korean navy sailed smoothly, and the next morning, they arrived at Tang Xiangpu. A small peninsula protrudes from this place at the eastern end of North Korea, like an arm bent back into an embrace. Tang Xiangpu is located in this arm. It is an extremely narrow waterway, like an alley. All are mountains. Yi sun-shin believed that the escaped Japanese warships were hidden in Tangxiangpo.He looked at the narrow channel and left four boats at Pukou as an ambush, and then the army formed a long snake formation and drove straight in.Once entering Tangxiangpu, the warships can only meet end to end and file in, winding for more than 20 miles.Soon they arrived at the west bank of the Zhaosuo River and saw the Japanese fleet they had been looking for. This fleet has nine related ships, four Kohaya ships, thirteen other small ships, and one Anzhai ship. It is almost the same size as the Deju Tongxing fleet annihilated the day before yesterday.In addition, there are four Guan boats lined up nearby, all of which have black flags on which are written "Nan Wu Miao Fa Lotus Sutra" in white characters. The fleet soon discovered Yi Sun-shin's trail, and there was a moment of chaos.Li Sunchen still used the old method, first sending turtle boats to disrupt the enemy's formation, and then other warships fired all kinds of firearms on the periphery. Seriously speaking, Li sun-shin's tactics are actually relatively fixed Cheng Yaojin's three tricks - first show weakness to lure and disrupt the opponent's formation; But the problem is that the Japanese just follow his routine. No matter how they fight, they are determined not to have a long memory, and they have suffered countless times under his never-changing routine.Yi sun-shin really managed to respond to all changes without change, while the Japanese did not escape defeat from all changes. In short, as long as Li sun-shin uses this routine, Japan will surely lose. Under the disturbance of the turtle boat, the Japanese fleet soon fell into chaos. But after a long time, Li Sunchen frowned.The sea here is too narrow to allow these dozens of large ships to move back and forth. The encirclement tactics that the North Korean army is best at can't work, and they can't have all of them.Moreover, he saw that several Japanese warships had begun to approach the two sides of the bank, trying to abandon the ship and go ashore.Getting them to land is even trickier. After a little thought, the famous general came up with a clever plan.He ordered the entire army to retreat towards Pukou to make way for the Japanese army.Surrounding three ques and one, this is a standard Chinese style of play.The Japanese, who were already at the end of the road, suddenly found that the North Korean navy gave way to a passage, so they didn't care about it, and immediately rushed out with the Anzhai ship. Li Shunchen seized the opportunity of the chaos in the opponent's formation, and sacrificed the magic weapon of the turtle ship, which is a test of all talents, and rushed straight into the enemy's fleet, and put his nose against the Anzhai ship.What happened next was exactly the same as what happened the day before yesterday.Several turtle boats shot upwards, and soon the pavilions on the Anzhai boat were set ablaze, and those decorative silks and satins became accomplices of the burning, turning the whole boat into a ball of fire. Seeing that they were surrounded by the enemy, they suddenly saw a way out; just as they ran on this way, they suddenly realized that this was actually a dead end way, and it might as well be like just now—no one can stand such a toss, so the Japanese collapsed Many people jumped into the water and swam desperately towards the shores on both sides of the strait, but they became good targets for North Korean shooters.The rest of the people on the boat watched desperately as one boat after another was burned and sunk. They had only two choices: suicide or death in battle. This chaotic battle lasted until night fell. Yi sun-sin did not want to suffer losses in the night battle, so he gathered his fleet back and withdrew to the seaport of Tanghangpo, quietly waiting for the fish that slipped through the net. In the early morning of June 6, a large Japanese ship sailed out of the Tangxiangpu channel in panic, and was immediately surrounded by the North Korean army.The wooden house boats around threw out hooks one after another, tied the big boat firmly, dragged it into the middle of the sea, and couldn't move.Other warships desperately cast rockets, flying arrows, shells, caltrops and so on, smashing it to be riddled with holes. At this time, a young military general wearing a golden crown jumped out of the boat, only twenty-four or five years old, with a brave face.The general and several loyal retainers around him fought to the death, desperately resisting the surging North Korean soldiers on the deck.How could the Koreans use their precious navy soldiers to fight him head-on, shoot arrows directly from a distance, and shot these recalcitrants into hedgehogs in a short while. The name of this young general is Harun Morimura, and he was a general of the Hachisuka family of Toyotomi's direct line. In fact, he died very wrongly. Morimura Harumoto was a subordinate of Hachisuka's family economics, and belonged to Fukushima Masamori's Fifth Army, not the navy. However, Hachisuka wanted the Fifth Army to have more say in the supply, so he was placed in the navy after the war started.This was originally a safe job, but he didn't expect to meet the evil star Li Sunshin, and there was only one dead end.The retainers who died with him also included Kashihara Ushinosuke, Komori Six Doctors, Awata Hanshichi, Watanabe Shikibe, etc., all of whom were officers from the Japanese Awa Navy. It was a typical tragedy of dying before leaving the army. Yi sun-shin boarded the enemy ship and found a large number of documents inside, as well as utensils and blood books that were made of blood.At this point, the North Koreans understood that the Japanese are not monolithic, they are also divided into gangs and associations.For example, in the Okpo naval battle, the Japanese flew a red flag; the Japanese in Sacheon flew a white flag; the Japanese in Tangpo the day before planted a yellow flag, but today they planted a black flag in Tangxiangpo. If those famous Japanese generals heard that Yi Sun-shin was beaten so ignorantly, I wonder if they would vomit blood and die. What's ridiculous and annoying is that when the war was over, the uncle Yuan Jun appeared again.He drove the boat to the place where the big ship sank, turned around and around, picked up the floating corpses of the Japanese soldiers, chopped off their heads, and prepared to send them to the court for reward.Now he has completely broken his jar, completely disregarding what others think, and concentrates on his promising job of being a corpse hunter. Tang Xiangpu's victory proved that the North Korean navy had an overwhelming advantage even if it confronted the regular Japanese navy head-on.The next day, the Korean fleet with high fighting spirit marched forward triumphantly, advancing to Yeongdengqianyang, and killed five enemy ships in Awapo. At this time, Li Sunchen and his subordinates had already become addicted, meeting gods and killing gods, meeting Buddhas and Buddhas, carrying bricks and machetes with red eyes, wandering around frantically looking for Little Japan.In the next few days, the Admiral Yi Sun-shin fleet searched the surrounding waters, and even advanced to Gadeok Island, the main station of the Japanese fleet.But he didn't expect that Jiade Island, which has always been full of warships, is now empty, and he didn't find a single boat.It made him very depressed. Gadeok Island is very close to Busan, and there is no defense on this island, which shows that the Japanese are completely intimidated by these lunatics. When they heard Yi Sun-shin's name, they were already terrified, and they did not dare to confront them at all. Li Sunshin was very clear-headed, he knew that with his strength, naval battles were no problem, but once he landed, he might not be the opponent of the Japanese.So instead of continuing to attack Busan, he ordered to return to Lishui to celebrate the victory. This series of victories made the court overjoyed.It had been too long since they had heard good news, and Yi Sun-shin's record was the only thing that could sustain their hopes.Under such circumstances, Li Yan naturally did not hesitate to reward him, and immediately conferred Li Sunchen as a first-rank Zhengxian doctor, and Li Yiqi and Yuan both as second-rank Jiashan doctors—you see, who said that Yuan Jun is mentally ill, but he is a master.Others are fighting desperately, but he only needs to chop off a few heads and send them away, and he can get the second-rank Juelu. Since Li sun-shin went to battle at Okpo in May, he had sunk more than a hundred enemy ships, while his own losses were minimal.The Japanese navy had only 700 regular warships and 9,200 soldiers.In just one month, one-seventh was reimbursed by Li Sunshin.Famous generals such as Fujido, Wakisaka, Kamei, and Kuijima who fought hard during the Warring States Period in Japan had no power to fight back against Yi Sun-shin. This brilliant record made Japan's maritime transportation a setback. All transport ships were shrunk in Busan Port and Tsushima and dared not go out, even with an escort fleet. Hideyoshi was furious when he heard the news.He is immersed in the joy of North Korea's great victory, how can these defeats spoil his interest.What's more, he had already started preparations to cross the sea at that time, and Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie were worried that they had no reason to dissuade them, and now they are all talking about this series of battle reports. It seems that unless Yi Sun-shin is killed, I will not be able to cross the sea. But Gugui Jialong and the others were already the top experts in Japan, and Hideyoshi couldn't find anyone to replace them for a while, so he had to write a letter, scolding each other, ordering them to regroup and destroy Li Sunshin.When Hideyoshi got angry, Kuki Jialong and others were silent, knowing that if no action was taken, everyone should stop messing around. After all, Kuki is a veteran of the navy. He carefully analyzed the previous battles and found that the Japanese lost in these battles a bit unjustly.Either the main force of the Japanese was on the shore, and the main force of the navy was absent, and the North Koreans took advantage of the loopholes-such as the Yupu naval battle; or our army was smaller than the enemy-such as the battle between Sacheon and Tangxiangpu; Not cooperating——If Tokuju Tsuyuki could join forces with Wakisaka Yasuji earlier, he would not have died in Tangpu. So Kuki Yoshitaka came to a conclusion: the reason why the Korean navy has the advantage is because the commander is good at concentrating superior forces; the failure of the Japanese navy should be attributed to those fools who went their own way. But this can’t be helped. The 9,200 people in the Japanese navy are actually divided into nine major divisions: Kuki Yoshitaka (1,500), Fujido Takatora (2,000), Wakisaka Yasuji (1,500), Kato Yoshiaki (750 people), Kurushima Brothers (700 people), Suga Tatsucho (250 people), Kuwayama Kazuharu (1,000 people), Horiuchi Uyoshi (850 people), Shanruo clan (six hundred and fifty members). Japan did not have a unified military system at the time, and the daimyos brought their own troops when they went to the battlefield, so the soldiers followed their lords closely during the battle. Each daimyo was an independent military unit, and naturally they had to put their own interests first. Nine ghosts called these generals, big and small, and educated them earnestly, saying that in the future, the princes should put aside their prejudices, cooperate sincerely, and contribute to Hideyoshi-san's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.All the generals expressed that they would abandon their previous suspicions and work together. One of the generals was gearing up, screaming and screaming, with the strongest fighting spirit.Everyone looked back, and it turned out to be Yasuji Wakisaka. Yasuji Wakisaka considers himself a confidant among Hideyoshi's cronies, and has always looked down on Kuki and Kamei, the old pirate generals who took refuge halfway.His naval team is composed of pirates from Ryo and Numashima, plus Kato Yoshiaki and Kan Tatsunaga, who are also Awaji-line navy. There are a total of 2,500 people, and they have a great say in the navy. When the battle of Sacheon happened, Wakisaka Yasuji's main force was not nearby, so he kept worrying about it, thinking that Yi sun-shin's victory was unarmed.Now that he wants to encircle and suppress this hateful Korean, Wakisaka naturally wants to be the vanguard and take revenge. For the next whole month, the Japanese army no longer roamed the sea unscrupulously as before, but silently began to gather warships, intending to use the courage of a lion to fight a rabbit, and cut off the big hand that chokes the Japanese artery in one fell swoop. The gathering point of the Japanese army was chosen at Gadeok Island, where Yi Sun-shin had evaded once.By July, the Japanese army had mobilized 115 warships, mainly Yoshitaka Kuki, Yoshiaki Kato and Yasuji Wakisaka.Among them, Anji Wakisaka was eager for revenge, so he mobilized all the troops under his command, with a total combat force of 73 warships.Kuki Yoshitaka also paid a lot of money, and opened the Japanese Navy's flagship "Nippon Maru". Nippon Maru is a super ship specially built by Kuki to please Hideyoshi. The deck is 10 meters wide, and the length from bow to stern is 30 meters. Achievement.On the day of the Japanese army's expedition, Kuki Yoshitaka dressed up Nippon Maru as extravagantly as possible, and drove across the seaside surrounded by a group of younger brothers, making the daimyos who watched the ceremony praise him, and made the boss Hideyoshi look a lot better. All movements of the Japanese army were noticed by Li Sunchen, and his heart became heavy.This move of the Japanese happened to be Yi Sun-shin's weakness.No matter how powerful his troops are, they are always at a disadvantage in numbers. If guerrilla warfare is changed to positional warfare, the prospects of the North Korean navy may be worrying. Generally, when encountering such a situation, generals will choose to avoid the enemy's sharp edge, and then harass them with guerrilla warfare, waiting for the enemy's flaws to be revealed, and then plan it slowly.But Yi sun-shin is a very aggressive general, and his solution is very straightforward: before the enemy gathers, kill all who come first. Soon Yi Sun-shin found an opportunity. Yasuji Wakisaka is living like a year in Gad Island at this time, like ants on a hot pot.His troops had already arrived, but the other navy hadn't arrived yet, and Nine Ghosts Jialong was not allowed to fight alone.He asked repeatedly, but the nine ghosts ignored him. After waiting for a few more days, Wakisaka couldn't bear it anymore. He found Kuki and said that our army planned to move forward to the waters of Kasuke Island west of Geoje Island, waiting for an opportunity to meet the enemy. Kaju Island is located in the northwest of Geoje Island, not far from Gadeok Island. Further west is the Geoje Strait between Geoje Island and Chungmu. It is very narrow and is an important passage from the outer ocean to the inner ocean of Geoje Island.Wakizaka's proposal to deploy troops here is strategically reasonable. Kuki was exhausted by him, and he thought that Wakisaka's troops accounted for two-thirds of the entire army, which was more numerous than Yi Sun-shin, so it would be no problem to encounter them alone—not to mention that it was not far from Gadeok Island, and the base camp sent troops. Rescue is also in time. Wakisaka Anji was overjoyed, and immediately gathered his troops and rushed to Kasuke Island.After arriving at Kasuke Island, instead of obediently waiting nearby, he took another sneaky step forward and slipped into the Geoje Strait. On July 6th, the two coalition forces of Li Sunshin, Li Yiqi, and Yuan Jun completed their assembly in Lulianghai.On the 7th day of the seventh month, a strong east wind suddenly blew up, making it difficult for ships to sail, so Li Sun-shin moored the fleet near Tangpu, and ordered his men to disembark from the ship and go ashore to cut firewood and fetch water.Before the firewood was retrieved, a person was sent.This person is called Jin Qiansun, a North Korean civilian who lived in seclusion nearby to avoid the war. Kim Chion-sun told Yi Sun-shin that he saw more than 70 Japanese boats sailing from the west, passed Kazhu Island and Yeongdeungpo, and plunged into the Geoje Strait.Li Sunshin got this important information, In the early morning of July 8th, Yi sun-shin pulled out the anchor and went to battle, and the army marched to the front of the Geoje Strait.Far away, the North Korean reconnaissance ship found a Guan ship and a small boat dangling. When the two ships saw the North Korean navy, they turned around and ran in fright, and plunged into the Geoje Strait.The reconnaissance ship moved in and found that there was a huge fleet in Jiannailiang. When the report was sent back to the mouth of the strait, the North Korean army rejoiced.The subordinates were all addicted now, seeing the Japanese ship were all happy, and planned to kill him again, but only Yi Sun-shin stared at the map and said nothing.Seeing Li Sunchen not moving, Yuan Jun became anxious. The seventy-odd boats in front of him were more than seventy boats of meritorious service! After these several battles, Yuan Jun has become more courageous, and he is no longer the Yuan Jun who feared the enemy like a tiger before the war.Li Sunshin didn't move, he moved by himself, this Gyeongsang-do naval officer picked up his knife, burning with fighting spirit, he raised his leg and was about to charge forward. Li Shunchen held Yuan Jun down.He can tolerate this useless snack stealing his credit, but he can't tolerate him disrupting his victory. "Don't be an idiot, can you? You are sending our navy to death!" Li Shunchen dismissed Yuan Jun who was full of shame, and explained to his subordinates that the waterway in Nailiang is narrow, and it is not convenient for warships to deploy; moreover, the water level is relatively shallow, and there are many hidden reefs. A situation that hurts eight hundred.We should choose the battlefield near Hansand Island.It was in the middle of the ocean, and there was a lone mountain island with no food or drink. Even if the Japanese pirates escaped by chance, they had no choice but to wait for death. The subordinates asked: Then how should we lure them over? Li Sunchen replied: "Follow the old rules." What old rules?Show the enemy weak! The subordinates were a little puzzled.Since Yi Sun-shin went to war, countless Japanese have used this trick, and it has been used too much.The Japanese are also human beings, and they also have a memory. If this trick is played repeatedly, will it still work? As it turns out, it really worked... The Japanese may have a memory, but Yasuji Wakisaka obviously does not. His head has been filled with the flames of revenge, and he cannot tolerate other thoughts.When Yasuji Wakisaka saw that Li Sunshin's warships were like the big girl of his first love, he timidly approached Jian Nailiang, and then ran away shyly. The whole army chased the general out. One chased and the other fled, and soon the Wakisaka fleet broke out of the strait and came to the vicinity of Hanshan Island.Yasuji Wakisaka suddenly realized that something was wrong. The Korean warships in front of him were divided into two teams, forming a V shape, and his own fleet happened to be located at the wide mouth of the V. Yasuji Wakisaka didn't care. I have more than 70 boats, all of which are experienced Awaji sailors. The advantage is on our side. But as soon as the fight started, Yasuji Wakisaka felt something was wrong.The firepower of the Korean warships was much stronger than before, and it was in all directions, like fire raining down, making it impossible to hide. The same warship and the same weapon, how could the effect be improved so much? Wakisaka Yasuji didn't know that this was the naval battle formation carefully created for him by Yi Sun-shin.Yi Sun-shin had already foreseen that the Japanese army was gradually awakening, and the chances of taking advantage of others' surprises would be less and less. Sooner or later, the Japanese and North Korean navies would have a head-on confrontation. In order to offset the numerical advantage of the Japanese army. During the naval battle of Tang Xiangpu, the Korean navy ambushed in Pukou to form a half-moon shape, and the Japanese warships that escaped from Pukou would be destroyed immediately.Li sun-shin got inspiration from this battle example, thought hard, and created a new formation: Crane Wing Formation. As the name suggests, the shape of the Crane Wing Array is like a crane spreading its wings, with both wings stretched forward, bringing the enemy into the V-shaped depth.The advantage of this formation is that it can fully liberate the firepower of each warship, so that there will be no overlap of artillery fire or accidental injury to friendly troops.Enemies in the formation will face attacks from three directions. Whether they rush forward, retreat, or break through to the left or right, they must be psychologically prepared to suffer huge casualties. After the naval battle of Tangxiangpo, Yi sun-shin perfected the crane wing array through several deduction, and let his fleet practice.This makes people have to sigh, Yi sun-shin's sea battle genius has reached a very high level, but he is still growing, which makes people feel alive! The answer is: no. Yasuji Wakisaka was fortunate to be the first person to try the Crane Wing Formation, but he was not happy at all. All kinds of artillery from the North Korean army smashed into the heads of the Japanese army crazily, and the turtle boats walked between the ships like ghosts.When the Japanese army wanted to retreat, the Crane Wing Array also retreated; when the Japanese army moved forward, the Crane Wing Array also moved forward, always fixing the Japanese fleet at the center of the V.Although the Japanese army had more than 70 ships, they were crowded together and overlapped each other, making the already pitiful long-range artillery even more useless. The destroyed warships sank one after another, and the Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were thumping desperately in the water, and were shot one by one by the calm North Korean shooters.However, there were too many Japanese soldiers who fell into the water, and the North Korean army only had time to kill a small part of them. Still, more than 400 people swam to the nearby Xianshan Island, and stood on the shore in shock, witnessing more comrades being killed— — This is the only land in the nearby sea. Yasuji Wakisaka was about to go crazy. The attack from the North Koreans was terrible. In just a few hours, he had lost more than half of his combat power. Two of his right-hand men, Sabei Wakisaka and Shichiemon Watanabe, were all killed.He also saw that his love, Manabe Zuomayun, swam hastily to Xianshan Island, and because he was too ashamed, he committed seppuku by the sea. Li Sunshin didn't care about Wakisaka Yasuji's mood, he just kept urging his subordinates to speed up, because it was going to be dark soon.As a result, under the attack of the North Korean army who was in a hurry to get off work, the Japanese army was even more defeated, and the entire ocean of Hansando Island became a hell. The battle didn't come to an end until the sun set and the entire sea was covered in darkness.In the end, the Wakisaka fleet managed to escape, only one Ataka, seven Seki ships, and six Kohaya ships.They were at the tail end of the line at the time of the engagement and so narrowly escaped.Yasuji Wakisaka was seriously injured, and was rescued by his subordinates desperately, and escaped with his life. It was the Wakizaka Fleet that was almost completely wiped out. Of the 73 warships, only 14 escaped, which is extremely miserable. After the victory, Li Sun-shin did not announce his return to the court, because there are still the fleet of Kuki Kalong and Kato Yoshiaki in the distance, and it is better to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, and the battle must continue.Someone asked him what to do with the hundreds of Japanese pirates on Xianshan Island?Li Sunshin said that there was no food or drink on the island anyway, they should go to collect the corpse after a few days of starvation.This glorious and arduous task is entrusted to... Then he turned his gaze to Yuan Jun.Yuan Jun's so-called Qingshang navy only has four boats in total, there are not many more, and there are many less. 元均怎么会不知道李舜臣的想法，可他现在站在别人屋檐下，只能恨恨领命。之前，他对李舜臣只是羡慕，从闲山岛海战之后，这种情绪转化成了嫉妒，现在则是恨。在接下来的数年内，元均的羡慕嫉妒恨开始发酵、爆发，最终把所有人都拖入了深渊…… 话说两头。胁坂的残余舰队连夜遁逃，总算把主将拖回了加德岛大营。九鬼加隆与加藤嘉明大为震惊，急忙把目前手里有的四十二条战船都派出去，编成一队，向西谨慎前进，绕进了安骨浦附近的熊川湾里，紧靠同浦城停泊。 九鬼嘉隆是老江湖，海战的道道儿比楞青头胁坂明白多了。他心里清楚，李舜臣这是来寻求主力决战，肯定不会上陆纠缠，于是放心地离开加德港，在熊川湾等着。 熊川湾浅滩很多，水深比较浅，适合日军战船行动，板屋船这种吨位的朝鲜军船机动能力却受到限制。所以与朝鲜人决战，必须要选择在这样的地形。胁坂这个蠢材贸然跑到了大海中间，不被蹂躏才怪，九鬼老奸巨猾，却不会出这样的纰漏。 李舜臣把元均扔在后面，和李亿祺继续前进，在七月十日抵达了安骨浦。侦查报告，在熊川湾的同浦附近结阵，一共有安宅船二十一艘，关船十五艘，小早船六艘，其中一条安宅船无比煊赫，正是九鬼乘坐的旗舰日本丸。 李舜臣知道熊川湾同浦附近的地形，他不想在那种地方跟日军决战，便想故伎重演，再玩一次示敌以弱。 他为了诱出九鬼嘉隆，煞费苦心。李亿祺率一半的舰队躲藏到安骨浦以南巨济岛以西洋面，李舜臣自己则独率另外一半舰队向熊川湾前进，希望九鬼能欺负自己兵少，出来一战。 可惜这一次李舜臣的三板斧好象失灵了。因为九鬼嘉隆与加藤嘉明是真被他打怕了，拿定主意打死不出熊川湾，就在里头耗着，任凭李舜臣如何引诱，坚决不出来。 李舜臣很生气，后果很严重。小鬼子你以为躲在浅滩就安全了吗？他令旗一挥，朝鲜水师开始进攻。 这一次，李舜臣又花样翻新了。 李舜臣手里有熊川湾详细的水文情报，他标出了十几条板屋船可以航行的航路，把舰队分分割成许多小单位，象是无数小楔子，从各个方向钉入日军阵势。每一条航路，战船轮番上前，一船进而一船退，交替作战，这样既可以保持作战连续性，也不会造成拥挤与搁浅的状况。 饶是九鬼嘉隆见多识广，还是被李舜臣这种近乎不讲道理的打法打懵了，一时间不知道该怎么办才好。日军一片混乱，一不留神，被朝军打沉撞破了好几艘。 远处的李亿祺看到这边烟火涨天，知道李舜臣没把敌人拽出来，反而自己闯进去了，连忙带人赶过来支援。一时间熊川湾内杀声震天，弹矢齐飞。日军尽管不适应这样的战斗，但绝境之下逼出了斗志。他们充分发挥小早船的机动能力，在各条大船之间来回，把船上的伤员运走，再运来新的士兵补充。 毕竟朝鲜军在浅水区无法发挥全部机动力，场面不落下风，但歼敌效率非常之差。两边一时间斗了一个旗鼓相当，出现了难得的相持局面。 两军正战至酣处，战场上忽然传来一声巨响。日军士兵回头望去，惊恐地发现那艘炫目的旗舰日本丸，居然冒着黑烟沉没了。 原来李舜臣除了车轮战术，还早早埋下一招杀着。他发明的龟船吃水浅，底部是曲线形，船身又非常宽，非常适合在浅水的战斗。让这些龟船钻进同浦海湾，那简直就是蛟龙入海。 在战斗一开始，这些龟船就在混乱中切入敌阵，依仗着自己刀枪不入的优势，朝着阵势中最扎眼的大船日本丸摸过去。接下来龟船把自己扁平的大鼻子贴住日本丸，钩索一抓，开始噼里啪啦猛烈放炮。日本丸一生下来就备受瞩目，是身装华丽的贵公子，什么时候受到这等屈辱。于是没过一时半刻，它就生着闷气冒着浓烟缓缓沉入了大海。 这下被部下救去另外一条船上的九鬼嘉隆心疼得快晕了过去。那可是秀吉的骄傲啊，如今竟毁在自己手里，这可怎么跟太阁大人交代。 日本丸是日本水师的主心骨，当它被打沉之后，原本还在缠战的日军彻底丧失了斗志，纷纷向回遁去。有一些指挥官更干脆，索性把战船开上沙滩，然后登陆，进同浦城内避难。 李舜臣生怕日军选择登陆，让水师失去歼敌良机，正好又赶上天色已晚。他便下令收兵，所有的战船退出浅滩，在深水区围着一个圆，把剩下的日军团团包围起来。 九鬼已经心神大乱，加藤嘉明只好肩负起了指挥之责。在危机之下，这位水军将领的表现得不错，他利用夜晚作掩护，慢慢收拢战船，利用朝鲜军无法监视到的浅水航道鱼贯而出，悄悄地撤退，打枪地不要。 等到七月十一日清早太阳出来，李舜臣站到船头，发现日军已经跑光了。他收到情报，说梁山、金海附近海域，又有新的日军舰队出现。李舜臣二话没说，拔锚就走，杀奔梁山去也。结果到了中午，朝鲜舰队抵达梁山以后，发现海面风平浪静，没有半点踪迹。 原来加藤嘉明率领残众脱离安骨浦以后，仓皇撤向加德大营，半路正碰见其他日军将领带着舰队前来接应，总数划拉划拉也有一百多艘。加藤再一细问，差点没气晕了。原来这些舰队昨天晚上就到了，可慑于天敌李舜臣的淫威，虽然听到安骨浦那边乒乒乓乓打的热闹，谁也没敢凑上去送死。 加藤长叹一声，知道此时的日军已经彻底没了士气，再打也是白白送死。于是一挥手，撤吧。一百多条船簇拥着九鬼和胁坂两位受伤的大将，灰溜溜逃回了釜山。 李舜臣这边也不能再打了。连续两场大战和数天的航行，让所有人都疲惫不堪，尤其是各船的火药和弓箭储备也都见了底。李舜臣见好就收，见此行的战略目的已经达成，便下令回航。 闲山岛和安骨浦是李舜臣经历最激烈的两场战斗，那么朝鲜水师在战斗中伤亡状况是多少呢？战死十九人，受伤一百一十七人。 这个数字简直不可思议。但李舜臣的朝鲜水军保留下了一张详细的伤亡表，里面甚至详尽到了每一名船夫的名字，以及他们是如何战死的，身上是弹丸伤、弓箭伤还是白刃伤。数据无可置疑。 在回军的半路，李舜臣路过闲山岛，想看看那四百多倭寇饿死没有。结果开到岛附近一看，一个人都没了，只剩下光秃秃的一座海岛。李舜臣回到丽水以后，把元均叫过来一问，差点没动手揍这个混蛋一顿。 元均在闲山岛原本守得还算用心，没事就数数岛上倭寇的人数——这可是四百多倭寇的脑袋，能换来多少功名利禄啊。但过了一天，他听到一个消息，说日军有一支舰队正在靠近。元均以为李舜臣在前头吃败仗了，他那原本因跟着李舜臣的一路胜利而变得有点肥的胆量顿时被打回了原形，吓得连功勋也不顾了，当即使出了他的本能也是最擅长的一招——开船就跑。 他这一走，岛上的日本士兵就得救了。他们齐心协力砍伐岛上树木，扎了十几个竹筏子。四百人就靠着这些筏子，硬生生划到了附近的大陆海岸，逃得一条性命。 而李舜臣则因为这件事，就此与元均交恶，从而埋下了悲剧的伏笔。 在日本的秀吉听到闲山岛和安骨浦的败战消息，默默无言，非但没有斥责败将，还给身受重伤的胁坂安治发了一份感谢状。这位曾经在朝鲜地图上画圈圈的老人心里，大概已经认命了，对击败李舜臣再不抱任何希望。 日本海军元气大伤，从此日本船只在海上见到李舜臣的战船，惟有望风披靡的份，再不敢有半分炸刺的表现，制海权彻底为朝鲜所控制。至此，日、朝之间在壬辰战争第一阶段再无大规模的水战。 李舜臣的成功，是战术的胜利，也是技术的胜利。更是一种战略胜利。这一连串炫目的战绩，让秀吉头疼的不只是丢了脸面，还有最重要的东西——后勤补给。 最初秀吉制订的补给计划，是希望日本水军能沿全罗道西进，与陆军配合行动。水陆并进，陆军作战，沿途靠水补给，这样可以有效地避开朝鲜多山地形，提高运补效率。 现在李舜臣把日本水军牢牢地挡在了丽水以北，等若斩断了日军一臂。日军只能依靠名护屋-对马-釜山把补给运到朝鲜，再通过庆尚道的山路一路辗转运输，速度惨不忍睹。 如果只是粮食的话，日军还可以就食于当地；真正让前线日军将领难受的，是其他几样战略物资的匮乏：铁炮零件、弹丸、火药与火绳。日军以铁炮作为核心战法，以上几种物资是保证战斗力的关键所在。可朝鲜除了火药勉强可以供应一点以外，其他的都必须从日本长途跋涉运来。 铁炮在日本可以生产，这也还罢了。像制作火药关键原料之一的硝石、制造弹丸所用的铅和做火绳用的棉线，这几样东西在日本的产量极低，本身也需要进口，搜集极其不易。 现在横空出世这么一个李舜臣，把日军名将们打得头破血流以后，拦腰截断朝鲜海域。从此每一条日本船只在靠近朝鲜时，都不得不战战兢兢，如履薄冰。要知道，李舜臣打沉一条日本战船只要片刻，而随之沉没的物资，却可能关系到前方一个军团的生死。 他产生的影响很快便显现出来。日本陆军在占领平壤之后，弹尽粮绝，不得不放缓了攻击的速度。层出不穷的逃兵事件，也越来越多。李舜臣只是轻轻推倒了多米诺骨牌的第一枚，便让整个日本瘫痪在朝鲜半岛。所以有人说，他打败的不只是日本海军，还有日本陆军。 李舜臣靠着一己之力，竟和日本倾国打了一个旗鼓相当，其天才和可怕之处，实在令人叹为观止。他在敌后占领区的活跃，成功地拖慢了日本的战争进程，为中朝两国在正面战场的反击争取到了宝贵的时间。