Chapter 36 Chapter 15: The Return of the Superstar

The entire August of the Dingyou Year was a nightmare for the coalition forces of Ming and North Korea; but when the time entered September, happy events happened one after another.In the Battle of Jishan on September 7, the Ming army successfully prevented the Japanese army from continuing to go north, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.Before the festive energy passed, another good news came: Li Sunshin won a great victory in Mingliang! what happened?Isn't Li Sunshin dismissed long ago?Wasn’t the entire Korean navy annihilated in the Qichuanliang naval battle?Why is there another Great Victory now?

This starts after the Qichuanliang naval battle.During that battle, both Yuan Jun and the North Korean navy sank to the bottom of the sea. When the news reached Seoul, a group of warlords and ministers stared at each other, at a loss for what to do.There have been too many changes before and after. When Yi Sun-shin was in charge, the North Korean navy fought wherever they pointed, and they were not defeated. Yuan Jun led the same team, how could it be over after one battle? The gang of party members who specialize in infighting did not dare to say anything. Jin Mingyuan, Li Hengfu and others suggested that Li Sunchen should be asked to come out again.The king of North Korea felt that this fact was too embarrassing, but he had to do it.So Hanseong coyly sent envoys to Jinzhou West Road to perform rituals, and re-awarded Yi sun-shin the title of envoy of the three-way navy commander-this "three-way control" is now an out-and-out empty shelf.

Li Sunshin had already noticed something strange before this.He was near Jinzhou, and he observed that the Japanese warships were heading west from the waters near Gucheng in an endless stream, so he knew that the situation was not good.When the North Korean text arrived, Li Sunshin's eyes went dark, and the invincible navy he had trained so hard was ruined. Things have come to this point, irreversible, what matters is what to do next.Li Sunshin rushed to Jindo overnight, and in Huiningpu, he saw the full strength of the Korean navy—twelve wooden houseboats, all of which were brought back by Pei Wei at Qichuanliang.

When Li Sunchen saw Pei Qi, he didn't praise him first for saving the Korean navy, but instead reprimanded him for retreating before the battle without authorization. The navy is a highly disciplined force, and every ship is required to obey the commander unconditionally. This iron law must never be broken.Yuan Jun is a stupid pig, but this does not justify Pei Wei's running away.Li Sunshin's reason is very simple. Today Pei Qi thinks that Yuan Jun is not playing well and leaves the team without authorization. Tomorrow other commanders may think that Li Sunshin is unreliable and leave on their own.Every ship of war puts self-judgment under the command of its commander, and order in the army breaks down, and battles cease to be fought.

Pei Qi was very unconvinced by this criticism, but the current military situation was urgent, so he did not defend himself, but suggested to Li Sunshin that we only have twelve ships left, which is not the same order of magnitude as the enemy, so we should simply abandon the navy and land the whole army Go to the Lisu army and fight land battles. Li Sunchen unceremoniously rejected this request. He revealed his identity as the commander of the three naval forces and forced Pei Qi's fleet to follow him to Bibo Pavilion in Jindo.There, the navy has a camp, which can be used for repairs.After Li Sunchen arrived in Jindo, he wrote a memorial to the imperial court, saying, "From Renchen to five or six years, if the bandits dared not go straight to the two lakes, they would use boats to block their way. Today, there are still ten warships in the minister's warship." Second, it is still possible to use all your strength to resist the battle. Today, if all the boats are destroyed, the bandits are lucky, and they reach the Han River from the right side of the lake. This minister is also afraid. Although there are few warships, the humble minister will not die. Then dare not insult me.

In just one memorial, Li Sun-shin analyzed the situation clearly and expressed his determination clearly.He did not slow down his work because of the unfair treatment he had suffered. He cheered up for the overall situation of the War of Resistance and started from scratch.This is a true national hero. Since Li Sunshin took over the navy in July, he has only one main task: to improve the strength of the navy. There are three ways to improve.One is to build new ships, but both time and resources are extremely limited, and it is difficult to meet Yi Sun-shin's requirements; the second is to requisition civilian ships, which is a quick way, but the problem is that civilian ships are generally small in size, and it is only necessary to requisition them. It can be used as a transport or liaison ship, and it is impossible to set up large firearms on it; third, it can appease the remnants of the North Korean navy that was dispersed in the Qichuanliang naval battle.Although the North Korean army was "annihilated" in that battle, there will always be some fish that escaped by luck.Records show that in a series of long-distance raids before the Qichuanliang naval battle, at least six ships of the North Korean navy drifted overseas behind, missing the final naval battle.After the war, these ships were scattered all over the deserted islands, and they had to be recruited one by one.

Li Sunchen was lucky, and soon found several surviving warships, and also found Li Yiqiu, the younger brother of Li Yiqiu, an old comrade-in-arms, Jin Yingcheng, Kashima Wanhu Zong Ruzong, Pingshanpu Deputy General Ding Yingdou, Juji County Magistrate An Wei and a group of people made up for the loss of human resources a little bit. In July and August, apart from trying his best to appease the conscripts, Li Sunchen took these ten or so warships to cruise around Bibo Pavilion.One day at the end of August and beginning of September.Yi sun-shin sailed a little east with the fleet, and ran into the patrol fleet of Hachisuka Iemagi on the sea.Housekeeping took a look, huh?There are still remnants of the North Korean fleet?He immediately ordered the pursuit, and the Japanese warship approached aggressively.Of course, Yi Sun-shin would not fight the Japanese without any preparations. The Korean navy turned around and ran west.

Japanese warships are not as fast as North Korea's, not to mention that the ship is operated by a genius like Yi Sun-shin.Hachisuka Jiazheng chased him all the way to the waters near Muan, but he still couldn't catch up.Hachisuka's housekeeping was a little annoyed, so he arrested a local official named Jiang Hang and asked him where the North Korean naval base was.This Jiang Hang is a very wonderful person. Facing the Japanese army's questioning, he answered neither humble nor overbearing: "Where is your naval base?" "Anxingliang near Tai'an has a very good geographical location and is a natural danger for the navy."

"Okay, I see." "I haven't finished yet. Anxingliang is really a good place. Two days ago, Daming sent two guerrillas and brought 10,000 ships over, so they chose Anxingliang as their base. By the way, their fleet is almost the same now. Arrived at Gunsanpo." "........." "Did you look at the fleet just now? Our Li Tong has relatively few ships, so we plan to retreat to Anxingliang and come back after reuniting with Daming." "...Wait a minute, which Li Tongzhi are you talking about?" "Ah, Li Sunshin, you should be very familiar with him. He has returned to his original post and is back to work."

Jiang Hang's false confession really frightened Fengsuhe's housekeeping.Neither Li Sunshin nor Da Ming should be provoked.According to historical records, after Jiang Hang made his confession, "the thief heard about it and looked at each other with emotion", and immediately stopped chasing him, turned the bow of the boat and hurried all the way back to Suncheon. Yi Sun-shin is back. Soon the news spread throughout the entire coastal Japanese city, and all the Japanese generals were extremely shocked.Among them, Mr. Kuaishima, a general of the navy, was the most excited, ready to fight him to the death.

Michiru Kojima is probably the Japanese general who hates Yi Sun-shin the most.In the Dangpo naval battle during the Imjin War, Yi sun-shin's turtle ship once killed a Japanese general. At that time, he was mistaken for Kamei Suzuki, but later it was confirmed that he was Deju Tongxing, also known as Kuijima Tongjiu. He is the elder brother of Tomori Kojima. The revenge of killing brother must be avenged.And according to the information, it seems that Yi Sun-shin's strength is not strong, there are only a dozen ships in total, if you don't report it now, when will it be? The Japanese army had already launched an offensive in Jeolla-do at this time, and it was also the meaning of the title to wipe out the remnants of the Korean navy along the coast.However, since Ukikawa Ryo's great victory, the Japanese naval forces have been useless. The main players of the Sixth Army, Todo Takatora, Kato Yoshiaki, and Wakisaka Yasuji, couldn't bear the loneliness, and followed Ukita Hideo's family to fight Nanyuan. Since they came to the island Mr. Tong had such a strong desire for war, the head of the legion, Zengwo, simply pushed the boat along, sent him to attack Jindao, and asked the Maori Ministries to cooperate with the past. There have always been different opinions on how many people come to Daotong. "Hunan Chronicles of Li Tongzhi's Legacy" and "Reconstructing Fan Guozhi" stated that there were five or six hundred ships. This number is too large to be credible. "Punishment Record" is a little less, saying that there are more than two hundred ships.Yi sun-shin's diary is the most authoritative, and the number he gave is 330 ships.This figure is relatively reasonable.You must know that the main force of the Sixth Army is on land at this time, and the remaining combat power of the navy is not much, and it has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of transportation between the DPRK and Japan, and the mobile force is not much. Regardless of whether it was two hundred, three hundred, five or six hundred, in short, the number of fleets attacked by the Japanese was in three digits, which was not in the same order of magnitude as Yi Sun-shin's strength. On September 15, news of the enemy's massive attack reached Jindo.Li Shunchen summoned all the sailors, explained the actual situation, strictly enforced discipline again, and comforted them by saying that in the art of war, death is life, and we will surely win.In order to reassure the soldiers, Li Sunshin pretended to be a god, and said that in a dream last night, an old god with a white beard gave me tips and explained all the strategies for victory. After saying this, Yi sun-shin led the fleet out of the Jindo base in a mighty manner, and headed for Youshuiyingqianyang in the sea east of Mingliang.At this time, the total number of Admiral Yi Sun-shin's fleet was thirteen warships. They saw nine Japanese vanguard scout ships head on, and Li Sun-shin thought to himself, let's practice with these ships, and ordered an attack.After a few rounds of fighting, the nine boats sank and ran quickly.That night, another Japanese warship sneaked up and fired at the North Korean navy.Li Shunchen saw that the distance between the two sides was still very far, far beyond the range of the iron cannon, and he knew that this was a suspicious tactic by the Japanese, trying to scare them away.Li Sunchen had never suffered such a loss, and immediately ordered the North Korean army to fight back.The two sides were banging and banging all night, but no one was next to anyone. But it is not entirely true that the Japanese intimidation tactics were ineffective.Li Sunshin was not frightened, but frightened the person next to him. who?Pei wedge. Pei Qi had no intention of fighting at all, and only wanted to go ashore, but Li Shunchen forcefully dragged him onto the boat, so he reluctantly went to sea.Ever since he heard the Japanese shoot, he was panicked, and finally couldn't hold back his passion, and decided to run away.It's a pity that Li Sunchen is not Yuan Jun, and Pei Qi's habitual escape cannot be hidden from his eyes.As soon as Pei Qi left the team, he was immediately surrounded by ships and captured alive. In order to boost morale and express his determination to fight to the end, Yi sun-shin publicly beheaded Pei Qi at the bow of the ship, and the discipline in the army was respected. After clearing up this unstable factor, Yi sun-shin can finally deal with the coming island fleet with peace of mind. In the early morning of September 16th, Li Sunchen received an urgent report from the spies, saying that 300 boats were approaching from the east.The North Korean Navy hastily hoisted its sails and set up its guns, ready to go to war.But after a while, they put down the firearms in their hands again.It turned out that these more than 300 ships were not Japanese warships, but fishermen who had fled from the entire coast of Jeolla.These ships, big and small, were all overjoyed when they saw the North Korean fleet appear, and they gathered one after another, filling the sea in a mess for a while. Li Sun-shin didn't look good. When the Japanese killed them, these untrained common people would definitely be in chaos. In this chaos, even the Korean navy would be washed away, let alone a war.He hurriedly told these civilian ships not to surround the warships, and rowed upstream as soon as possible to gather them as suspect soldiers, so as to strengthen the momentum for his side.There are also some supporting the old and the young, who really don’t have much fighting power, so hurry up and land on the island and stay there, it’s safer than being in the water. After finally settling down the civilian ships, the Lai Island Fleet also arrived, and more than 300 ships put on a full posture and came overwhelmingly.Three hundred and thirty articles versus thirteen articles, the disparity in the ratio between the enemy and the enemy is enough to make any normal person flinch.Li Yiqiu, Jin Yingcheng, An Wei and other military officers looked at each other and turned pale, and they all wanted to retreat. But Li Sunshin is not a normal person, he is an extremely aggressive general.Faced with such an extremely unfavorable balance of forces, instead of retreating, he wanted to rush to attack.Li Sunchen decided to set an example for other generals and strengthen their courage, so he personally steered a big boat, urged the oarsmen to row quickly, and rushed into the enemy's line without hesitation. After finally settling down the civilian ships, the Lai Island Fleet also arrived, and more than 300 ships put on a full posture and came overwhelmingly.Three hundred and thirty articles versus thirteen articles, the disparity in the ratio between the enemy and the enemy is enough to make any normal person flinch.Li Yiqiu, Jin Yingcheng, An Wei and other military officers looked at each other and turned pale, and they all wanted to retreat. But Li Sunshin is not a normal person, he is an extremely aggressive general.Faced with such an extremely unfavorable balance of forces, instead of retreating, he wanted to rush to attack.Li Sunchen decided to set an example for other generals and strengthen their courage, so he personally steered a big boat, urged the oarsmen to row quickly, and rushed into the enemy's line without hesitation. This is a thrilling battle, but also a spectacular battle.Li Shunchen rushed into the battle alone, fired blunderbusses and bows and arrows flying randomly, killing more than 300 boats in Lai Dao Tong at a loss, and disrupting the Japanese army's formation.Even Li Rusong, who was used to light troops rushing forward, felt ashamed of this kind of toughness. After a period of confusion, the Japanese finally came to their senses and hurriedly drove the warships to surround Yi Sun-shin with three or four floors inside and outside, making this lonely Korean warship dangerous.The soldiers on the ship were a little scared. They rushed in with the courage of their blood, but how can they get out now?Li Sunshin was probably the only one on board who showed no fear.He still had the leisure to encourage the people around him, saying, "Although there are thousands of thieves, there is no enemy for our ships. Don't be tempted, and try your best to shoot the thieves." In addition to Yi Sun-shin's courage, an important factor that can make him feel like no one is in the land is the ship system. During the Imjin War, although the Japanese navy had undergone many reorganizations, they were still pirates at heart.They did not have a clear division of labor in maneuvering the boat. Everyone rowed in a swarm, and when the war broke out, they swarmed to grab weapons and fight.The Korean Navy inherited from the Ming Dynasty system, and had a clear division of labor for oarsman, sailman, and gunner.Yi sun-shin defeated many times with less, and the Japanese army was unable to resist because of the poor efficiency of these two systems. This time too.Yi sun-shin's plank ship has many oarsmen, moves quickly, and can maintain high-speed movement.When the Japanese warships were turned around after being beaten, he was able to row out far to attack the enemy on the other side. It seemed that he was surrounded, but in fact, there were not many enemies facing each other head-on. After fighting for a long time, Li Shunchen looked back, good guy, it turned out that the group of guys under his hand didn't follow, but hid far away.Li Sunchen waved his hand and left, arresting people!Take the helm and retreat yourself.Surrounded by the Japanese, he jumped out easily, just like Zhao Zilong who entered Cao Ying seven times and exited seven times. After Li Sunchen broke out of the siege, he first approached the fleet of the Chinese army Jin Yingcheng.Without saying a word, he jumped into the boat and chopped off the head of the operator.Jin Yingcheng and the others under his command turned pale with fright. Li Sunchen said that you, as a Chinese army, ran away instead of following the flagship. Logically, you would be beheaded.Now that the military situation is urgent, let's leave you to die for crime and meritorious deeds.Jin Yingcheng didn't dare to talk back, so he quickly turned the bow of the boat, bit the bullet and killed the Japanese.Li Shunchen leaned in front of the boat of An Wei, the magistrate of Juji, and shouted loudly: "An Wei wants to die in the military law? You don't want to die in the military law? How can you escape?" An Wei was so scolded that he couldn't lift his head, and turned around. After getting off the bow, he followed Jin Yingcheng into the enemy's formation. Li Sunchen felt that it was too troublesome to approach and kill one by one, so he hung up the military order flag and told the other generals clearly: Do not retreat, and those who disobey the order will be executed.The strict order had an effect, and the North Korean navy, who had been standing far away, approached reluctantly. At this time, there was a cry for help from the front, and Li Sun-shin looked around. It turned out that the boat of Jin Yingcheng and An Wei was surrounded by Japanese troops, and a group of Japanese pirates climbed onto the boat like ants.The soldiers on board resisted desperately, and they seemed to be unable to hold on.Li Shunchen killed him without hesitation, and behind him Zong Ruzong, Ding Yingdou and other officers also arrived in their ships, and quickly sank the three Japanese ships that were besieging the two unlucky men. At the height of the battle, Li Sunshin suddenly felt that his sleeves were being pulled. He looked down and saw that it was a Japanese named Junsha. to today. Junsha told Li Sunchen that he had just seen the general of the Japanese army, and he was nearby.When Li Shunchen heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he asked him for details.Junsha said that he saw a person standing on a boat, wearing a red brocade robe with large floral patterns painted on it, he should be Mr. Laidao Tong. This is a great opportunity! It is also bad luck to come to the island.He was already full of hatred for Li Sun-shin, and just now he finally had the opportunity to take revenge, but in the end, more than 300 boats could not surround one boat.With a fiery personality, he couldn't hold back his anger, so he simply let his ship rush forward and personally went to the front line to kill the enemy.There is actually no problem with this order itself. The enemy has only thirteen ships in total. Even if the flagship moves forward, it will not be too dangerous. He only missed one thing, this time his opponent was Yi Sun-shin who turned the impossible into a miracle. Yi sun-shin's boat handling skills were much better than those of the Japanese army.After a few moves, he approached the time when he came to the island.A ship of warriors, led by Jin Shisun, hooked the Japanese warship with a hook and rushed to the opposing deck. It must be explained here.The warships of the Japanese army are shorter and narrower than the wooden houseboats of the Korean army, with a height difference of about 1 to 1.5 meters.With this feature, it is very difficult to jump from a Japanese ship to a North Korean ship, and you must attack from your back; but it is relatively easier to jump from a North Korean ship to a Japanese ship.Therefore, in the records of naval battles during the period of Imjin and Dingyou, we will find that there are many cases of the Korean army boarding the deck to kill the Japanese generals, but there are very few records of the Japanese army boarding the deck of the Korean army. Even if there are, they have to go through It takes hard work to succeed. Mr. Lai Daotong didn't realize that something was wrong until he was hooked by Li Sunshin on the ship.But at this time Jin Shisun, Junliu and a group of North Korean soldiers had already killed them, and there were not many soldiers around—who would have thought that the flagship of the general general with more than 300 ships would be attacked by the enemy——Jin Shisun raised his sword In the end, Mr. Mitsushima was sent to the Yasukuni Shrine. Fearing that he might kill the wrong person, Jin Shisun asks Jun Liu to identify him carefully.Junliu took a closer look and confirmed that it was indeed Kuroshima himself.When the news reached Yi Sun-shin's fleet, everyone was overjoyed and their morale was greatly boosted.Lai Dao's head was hung on the mast so that everyone in the Ming Liang Sea area could see clearly. The Japanese were dumbfounded. How could a battle of annihilation where a lion pounces on a rabbit now turn into a monkey stealing peaches?The North Korean army took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. During the attack, another Japanese army commander, the Maori Minbu, was knocked into the water.Although he was quickly rescued, rumors of the successive deaths of the two commanders infected the entire fleet like a plague. The leaderless Japanese army was completely confused about the situation, and had no intention of fighting, and retreated one after another.Li Shunchen thought they were not chaotic enough, so he set fire to the wind and sank thirty ships in one go.The rest retreated in a hurry under the leadership of the Maori Civil Affairs Department, not daring to turn their heads. Yi Sun-shin is really back, and he's even scarier than before! The common people watching the battle cheered bursts of cheers, there is no better way to boost morale than this live broadcast.After the war ended, more than 300 ships hula surrounded the North Korean army. Kojimadori was always the highest-ranking daimyo who died in the Japanese army during the entire war of aggression against Korea. After the end of the war, Jeolla Sea was completely cleared.The North Korean navy surged to 8,000 people. There are 8,000 people, but there is not enough food for 8,000 people, and there is not enough boats for 8,000 people to sit on. what should I do?Li Sunshin thought of a particularly brilliant idea.We modern Chinese must be very familiar with this idea: set up toll booths. Li Sunchen announced that in the future, all civilian and official ships operating in the three seas must have a sea pass, and those who do not have it will be spies, the ship will be confiscated, and the person will be imprisoned.It is very simple to apply for a pass. Go to Yi Sun-shin's military port and exchange for something, preferably rice, copper, iron, wood and other building materials.A large ship needs three shi rice for a pass, two shi for a medium ship, and one shi for a small boat.In just over a month, more than 10,000 stones were collected. The common people watching the battle cheered bursts of cheers, there is no better way to boost morale than this live broadcast.After the war ended, more than 300 boats hula surrounded the North Korean army, ate pots of pulp, and celebrated the victory. After the end of the war, Jeolla Sea was completely cleared.Encouraged by the victory, ordinary people signed up to join the army one after another, and the Korean navy surged to 8,000 in a short period of time. There are 8,000 people, but there is not enough food for 8,000 people, and there is not enough boats for 8,000 people to sit on. what should I do?Li Sunshin thought of a particularly brilliant idea.We modern Chinese must be very familiar with this idea: set up toll booths. Li Sunchen announced that in the future, all civilian and official ships operating in the three seas must have a sea pass, and those who do not have it will be spies, the ship will be confiscated, and the person will be imprisoned.It is very simple to apply for a pass. Go to Yi Sun-shin's military port and exchange for something, preferably rice, copper, iron, wood and other building materials.A large ship needs three shi rice for a pass, two shi for a medium ship, and one shi for a small boat.In just over a month, more than 10,000 stones were collected. The naval battle of Mingliang was a beautiful victory, but if we analyze it in depth, we will find that it is actually a naval battle with more symbolic significance than actual significance. In this battle, Yi sun-shin repelled the Japanese fleet with a very weak force, announced his comeback, and killed the Japanese commander Mr. Kujima - he was the highest-ranking daimyo killed by the Japanese army in the entire war of aggression against Korea - It shocked the Japanese army from top to bottom, and greatly boosted the morale of the Ming and North Korean coalition forces. However, the advantages at the psychological level cannot replace the disadvantages of the actual strategy. Yi sun shin is an excellent general, he never gets arrogant because of victory.He clearly realized that Ming Liang's Great Victory was a victory of luck and courage, and it was impossible to expect every Japanese general to be as impulsive as Tomori Kurishima, and this mode of victory cannot be replicated. The Japanese army lost more than 30 ships in the entire Mingliang naval battle, which was only a fraction of the total force. The death of Mr. Kuishima was not an irreparable loss for the command sequence of the Japanese navy.It is not Yi sun-shin's style to use the weak North Korean navy to compete for character and luck with the Japanese fleet. Therefore, after Mingliang, the disparity in the ratio and strategic situation of the Japanese and Korean naval forces has not been reversed. Of course, the Japanese army was punished by Yi Sun-shin's reputation and did not dare to come west easily; , continue to accumulate strength.Even for Yi Sun-shin, it was extremely difficult to build enough warships and train enough elite water fighters within a few months. In the ensuing Battle of Ulsan, the North Korean navy did nothing; moreover, during the half-year period of the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, the lifeline of Busan-Tsushima-Kyushu was unimpeded without any major disturbance, so that Xing Jie had to mobilize the Daming Navy from Guangdong all the way to help in the battle. In fact, until the end of the war, the Korean navy did not return to the pre-war level, and naturally it could not achieve comparable achievements in the Imjin War. In the ensuing Battle of Ulsan, the North Korean navy did nothing; moreover, during the half-year period of the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, the lifeline of Busan-Tsushima-Kyushu was unimpeded without any major disturbance, so that Xing Jie had to mobilize the Daming Navy from Guangdong all the way to help in the battle. In fact, until the end of the war, the Korean navy did not return to the pre-war level, and compared with the achievements in the Imjin War, it was much inferior. This is all to blame for Won Kyun, not Yi Sunshin.