Zhanhepu took advantage of the victory and then intercepted and killed, and Chizhenpu faced the enemy's plan to repeat

After the Battle of Okpo, in the afternoon, Yi Sunsin led a fleet to anchor at Yeongdeungpo, Geoje Island, and Vice Admiral Chung Yun congratulated Yi Sun-sin and said: "In the battle of Okpo, you will be famous all over the world, and you will be a powerful enemy. ”

Yi Sunsin said: "Although the victory in the first battle was enough to inspire the officers and men of the whole army, it had not yet shocked the enemy, and our army was unprepared to attack it, and did not fight a decisive battle with it at sea, and the enemy was afraid that he would not take it seriously. Zheng Yun said: "In this way, when the enemy is attacked by a surprise attack and suffers heavy losses, he will be angry and ashamed, and if he counterattacks our army in the future, how should he deal with it?" ”

Yi Sunsin said: "It is not clear whether our army now has the strength to fight a decisive battle with the enemy, but according to Yuan Jun, the Japanese ships have dense firepower, dexterity and speed, and they must be fully prepared for a decisive battle with the enemy. Zheng Yun said with a smile: "Yuan Junkong bears the name of a famous general, he can't fight, and he has no heart to fight to the death, how can you believe it?" ”

Yi Sunsin said: "The invasion of the Japanese invaders, which has not changed for hundreds of years, must not be underestimated, otherwise they will repeat the mistakes of Yuan Jun, although Yuan Jun was defeated, he was not cowardly and incompetent, our army needs to wait for the fighters, not to advance lightly, first go to Yeongdeungpo to rest, and order to send additional exploration ships to investigate the movements of the Japanese army." Zheng Yun took the order.

Yi Sunsin then consulted the charts and heard that Won Gyun, the envoy of the right water of Gyeongsang Province, boarded the ship to meet him, and Yuan Jun was overjoyed and congratulated Yi Sunsin: "The great victory of Yupu is full of history, and the left water envoy will be deeply trusted by His Royal Highness in the future. ”

Li Sunsin replied: "The great victory of Yupu has just been sent, why did the right envoy of Yuan come here?" Yuan Jun said: "Now the morale is booming, the ship is strong and the guns are sharp, just taking advantage of the victory and enterprising, sweeping the sea area of Gyeongsang-do entrenched in the Japanese invaders, I came to discuss with my brother, I don't know how my brother wants to arrange?" ”

Yi Sunsin said: "I deeply understand the heart of the right envoy to recover Gyeongsang-do, but the time has not come, our army is unprepared to attack it in the first battle of Yupo, and it is unpredictable to defeat the defeat in a head-on duel, and the layout of the Japanese ships is still unknown, and it is difficult to escape a big defeat by rashly attacking. Won Gyun was reluctant to force Yi Sunsin to regain control of the Gyeongsang-do Sea with the help of Yi Sunsin.

Yuan Jun echoed: "I have learned the strength of the Japanese ship, it is extraordinary, and we should study the tactics in depth, accumulate strength, and then find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle." Yi Sunsin struck a sudden change in style, accusing Yuan Jun of leading the troops in no way, and Yi Sunsin asked: "In addition to the improper tactics of the right envoy's previous defeat, the soldiers also have a fear of war, and they are more afraid of the enemy's right envoys. ”

Yuan Jun couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily: "Li Sunsin, don't get an inch!" I, Yuan Jun, respect your victory in the first battle, and I am here to celebrate, although I was defeated the day before yesterday, I can also annihilate the enemy on the other day! There's no room for you to see no one! Although you and I have fought a lot over the law of governing the army for more than ten years, I am now willing to go to the country together regardless of the past suspicions, but you have repeatedly sarcastically said that I am not a weak and bullying person, so don't let it go, you can do it yourself. ”

Seeing this, Yi Sunsin persuaded: "Don't be angry, you can't lose your words in the next place, the Gyeongsang-do Navy is by no means a weak general, and it is only for the sake of persuading each other to advance together, and there is nothing else to do." The first battle of Yupu shows that the armor of the Japanese ships is weak, and it is difficult to defeat the artillery fire of our army. Although we can't fight a decisive battle rashly now, we still need to wait for an opportunity to attack, accumulate a small victory and destroy the enemy's arrogance, I have built a turtle ship, and is preparing for the next battle, and now there is only one, and it is useless to move. Although the Japanese army was defeated in Yupu, it will still be arrogant, taking advantage of this our army to attack the east and west, and defeat the outnumbered with the crowd, and a few more battles will be able to reverse the attack and defense. What does the right envoy think? ”

When Yuan Jun heard Yi Sunsin say this, he had to temporarily suppress his anger first, and asked instead: "It's a pity that the left water of Gyeongsang-do made Park Hong burn all the warships of his department, and the whereabouts of Park Hong himself are unknown. ”

Yi Sunsin replied: "I have found out that the general of the Yupu Japanese army is called Fujitang Gaohu, who was originally a brave land general, and I don't know why he commanded the naval army, and according to what I have seen, the Japanese naval army has no artillery, and there are many small boats, and the tactics should be based on close combat. Whether most of the Japanese generals are like this still needs to be investigated, so our army needs to always maintain the strategy of encircling and outnumbering, and gradually annihilate the Gyeongsang Japanese ships, and hope that the right envoy of Yuan will help with all his might. ”

Won Jun thought that the Gyeongsang Left Provincial Naval Army had been completely annihilated, and his own troops had suffered heavy losses, and although he still needed to rely on Yi Sunsin's Jeolla Provincial Naval Army under the task of collecting and dispersing the remnants, he no longer had to deal with Yi Sunsin. After Yuan Jun left, the deputy general Song Xili said to Yi Sunsin: "Yuan Jun thinks very highly of himself, and he has a lot of suspicions with you on weekdays, but now the adults persuade him, and he is angry with the adults without repentance, which is really incomprehensible." ”

Yi Sunsin signaled Song Xili not to say in vain: "Yuan Jun often fought with Hu Di in the north in his early years, brave and good at fighting, and won the praise of His Royal Highness the Lord, and the same is true in the navy, he has been in the military for a long time, and has made many meritorious achievements, and the time of the army is far above me, once defeated, he will be dissatisfied with others, although Yuan Jun knows the art of war, he is not handsome and talented, although he is evil, he still has the heart to save the country, which is enough." Zheng Yun said no more after hearing this, and then on the order of Yi Sunsin, the fleet accelerated its advance, and Yuan Jun's troops followed him, and the whole army sailed to Yongdeungpo to rest.

Two moments later, the ship reported that six Japanese ships were about to pass nearby and wanted to go to Hepo, and Yi Sun-sin, upon inquiry, learned that this group of Japanese ships was composed of two ships and four small ships, and immediately ordered the whole army to turn to intercept it. Yi Sunsin said to the generals: "The Japanese ships are only small teams, and their combat strength is insufficient and they are dexterous and fast, and if they see that our whole army is exhausted, they will abandon the battle and flee, and if they want to intercept the attack, the tactics are only four words, and they will lure the enemy to encircle and annihilate them." ”

Later, the Japanese ships of Hepu looked at the flotilla approaching, and carefully observed that it was the two ships of the Korean Navy that carried several Baozuo, and the Japanese army made meritorious contributions and turned to the assault, although it was against the wind, but the small morning boat was still difficult to reduce its speed, and the Japanese army approached with iron cannon fire at the same time, and the ship followed behind to cover. The inducing ship saw that the Japanese ship was approaching, and then turned around and retreated, and the hull had been pierced by iron cannons in many places, just when the Japanese army was about to catch up with the Korean navy, suddenly saw a large number of ships in front of them, eight board houses, carrying ships and many boats, looking back at the rear and tail sides of the team, each with a Korean fleet of the same size is about to form a three-sided encirclement.

Seeing that the Japanese ships were extremely fast, he ordered the whole army to slow down the enemy's speed with rapid-fire rockets, so that the ships Bao Zuo approached the enemy ships to maintain their distance and attack them with bows and arrows, although the Japanese ships acted flexibly, the Japanese troops could not be calm under the attack of bows and arrows, and in a panic, they forced back the Korean boats with iron cannon shots, and at the same time they were fired by rockets repeatedly, the sails were damaged, the hull caught fire, and the speed dropped, and Yi Sunsin ordered the enemy to fire a salvo of 500 rifle artillery. Five Japanese ships were sunk, and one broke through early and escaped.

After the war, Yi Sunsin led his troops back to Yeongdeungpo to anchor, and the morale of the Joseon was strong, and although the whole army could be seen cheering everywhere, Yi Sunsin was also very excited, and summoned Won Jun, Zheng Yun, Song Hee-ri and others and said: "I have previously received a report that the first Japanese army is stationed at Guseong Chejinpo opposite Geoje Island these days, and there are about 13 ships, which can launch another surprise attack. ”

Yuan Jun said: "Gucheng County, to which Chijinpo belongs, is west to Sacheon, south to Geoje, east to Masan, and northwest to Jinju, which is really a strategic place, and Chijinpo is the lifeline of Gucheng Sea Road. Song Hee said, "Yeongdeungpo is not far from Chijinpo, and it is indeed enough to launch a surprise attack. ”

Zheng Yun was worried: "Yupu and Hepu had a small number of Japanese troops break through in the Second World War, presumably they should be prepared, and I don't know if the surprise attack is still feasible?" Yi Sunsin said frankly: "Since the Battle of Yupu, not long after, even if the Japanese army knows about it, it has only just learned about the situation of the Battle of Yupu. ”

Therefore, the whole Korean army repaired the hull of the ship at Yeongdeungpo, placed firearms, actively prepared for war, set sail in the middle of the night according to Yi Sunsin's request, took advantage of the dark clouds to cover the moon, did not spread the sails, extinguished the lights, advanced slowly, avoided the sentry, secretly approached Chejinpo, and launched a night attack at the time of the day.

The mooring fleet in Chizhenpu belongs to Kato Yoshiaki, Kato Yoshiaki is entertaining Fujido Takatora at this time, and Kato Yoshiaki is appeasing Fujido Takatora's defeat: "Fujido-kun, since you joined the Toyotomi family, I have long heard that you fought bravely, in order to repay Toyotomi's kindness, after the death of Toyotomi Hidecho, you served as the elder of the family to assist his adopted son Hideho, but Hideho-sama unfortunately drowned in the Shitsu River, you blame yourself for becoming a monk, or His Royal Highness Taiko's love for you and forced him to return to the vulgar to conquer Korea, how did you end up like this?" ”

Fujitang Gaohu said: "I never thought that the Korean naval army would be able to attack me unprepared, carelessly underestimate the enemy, and have no shame to face His Royal Highness Taige, and I will definitely fight again." To say bravery, Kato-kun won the first rank of Asai Norimasa in the Battle of Shidake that year, and was one of the seven guns of Shidake, and his martial name spread all over the world. Later, he was in charge of naval warfare, and followed His Royal Highness Taiko to make great contributions in Komaki Nagashi's and Kyushu expeditions, and this expedition to Korea will surely be glorious for a thousand years. ”

Kato Yoshiaki said with a smile: "The battle of Yupu shows that the Korean Jeolla Provincial Naval Army still has some strength, our army lacks artillery, and it is extremely critical to mess with its formation, Yupo does not know where it is going after the war, it should have returned to Yeosu Port, there are only thirteen ships in Chijin Port now, and they have been resting here after transporting troops to Guseong, and tomorrow I will order the fleet to assemble in Chijinpo and attack Yeosu with Fujitang-kun." "Fujitang Gaohu thanked him.

Yoshiaki Kato said, "Fujido-kun is good at building castles, and I heard that you participated in the construction of Yamato-gunyama Castle, Osaka Castle, and Wakayama Castle, so you are really a genius. Fujitang Gaohu said: "According to the requirements of His Royal Highness Taiko, it is necessary to use the river to build a city and port to facilitate water transportation and the formation of a naval army. ”

Kato Yoshiaki praised: "Yes, I heard that the internal structure of the castle pill is complicated, and there is also a stone wall built in the trench outside the city to garrison iron artillery troops to strengthen the city defense. After the unification of Korea in the future, Fujido-kun, you are going to be busy. After hearing this, Fujido Takatora laughed and drank and had fun with Kato Yoshiaki in the camp.

On May 8, the 20th year of Wanli, the Korean naval army approached Chijinpo, and Yi Sunsin did not notice the movement of the naval army, and the 13 Japanese ships were unguarded in the harbor, so he followed the example of the Battle of Yupu and repeated the old tricks, and ordered the whole army to line up, turn on the lights, beat drums and cheer, and shelled the Japanese ships in the harbor. Kato Yoshiaki suddenly heard the sound of drums and the sound of cannons, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he went out of the camp to check, he saw that the North Korean naval army had almost blocked the port, and the warships in the port were being severely damaged. Fujido Gaohu rushed to shout, "It's Yi Sunsin!" Jeolla Provincial Naval Army Commander Yi Sun-sin! This is the same as in Yupu, he abandoned the battle during the day this time, but he attacked and destroyed our fleet in the middle of the night! ”

Kato Yoshiaki said angrily: "He didn't return to Yeosu!" Why didn't I even notice it until now! Seeing that Yi Sunsin had taken the lead and that most of his warships could no longer go to sea, Kato Yoshiaki was furious and ordered the whole army to fire iron guns on the shore, and the fire continued, and he ordered another group to seize the remaining warships that had not been shelled by North Korea and take the way to sea.

As in the previous Battle of Okpo, Chizhenpo was also a sea of fire at this time, Kato Yoshiaki could not get on the ship, and personally supervised the battle and led the iron artillery team to return fire to the Korean army, but the distance between the two armies was almost outside the effective range of the arquebus, and the Korean army used the hull night as a cover, so it was difficult for the Japanese iron artillery team to make effective kills and wounds to the Korean soldiers. Fujido Takatora led a team to seize the ships, but under the fire of the Korean warships, the Japanese warships could not move, and they caught fire one after another, and only two Xiaozao were able to take advantage of the gap to go to sea, with the help of other warships to cover the bullets, and break out of the encirclement.

Jeongla Provincial Navy Adjutant General Jung Yun was so excited that he shouted for killing, and personally led a fleet of ships to approach the harbor, shelled the barracks in the harbor, and dispersed the Japanese soldiers. Zheng Yun laughed at the incompetence of the Japanese army and wanted to go ashore to fight the enemy in a decisive battle. Kato Yoshiaki then ordered the iron artillery team to turn their guns and concentrate on the fleet where Zheng Yun was located, Zheng Yun encountered fierce resistance and immediately retreated, and Song Xili led the fleet to respond, reorganized the formation and continued to attack the Japanese army.

Fujido Gaohu was not allowed to go to sea and had to stay on the shore, Fujitang Gaohu saw that the general situation was not good, and hurriedly came to persuade Kato Yoshiaki: "Kato-kun, the warship is no longer difficult to preserve, we are at an extreme disadvantage, if we continue to confront the North Korean army, our army will inevitably have a surge in casualties, but the North Korean soldiers are almost unharmed, so we will not even be able to prevent the North Korean soldiers from landing on the shore, there will be a danger of annihilation!" What kind of face can you live in the world! It is better to withdraw from Chizhenpo by land, find another place to rest, gather reinforcements and regain this place to ensure that our army is foolproof! ”

Kato Yoshiaki was extremely disdainful of what Fujido Takatora said, and strictly ordered him not to retreat. Kato Yoshiaki ordered the entire army to continue to return fire at various important places along the shore with the help of cover, and prevented the Korean warships from landing. Kato Yoshiaki thought that the Korean naval army was just taking the opportunity to sneak attack, and there was no strength to go ashore to occupy Chijinpo, so he ordered the whole army to continue to fight and retreat without fear of battle!

When the two sides fought to the end of the ugly battle, the Japanese shore return fire did not hinder the artillery fire of the Korean navy too much, and the Korean naval army sank 11 Japanese ships, and two small early ships were able to escape. Yi Sunsin ordered the whole army to return to the sea, but Kato Yoshiaki and Fujido Takatora could only lead the whole army to shout and curse on the shore and could not go to the sea to counterattack. Yi Sunsin sank 40 Japanese ships in three battles in one day, and celebrated the victory with the generals on board, but at this time, the news of the fall of Wangjing and the relocation of the king came. Sweeping away the high morale of Yi Sunsin and Won Gyun's subordinates, Yi Sunsin and Won Gyun said goodbye and led the fleet back to their respective positions.