The Ming army attacked Shuntian by land and water, and the Japanese ninja army defended Sacheon

Liu Wei led 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming army on the west route and combined with the 40,000 troops led by the Korean marshal Kwon Li to go south to Shuntian, and more than 260 large and small warships led by Chen Luan, Deng Zilong, and Yi Sunsin attacked Shuntian from the sea. When the news reached Suncheon City, the defender Konishi Yukinaga couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: "The Ming army launched an attack on Suncheon, Jinju, and Ulsan on three fronts at the same time, and our army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength even if it had reinforcements. The battle of Pyongyang in the year of Munrok has made me still have lingering palpitations, from Munrok to Gyeongchang two major battles, protracted and tragic, and now the Ming army and Korea are advancing by land and water, bullying the weak with the strong, it is completely the vigorous offensive when we first landed in Korea, and whether Suncheon can hold it is really worrying to me. ”

Jing Zhe Xuansu said: "God has the virtue of a good life, and it would be great if you could win without a fight." The enemy is strong and we are weak, and we are invincible, and our naval army can resist it for a while. In addition to Cage City, we must also have another plan. ”

Zong Yizhi said: "Listening to what my father-in-law and the master said, do you want to negotiate peace again? I think it is basically difficult to negotiate now, first of all, the strength is not equal, and it is difficult for the Ming army to accept negotiations. In addition, His Royal Highness Taiko also explicitly forbids negotiations, and there are also North Korean generals in the army, how can he allow peace with us? Last time we negotiated peace with Li Rusong, we almost fell into the scheme. ”

Governor Konishi ordered: "The victory or defeat of the cage city against the enemy is unpredictable, the negotiation can still delay time, everything in the world can be negotiated, it is just the size of the bargaining chips." This war was led by the Ming army, and as long as the Ming army was convinced, the Korean generals were not bothered. I also don't believe that the generals of the Ming army are as stubborn as Li Rusong. Zong Yizhi, you sent someone to send a letter to the Ming army to propose negotiations, and presented a pair of swords to show your sincerity. I will arrange a banquet in another place, set up an ambush, kill the main general if the negotiation breaks down, and retreat if the enemy general dies. "Zong Yizhi commanded.

In the camp of the coalition army, Liu Wei was discussing military plans with Quan Li, and Liu Wei asked: "Our army is gradually besieging the city of Shuntian, General Quan, you have fought many battles with the Japanese Invaders, according to your opinion, what will this Japanese Kou do when they are besieged by us?" Quan Li replied: "The Japanese army is good at defending the city, with excellent firearms, and is accustomed to surprise attacks. According to my guess, the Japanese army will choose the opportunity to sneak out of the city to attack our army, and among the coalition forces, our Korean army is weaker than the Ming army, and has always been despised by the Japanese army, but now it is located on the left flank, and it should be the primary target of the Japanese army. I also ask the general army to place thousands of Ming troops in our left flank to support firearms, so that they can counter the Japanese army in case of a sneak attack. ”

Liu Wei proposed: "The military order said that it was to advance by land and water, but now I don't know where the navy has gone." Rather than sit and wait, it is better to attack the city first, my big knife will be dull if I don't drink blood for three days, and I have long wanted to know the strength of the Japanese army. Quan Li Jin said: "It will take some time for the navy to be away from Shuntian, and it is not impossible to attack the city now, but the Japanese are cunning by nature, please be cautious and careful in the town, so as not to fall into the enemy's tricks." ”

As he was talking, a letter from the Japanese suddenly proposed negotiations, Liu Wei took the letter and read it carefully, and when he saw that there was a treasure knife as a gift, he agreed to negotiate and ordered someone to send a messenger back to the city. Kwon Li persuaded: "Don't do this! Isn't it strictly forbidden for His Majesty to negotiate peace with the enemy? Why did you agree to the Japanese Kou's request for negotiation? And where is the position of our DPRK? ”

Liu Wei explained: "Marshal Du doesn't have to be angry, the Japanese are only trying to delay peace, how can I negotiate peace with the enemy?" But it's just a matter of counting. The generals of the Ming Dynasty have never negotiated and negotiated with the enemy, and all those who respond to the enemy's invitation are all secret ambush elite soldiers, throwing cups as a number. When he meets the general, it will be the day of his death. The enemy will die, what combat power does this Japanese army have? It will not be easy to capture the Japanese city. Quan Li asked to send someone to help again, and Liu Wei agreed.

The next day, Governor Konishi held a banquet, so that Zong Yizhi ambushed 3,000 troops five miles away, and secretly approached after the discussion and the start of peace, and Governor Konishi led 500 escorts. And Liu Wei also led 500 soldiers to accompany him, and the honor guard was all majestic. There were 3,000 people in ambush, and Marshal Quan Li also sent Yu Marquis Bai Hannan and the military envoy Zhuang Shu Ge Shuai to help.

Governor Konishi invited Liu Wei to take a seat, and the interpreter said: "We do not want to withdraw from the land we currently occupy, these lands were originally owned by Korea, and the Ming army assisted Korea in fighting with us many times, and both sides won and lost each other. In fact, whether the Ming army is defeated or not, it will not benefit you at all, and it is impossible for Korea to cede part of the land to thank you. So far, the Ming State has fulfilled its obligations as the suzerain, and I admire the combat power of the Ming army. If the general can watch from the wall without moving his troops, no matter how much gold or silver, I will try my best to meet the conditions proposed by the general. As far as I know, it seems that the salaries of the Ming army are not very much. ”

Liu replied: "As you said, it is not beneficial for us to really help North Korea recover. So far, you only have a few cities left to defend, and it is not impossible for the next battle to be completed by North Korea alone. As for gold and silver, how much can you give? If the defendant accuses me, I am guilty of killing my head. Seeing that the negotiation could continue, Konishi was overjoyed, so he and Liu Wei had a full exchange of details.

After the two sides finished the peace discussion, Liu Wei asked people to send Governor Konishi and his guards away, Governor Konishi thanked him and resigned, less than ten steps, Liu Ling suddenly threw the wine glass to the ground, the ambush three together attacked, rockets shot everywhere, Konishi Yuki was shocked, and urgently ordered to resist. Liu Wei led the crowd to fight with the head of Konishi with a knife, Liu Wei actually cut off the saber of the head of Konishi under the heavy blow of several knives, the head of Konishi retreated in fear, the Ming army tiger squat artillery salvo, the left association horse army intercepted the way back, the center and right associations pursued and fought, the Japanese army has nearly 100 people killed, fortunately Zong Yoshizhi led the troops to arrive in time to respond, Konishi Yukichi was covered by Zong Yoshizhi to withdraw to Shuntian.

On the same day, the Ming coalition army began to attack Shuntian, Konishi Yukinaga saw that the Korean army was on the left flank of the Ming army, so he ordered Matsuura Zhenxin, Arima Harunobu, Omura Kizen, and Goto Jungen to lead 5,000 soldiers to form a special force to make a surprise attack on the left flank.

The Japanese special forces successfully sneaked out of the city, detoured to the left flank of the coalition army to launch a surprise attack, Kwon Li saw that the Japanese army really came to attack, so he ordered the whole army to meet the battle, Kwon Li array was equipped with 15 general cannons aided by the Ming army, and the Korean artillery took turns to bombard, and the Ming army took the opportunity to kill, Kwon Li immediately ordered the Korean army to follow up. After a fierce battle for half an hour, the Japanese Einsatzgruppen retreated without defeat. Seeing that the Einsatzgruppen was retreating, Konishi had no choice but to lead the Einsatzgruppen back to the city and hold out.

On October 2, the Ming army's newly built siege equipment was put into battle, and the two sides fought fiercely for a day without a victory. On 3 October, the Chaoming and Ming forces approached Sunten, and the Japanese navy dispatched 50 warships to intercept it. Deng Zilong led a group of 100 warships to approach Shuntian and shell the city. Chen Lan led the team to help both sides.

Chen Lan sighed after seeing the Japanese naval fleet: "It turns out that this is a Japanese thief naval army, and there is really something strange about the shape, it seems that the small and medium-sized warships are mainly built in pursuit of speed and agility, as Li Sunsin said, it is to facilitate the broadside battle." The main battle ship was covered with iron armor to resist the artillery bombardment, but I don't know if it can resist our Ming artillery, so I ordered the fleet to shoot the main ship of the enemy's navy, and ordered Deng Zilong's main attack to be not distracted. ”

After receiving the order, the veteran Deng Zilong immediately ordered his headquarters to form a diagonal formation, while shelling the Japanese city and the defensive facilities outside the city, and on the other hand, making the ships close to the coast to carry out the landing. However, under the counterattack of the Japanese army, it was difficult for the Ming army to successfully land for a while. The subordinates reported to Deng Zilong to make a decision, and Deng Zilong said: "The main purpose of this battle of the naval army is to block the enemy's reinforcements by sea, shell the Japanese city to disperse the enemy's forces, and cooperate with Liu Wei and Quan Li's attack on land, and it doesn't matter whether they can land on the shore." Since they couldn't land for a while, they ordered all the ships to change formations and concentrate their shots, so as to collapse the wall of the city in front of them! The Korean and Ming coalition forces continued to attack, and Konishi Yukicho felt that it was gradually difficult to support, and the Japanese naval army had been completely blocked by Yi Sunsin, and at this time, the tide of the Shuntian waters was receding, and Deng Zilong had to withdraw from the truce when he saw this.

Chen Luan looked at Deng Zilong's troops from afar and observed the trend of low tide, thinking that it was inconvenient to fight again, so he asked Li Sunsin to evacuate together, Li Sunsin rushed to say: "The low tide is not conducive to water warfare, I have no objection to the idea of the withdrawal of troops, but you can also take advantage of the night to choose the opportunity to surprise the Japanese warships, or have a miraculous effect." ”

Chen Lan replied: "I know that you have relied on this to win many times before, but because of this, the Japanese army must have been prepared for this. In my opinion, it is difficult to have fighters in a night attack, and our coalition forces are here, fearless in a frontal battle. Attacking by land and water, exhausting the enemy's situation, and waiting for the opportunity is the best policy. Therefore, Chen Ling and Yi Sunsin also temporarily withdrew from the battle due to the low tide, and Liu Ling and Quan Li heard that the naval army was retreating, so they Ming Jin withdrew their troops and maintained a temporary confrontation with the Japanese army.

And the middle road Dong Yiyuan also led 30,000 troops to attack Jinzhou, Jinzhou defended the city of the Japanese army but more than 2,000 people, Dong Yiyuan's tactics are the same as Li Rusong, mobilize all the artillery to bombard the city gate, three moments later, the Jinzhou city gate has become debris, the city wall collapsed, the Ming army poured in, unstoppable, the Japanese army defending the city was defeated by the whole army. Dong Yiyuan ordered the whole army to rest for a while, and then moved south non-stop, gradually encircling Sacheon.

The Japanese army in Sacheon only had 16,000 troops, and the Japanese generals persuaded Shimazu Yoshihiro to either evacuate or ask for help, but Shimazu Yoshihiro did not allow it, Shimazu Yoshihiro said: "His Royal Highness Taiko has an order, hold on and not retreat!" And if our withdrawal from Sacheon will affect the morale of all our troops, how can we win the war? The stronger the enemy, the more necessary it is to defeat! My Shimazu family is going to play a brilliant victory with less and more! I have planned this battle, and the Shimazu family has always had two magic weapons for victory, one is the notai sword samurai, and the other is the method of fishing the wild ambush, the former is my combat power, and the latter is my combat method. The whole army is divided into three parts, with a part of the soldiers 6,000 as the bait to garrison the old city of Sichuan, and put 100,000 loads of military rations to attract the Ming army to attack, be sure to block the Ming army with all their strength first, in order to arouse the fighting spirit of the Ming army, and wait for the Ming army to attack and burn the military rations, and withdraw to the new city. The other two lay ambush in the new city to encircle and annihilate the Ming army! ”

Shimazu retainer Ado Mori Jun said: "If we burn the military rations, won't we also face the crisis of food shortages?" Shimazu Toyohisa persuaded Ado Mori Jun and said: "We have an open sea route, there is no threat yet, but we don't have to worry about the shortage of military food." Since my uncle is ready to lure the Ming army into encirclement and annihilation, we must go all out! ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro made Ado Mori Jun the commander of the old castle to lure the enemy, and Shimazu Yoshihiro asked him if he was afraid? Aduo Sheng Chun knelt down and said frankly: "It's not a secret, the Ming army's military strength is extremely difficult to fight the enemy, and it is impossible to say that there is no fear." But after a long time of Shimazu's great kindness, I have always realized that I have died in battle, and since my lord has an order, I will definitely complete the task entrusted to me! ”

Yoshihiro Shimazu praised: "Being able to face the fear in your heart is enough to prove that you are a brave samurai." Ado Shengchun, you must not die in battle this time, you must save your life, and after completing the blockade, you must use the fear in your heart to introduce the Ming army into the new city and into my ambush. This time, compared to killing the enemy, how to escape is your greater martial art, do you understand? "Addo Sheng Chun commanded.

A few days after arriving in Sichuan, Dong Yiyuan received a report that the Japanese army had 100,000 quintals of military rations in the old city of Sichuan. Dong Yiyuan said to Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi: "The East and West Second Road is still holding the enemy in Ulsan and Suncheon, and it may be difficult for our army to attack Sacheon this time, so we must make long-term preparations to be in order." Our army did not have much rations, and it happened that the Japanese had 100,000 quintals of grain in the old city, and they took the granary of the old city and trapped the thieves to death in the new city. ”

Mao Guoqi ordered: "During the siege, if there is a chance to lure out the Japanese to fight, it is the best, and it is better to take the military rations and let the last general lead the troops." Dong Yiyuan insisted that he personally led the troops to seize the granary. Wu Weizhong's request was answered, and Dong Yiyuan agreed. So Dong Yiyuan ordered an attack on the old city of Sacheon, and the troops were halfway up the mountain and were blocked by the Japanese iron artillery team. Dong Yiyuan reprimanded the coalition army and strictly ordered a strong attack, and the coalition army was about to attack the old city of Sichuan after several bloody battles.

Dong Yiyuan was furious when he saw that the military rations were burned, and ordered the whole army to pursue, Ado Shengchun led the troops to retreat into the new city, Dong Yiyuan led the army to arrive, and Shimazu Yoshihiro saw that the Chaoming coalition army had entered the encirclement network, and ordered the ambush to be exhausted. Shimazu ordered the iron artillery team to lie in wait in the streets and houses, and the Shimazu army surrounded the coalition forces with Notai swords and started a melee. The Japanese iron artillery team is tightly arranged, there are almost no dead ends in shooting, the Shimazu family Notai sword samurai is very strong alone, the wild sword is basically between three feet and five feet, the knife training is harsh but the killing is extremely strong, from the top of the head to the ground and then rebound by force to form a great lethality, the person who is hit by the knife often dies with a knife.

The Shimazu army swords danced wildly, the iron cannon fired continuously, the North Korean army was the first to break up, scrambling to flee and thus causing a chain reaction, Dong Yiyuan couldn't stop drinking, fortunately the rear team was still stable, Dong Yiyuan ordered the rear team to hold guns to stop the front team from routing, and coordinated the front team to form a formation to meet the enemy and evacuate in an orderly manner. Dong Yiyuan's central and southern soldiers accounted for 30%, because the southern soldiers were deeply trained by the Qi family's military tactics, so they were more suitable for the front line to cover the withdrawal of troops. The southern soldiers were ordered, and the mandarin duck formation was formed to cover the main force, and Shimazu Yoshihiro saw the Ming army retreating, and in order to protect the annihilation, he urgently ordered the whole army to attack and break through the front line!

Dong Yiyuan ordered the archers of the rear team to harass the Japanese iron artillery team to reduce the casualties of the troops, after all, the coalition forces had the advantage of troops, and they were able to retreat in an orderly manner after Dong Yiyuan's rectification, Wu Weizhong saw this and immediately led troops to meet them, and rushed straight to the enemy position, and the Japanese army was blocked from advancing. Mao Guoqi even supported with firearms, and Shimazu Yoshihiro saw that he could not stop it, so he ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and he could only let Dong Yiyuan retreat. Wu Weizhong saw that the Japanese army had withdrawn from the battle, and joined Dong Yiyuan.

After the war, Shimazu Toyohisa asked Shimazu Yoshihiro: "Uncle, now that you have not been able to completely annihilate the Ming army, you will definitely fight back wildly, and the Ming army's artillery is very powerful, how to resist?" Shimazu Yoshihiro pondered for a moment: "Fengjiu, when you lead a group to resist the attack of the Ming army, it is more important to observe the situation in the rear of the Ming army at all times, once you find that there is an explosion in the rear of the Ming army, the army will immediately gather the whole army out of the city to attack the enemy." ”

Toyohisa Shimazu didn't know what he meant, and Yoshihiro Shimazu then explained, "Don't you know? There is currently a ninja army on standby in Sacheon Castle, which was sent by Kuroda Rusui. Making good use of ninjas can often lead to big wins. I will send this ninja army out of the city to infiltrate the enemy formation, use the ninja method to destroy the Ming army's firearms, and cause an explosion, the Ming army will be in a panic, and it was our army's fighter at that time. Shimazu Toyohisa suddenly realized, and Shimazu Yoshihiro then came out of the account and shouted: "The whole army is facing the battle, and you must resist the enemy's attack." Once you find an explosion in the rear of the enemy, you will follow the order to launch a counterattack, and you can't fight for the first place, give up all! As soon as the Ming army retreated, they shouted victory! Encouraged by Yoshihiro Shimazu, the Japanese army thus surged into war.

On the same day, Dong Yiyuan ordered Wu Weizhong to lead a battalion of Mao Guoqi, Ye Bangrong, and Peng Xingu to attack Sacheon, and ordered Hao Sanpin, Shi Daoli, Ma Chengwen, and Lan Fangwei to lead a battalion of cavalry to ambush left and right, leaving a battalion to defend the camp. Wu Weizhong, Mao Guoqi, and Ye Bangrong launched an attack from the time of Mao until the time of the day, and they had broken through the city gate with the general's cannon and collapsed several battlements. There were many black soldiers from Portugal in the Pengxin ancient battalion, although they were not good at firearms and behaved perversely, but they were still called brave, and under the joint attack of the three battalions with firearms, the Shimazu army gradually could not support.

At this time, the rear of the Ming army suddenly exploded one after another, igniting the ammunition depot, and there were loud noises one after another, shrapnel shot in all directions, and flames rose into the sky. The Japanese ninja army took advantage of the chaos to fight in the rear of the Ming army, and the ninja tactics were strange, hiding in the wood or in the soil, using smoke and sunlight to cover the enemy's sight, waiting for the opportunity to kill the enemy. There are throwers and roasters, there are people who are good at blowing bombs, the body is dexterous, the knife is unpredictable, not only the individual soldiers are difficult to beat, but the ninja army also has the method of forming a formation to meet the enemy.

Shimazu Toyohisa saw an explosion in the rear of the Ming army, knowing that the fighter plane had arrived, he ordered the whole army to attack, and Shimazu Yoshihiro Chininja was overjoyed and drew his sword to lead the counterattack. The Ming army was in turmoil because of the serial explosions in the rear, and the shrapnel and wreckage from the gunpowder were innumerable, flying into the Ming army, and there were many wounded, and the Japanese army took advantage of the gap to kill from the small gate and rushed straight out, and the Ming army was defeated on the front line. The main body of the troops led by Peng Xingu was the Beijing army, the capital was ruined, the military discipline was loose, and it was defeated by the Japanese army in a moment of panic, and all the black soldiers under him were annihilated by the Japanese army.

The cavalry led by Hao Sanpin and Ma Chengwen shot around the city, and when they saw the rout in the army, they evacuated. The two battalions of Mao Guoqi and Ye Bangrong were besieged and fought desperately, and Wu Weizhong responded with all his strength and ordered Lan Fangwei to enter the army. Lan Fangwei was originally ordered to garrison ten miles away, and when he heard that the troops in front were defeated, he also led the army to retreat. Dong Yiyuan could not stop the rout of the Ming army, so he could only lead his own soldiers into the battle to join Wu Weizhong, risk death to rescue the remnants of Mao Guoqi and Ye Bangrong, and retreated in a hurry. The Ming army suffered more than 7,000 casualties and heavy losses, and the Japanese casualties were only 3,000. The Japanese army also cheered the victory!

Dong Yiyuan's department retreated to Jinju for rest, and the news of the defeat in Sacheon arrived, Wan Shide was furious and wanted to severely punish Dong Yiyuan was blocked by Xing Jue, Xing Jue advised: "The war is in full swing, and it is at a critical time, so don't act rashly." Although Sacheon was defeated, Jinju Jianseong was fortunately within our grasp. Dong Yiyuan, Wu Weizhong, and Mao Guoqi are all good generals, if they are not in command, I am afraid that the middle road will be wiped out. The Japanese army was cunning, and the soldiers in the middle of the road were ashamed and hated the same enemy, so it was better to reprimand and order them to make meritorious contributions. ”

Wan Shide replied: "The superintendent is magnanimous, even if it is so, it can be temporarily dismissed. The Japanese army relied on the fortified city to hold on, and even helped each other by sea, blocking our naval army, and sending military salaries and reinforcements to various Japanese cities, so that our army could not attack for a long time. Previously, I thought that a strong attack by water could lead to the collapse of the Japanese army, but now it seems that it will take a lot of time, and the number of victories and defeats may change. It is better to continue the feint attack with the shilling and exhaust the enemy's defense. He ordered the rear to step up the production of artillery and warships, and mobilized the Korean people to serve in the army, and then ordered Chen Luan, Deng Zilong, and Yi Sunsin to lead a fleet to attack the coast, not to destroy the enemy but to cut off the enemy's rescue, so that the Japanese cities were isolated and helpless. The large firearms opened the city wall and seized the city in one go. The key to this lies in the water army. ”

Xing Jue said: "The Japanese army has been compressed by me, and its momentum has been completely controlled by our army, which is nothing more than stubborn resistance, and under the encroachment step by step, the Japanese army will be defeated." I have no objection to what I have said, but we need to be cautious about the planning of waterways. At present, the top priority is to order all roads to retreat north first, so as not to be attacked by the enemy. ”

Xing Jue saw that the middle road was defeated, and the pressure on the east and west roads doubled, so in order to be safe, he ordered the leading troops of Magui and Liu Wei to retreat north for a while. Ma Guijun therefore ordered the evacuation of Ulsan, and on October 7, Liu Wei led his army to retreat northward, and on October 9, Chen Ling and Yi Sunsin also lifted the naval blockade and retreated to Gujin Island. The allied forces of the DPRK and Ming Dynasty rested and recuperated in preparation for another battle. A few days later, all units of the Japanese army suddenly received the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had died of illness in August, and after receiving a joint order from the five elders of Toyotomi and the executive congregation, the Japanese army withdrew from Korea in full gear and returned to Japan.