In the six battles, he blocked the defense of Jishan Mountain, and the two wings raided and retreated to Kuroda

After the Japanese army captured Gongju, the troops were divided into two routes, Kato Kiyomasa and Ota Kazuyoshi led troops to capture Cheongju, and Kuroda Nagamasa and Mori Hidemoto led troops to capture Cheonan-gun, Chungcheong-do. In order to seize the opportunity before the Japanese army, on October 16, Ma Gui sent his deputy general Xie Sheng and the guerrilla generals Niu Boying, Yang Dengshan, and Pogui to lead 2,000 elite cavalry south to Suwon, Gyeonggi Province to meet the enemy. On the Korean side, Lee Won-wing and Hamgyong Province observed that Sun Yuanxin led 1,000 troops from Choling to Chungcheong-do and held the road to Cheongju to cover the left flank of the Ming army.

The next day, 2,000 elite cavalry of the Liberation Department arrived at Jishan Mountain in Cheonan County, and were detected by the 500 vanguard led by Kuroda Naoyuki and Kuriyama Rian under the command of Kuroda Nagamasa of the Japanese army. The Japanese army immediately convened an emergency military meeting, and because they observed that the Ming army was large in number, they did not know the truth, and most of the generals with the army proposed to withdraw their troops in return. And one of Kuroda's twenty-four generals, Mao Ya Takeri, disagreed: "The enemy is outnumbered, if I retreat the enemy will advance, if so, our army will be completely destroyed by the enemy, but if we unite as one, while its foothold is not stable, fight to the death, the enemy will be broken by me, and retreat while the enemy is chaotic to protect the army." This was a plan for Takeda to attack the enemy after the defeat of Nagashi and slow down the enemy's pursuit. ”

After Takehisa Maoya's remarks, the Japanese army's fighting spirit increased greatly. Kuroda Naoyuki is the half-brother of Kuroda Rusui, and Kuroda Riyasu, the chief retainer of the Kuroda family, is also one of the Kuroda Eight Tigers, and is known for his bravery. The two men led the vanguard to launch a surprise attack on the Ming army under the cover of arquebuses, and the Ming army was frightened by the sudden attack on the horses, and for a time fell into confusion and was repulsed by the Japanese army, Kuroda Naoyuki took the opportunity to lead the vanguard to retreat immediately.

Xie Sheng was furious, ordered the whole army to immediately reorganize the queue, and all the tiger squatting artillery of the accompanying army were arranged to bombard the Japanese army, Xie Sheng, Niu Boying, Yang Dengshan, and the cavalry of the four generals launched a pursuit, the Japanese army was mostly infantry, and the maneuver was far less fast than the cavalry, Kuroda Naoyuki and Kuriyama Ri'an's vanguard did not expect the Ming army to pursue so quickly in the emergency retreat, and the iron artillery team had not yet rearranged the queue and could only scatter to meet the attack, the Ming army's iron cavalry roared down, only a few people were shot and fell from their horses and rushed to the front of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army was immediately dispersed due to lack of strength, Naoyuki Kuroda and Riyashi Kuriyama slashed left and right, and the whole team fell into a bitter battle and was in danger.

When Kuroda Naoyuki launched an attack on the Ming army, the main general Kuroda Nagamasa led 5,000 troops to speed up after hearing the sound of arquebus, and ordered Kuroda Issei, Goto Keiji, and Nomura Younao to lead the troops to meet first, Kuroda Issei shouted: "If the vanguard is defeated and morale collapses, it will be difficult for our army to support it, and this place will become the place where our army will be buried!" "Kuroda Issei mobilized his headquarters to break through from the flanks and fight hard to block the Ming army crossing the bridge. Keiji Goto and Yunao Nomura led the troops to run back and forth with many military flags erected in the nearby mountains to shout and kill, creating the image of a large army coming to help. Xie Sheng became suspicious, and ordered the troops to be withdrawn at dusk. Naoyuki Kuroda and Riyasu Kuriyama led the remnants of the vanguard to survive.

After nightfall, Xie Sheng asked Ma Gui of Suwon for help, Ma Gui received the request for help and discussed with Yang Hao: "Now Xie Sheng is in urgent need of rescue, but the last general thinks that it is impossible to fight, the strength of our army is in artillery and cavalry, and there is not much difference between firearms and the Japanese invaders, I plan to send another 2,000 reinforcements, and then hold the line with a thousand troops, make a big noise and pretend to be the main force of our army, attract the Japanese to attack with all their might, concentrate all the artillery and firearms here, give the enemy a head-on attack, repeatedly, the foot soldiers rely on the terrain, if the enemy breaks through, then repulsed, There should be no problem with the presence of southern soldiers. The other 3,000 envoys, as cavalry, secretly circumvented, raided behind the enemy's flanks, interspersed and divided, and inflicted heavy losses on the east and west, so that the enemy would be frightened and would not dare to advance lightly. How about this? ”

Yang Hao said: "This plan is very good, Hanyang is impregnable, you have no worries, you must hit the enemy, and at the same time strictly order the whole army not to compete for the first rank, so as not to delay the fighters, so that the defense line is loose, all the heads will be collected after the battle." Ma Gui received the order, and immediately sent the guerrilla general Peng Sai, the thousand general Li Penqiao, and the general Liu Yujie to send another 2,000 reinforcements to aid Jishan. Kuroda Nagamasa asked for help from Mori Hidemoto in Cheonan County, and Mori Hidemoto personally led 25,000 to the rescue. Compared with the Japanese army in Cheonan, the Ming army in Suwon had better cavalry mobility, so the reinforcements of the Ming army arrived earlier than the Japanese army.

The next day, Kuroda Nagamasa adjusted the formation, with Musato Yunobu, Kuriyama Toriyasu, and Kuroda Toshitaka as the right reserve team; Inoue Nobo and Nomura Yunao are the second team on the right; Kazunari Kuroda and Keiji Goto are the left Ichiban team; Naoyuki Kuroda and Nobuyuki Kiriyama reserve the second team; The above are all members of Kuroda's 24 generals, and Kuroda Nagamasa leads his team of 2,000 to the rear. At dawn, 5,000 Japanese troops launched a surprise attack on the Ming army.

Xie Sheng, Niu Boying and Yang Dengshan led 1,000 troops to garrison the defense line, planting flags all over to spread the momentum, and Xie Sheng concentrated 30 tiger squat cannons, 20 captivity cannons and 10 general cannons of various types, each operated by three people. In front of the formation, another 200 people were on standby with 100 bird guns, 5 thunder machine 20 guns, and 20 new thunderbolt guns, and five rocket vehicles and a swarm of bees and other rocket devices on standby. The remaining 600 swords were arrayed on both sides, each with 50 bows and arrows to prepare for battle.

The Kuroda Army's Right Reserve Ichiban took the lead in attacking the Ming position, and Xie Sheng ordered the whole army to attack the enemy with artillery bows and arrows at a distance of 100 paces, block with muskets and rockets at a distance of 100 paces, and attack with infantry at 50 paces. The right reserve team has not advanced 30 steps before being suppressed by the Ming army's firepower, in an instant the cannon is like thunder, the arrows are raining, the dust raised by the cannonballs almost obscures the vision, once hit, there are three or four people flying up in response, the flesh and blood are blurred, and the rest of the archers are shot by the archers and fell to the ground more than 100 people, the Japanese army is in chaos.

Kuriyama Ri'an ordered the whole team to advance with bamboo shields, and tried to return fire with arquebuses, but it was still difficult to stop the power of the Ming army's artillery. Musato Yunobu and Kuroda Toshitaka led their troops to advance again from the left and right, and Musato Yushin shouted: "If you want to be famous in the world, follow my Musato Taibei to ask for the head of the enemy general!" Kuroda Toshitaka saw that his mother Tomoshin inspired the detachment to forget to die and rush forward, so he was naturally not to be outdone, and then shouted: "They all call him his mother Taibei the first fierce general of Kuroda, and I, Kuroda Toshitaka, am by no means greedy for life and afraid of death, and I will capture Jishan and share the land!" Only those who are not afraid of the dead can make contributions! "The two of them each led a small team to charge frantically, with countless casualties, and there were less than 100 people when they approached the Ming army 100 paces, and after a volley of Ming muskets, the Japanese army was in disarray, and Musato Yunobu and Kuroda Toshitaka were rescued back to their own positions.

Seeing this, Kuriyama Riyan ordered a retreat, but his mother did not obey, and Kuriyama Riyan said: "Taibei! We have suffered more than half of the casualties, Wu Yong is not looking for death, and there are follow-up teams that will consume the strength of the Ming army, wait for us to reorganize the queue and come again, don't be reckless, follow orders! "The right reserve team withdrew.

The Kuroda Army's Left Reserve Ichiban Team was led by Kuroda Issei and Goto Kiji to take over the attack on Jishan, and Goto Kiji suggested: "The Ming Army's firepower is strong, and the Right Reserve Ichiban Team will be heavily damaged after the strong attack, so the whole team should be arranged as a straggler, and a group of nine people will form a shield to resist bows and arrows, and gradually advance to return fire with iron artillery, and reduce artillery casualties through cross-positioning." Wait for the opportunity to launch a charge in one go, or you may be able to capture Jishan as a result! Kuroda Kazunari followed the plan.

Xie Sheng saw that the Japanese army was arranging a strange formation, and it was expected that in order to avoid artillery bombardment as much as possible, Xie Sheng ordered the tiger squat cannon to be divided into left and right, and the exterminating cannon was placed in front and back, and the angles were adjusted, and the archers were divided into six teams to live on one side to watch the gap, so as to cover the whole field with firepower. During the arrangement of the Ming army, Kuroda Issei saw that the firepower was greatly reduced, thinking that the Ming army must be at a loss, so he ordered the whole team to advance, and the Japanese arquebus fired a volley every 20 steps, the mountains and rocks roared, piercing through the trees, and many Ming soldiers were shot. Just when Kuroda Issei was secretly happy in his heart, the Ming army had rearranged the formation, and suddenly the cannon sounded loudly, dense as a drum, and the arrows attacked sharply, although the Japanese army was scattered, it was still unavoidable, and there was a panic all of a sudden.

Goto Kiji immediately led the rear team to the rescue, Goto galloped in, was overturned to the ground by artillery, and rushed to Kuroda Isseri under the escort of the ashigaru bamboo shield, Kuroda Issei intended to carry out a counter-assault, so he and Goto Kiji ordered the whole team to charge. The Japanese army charged again really surprised the Ming army, Niu Boying immediately ordered the musket array to return fire, Xie Sheng ordered the artillery to bombard the Japanese rear, Yang Dengshan ordered the archers to shoot directly at the Japanese army, and the Japanese army was defeated and retreated.

Then Inoue Nobo and Nomura Yuzhi led the Kuroda Army's right second team into battle. Goto Keiji and Kuroda Issei returned to the main formation, and Nomura Yu said with a smile: "The two of you have worked hard and given us the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, if we go to the Ming Army, the firepower has been exhausted, then we should give the two of us the first credit." Kuroda Isnari said: "Nomura, you don't sneer here, in my opinion, the Ming army has enough ammunition, it's unimaginable, I don't know how many troops there are, I'm afraid you won't even see the appearance of the Ming army and have to retreat!" Even if you can rush to the front of the Ming army, if you can come back alive, don't forget to tell the lord and us how many people there are in the Ming army. ”

Nomura Yunao said: "I have to worry about it, and when I came back, I had already brought the head of the enemy general to ask for credit." Don't look ugly when the time comes. Inoue said, "Don't quarrel! In the big war, we must work together, we must not insult the name of the Kuroda family, we must go all out in every battle, if we can break the battle this time, it is our wish, but we must not be careless. If you can't capture Kiyama, the Kuroda family will be laughed at! ”

Goto Kiji said: "Lord Uemon, the Ming army is strong, every step we take is extremely difficult, the firepower is continuous, it is shocking, it is very likely that the main force of the Ming army is in battle, please take care." I will also advise the lord on whether or not to make another plan. I also wish you good luck and a great victory this time. After Inoue Nofang thanked him again, he and Nomura Yuzhi led the right reserve second team to attack.

After the second team of the right reserve was put into battle, it did not rush to attack, but confronted each other on the spot, and Inoue Nobo sent another half of his troops as a special team, led by Nomura Yunao, to take a detour and take a side attack on the side road, so as to distract the attention of the Ming army from exploring the truth and distract the attention of the Ming army before attacking in a flanking attack. Nomura Yuzhi led the special team to march by the Ming general Yang Dengshan noticed, Yang Dengshan immediately led six hundred soldiers to turn to meet the attack, Nomura Yuzhi saw that the march was exposed, and then a scuffle occurred, Nomura Youzhi slashed six or seven people in a row and Yang Dengshan met, the two fought each other for more than ten rounds without winning or losing, the Japanese army was caught off guard under the Ming army assault, the coolies were difficult to support, and Nomura Yuzhi was defeated and retreated.

Inoue Nobo heard that the Einsatzgruppen had engaged the Ming army, and immediately ordered to attack the Ming army's position, and then the artillery continued to explode in the Japanese formation, Inoue Nofang strictly ordered not to retreat, desperately forward, but the Ming army firepower was too strong, Inoue Nofang was difficult to advance, and the two armies fired against each other, but under the suppression of the Ming artillery, the Japanese arquebus range was difficult to effectively shoot the Ming army, and although the Japanese tried their best to avoid the shells, there were still many casualties, Inoue Nofang was anxious, hoping that the Einsatzgruppen could break through, But at this time, seeing the rout of the Einsatzgruppen approaching him, Inoue had to order the whole team to retreat first.

Subsequently, Naoyuki Kuroda and Nobuyuki Kiriyama led the second team of the left reserve to attack again, and before the war, Nobuyuki Kiriyama drank the sake with the whole team. Nobuyuki Kiriyama said: "If you go out today, you won't win or return!" Your martial prowess will move the gods and will be remembered by the world! The living will enjoy the glory of this life, and the door of the deceased's house will be protected by His Royal Highness Taiko, and after reincarnation, it will be a daimyo! Those who are afraid are considered deserters and are immediately put to death! Parents and wives sit down to punish crimes! "After Nobuyuki Kiriyama gave the order, the whole team was willing to fight to the death. Naoyuki Kuroda tried to force a breakthrough three times in a row, but he almost rushed to the front of the battle but was already wounded twice, and was rescued by Nobuyuki Kiriyama, and the left reserve second team was almost completely wiped out.

Kuroda Nagamasa therefore sighed: "Observing that the firepower of the Ming army is so dense and repeated, I really don't know how many troops are here, and it is really a shame for my Kuroda family to kill and injure our army with firearms without moving." In my opinion, the firearms of the Ming army should be concentrated at the front of their positions, and if they can take it with all their might, and use the firearms against us, even if they have tens of thousands of people, I will be invincible. Muli Yuxin said: "It is still unknown whether the strength of the Ming army is real or not, just looking at the momentum, it seems that there is a large army, but it is difficult to determine whether it is a suspicious strategy?" ”

Kuroda Nagamasa ordered: "No matter what, we must capture this place, even if the troops are several times more than mine, taking the firearms of the Ming army can turn the tide of the war, and returning the favor to the other side in the other way will definitely make them heartbroken, Maori Hidemoto is about to arrive, let me uncover the reality of the Ming army, the winner of this battle can only be our Kuroda army!" So Kuroda Nagamasa led his own team of 2,000 to launch a strong attack, the lord sat in the town, the morale of the Kuroda army soared, and they went forward one after another, risking death to charge, Kuroda Nagamasa ordered the team to give up the defense, advance at full speed, regardless of the life and death of others, not slow and afraid, and ordered the arquebus team to shoot under cover within 70 steps of the Ming army.

The artillery and bows and arrows of the Ming army were still as usual, but this time they could not completely stop the Japanese advance. The Ming general Niu Boying ordered the musket array to meet the enemy, and hundreds of bird gunners formed three rows to shoot alternately, and the five thunder god machines and thunderbolts were also put into use, and the five thunder god machines were created by Qi Jiguang with multi-barreled arquebuses, with three-eyed, five-eyed, and seven-eye formats, with a crosshair gate, and the barrel could be rotated to fire in turn. The Thunderbolt was developed by Zhao Shizhen, a strange man in Beijing, and is roughly the same as the Five Thunder God Machine, which is also a multi-barreled arquebus gun that can be rotated to fire, but it is better than the Five Thunder God Machine in terms of accuracy, rate of fire, and range. The front end of the gun is more capable of firing fireballs, and the gun is equipped with a disc shield on the outside of the barrel, and the axe support can be used for melee attack and defense.

There are also various rockets such as the god machine arrow car launched in rounds, and the fire between the positions is bursting, stray bullets are fired, and the sound of artillery is repeated, but after many consumptions, the firepower of the Ming army has been significantly weakened. Seeing this, Kuroda Nagamasa ordered the iron artillery to shoot in formation, and at the same time sent a message to each team to launch a general attack. Seeing that the situation was critical, Xie Sheng also ordered the whole army to attack, and at the same time ordered the firearms troops not to stop firing, Niu Boying was worried that the firearms would inevitably hurt his own side. Xie Sheng said: "We can only attack six hundred, the enemy is outnumbered, we must give the enemy the greatest casualties as possible, and at the same time, it is also to show that the main force of the army is here at all times!" Don't have any doubts, you are here to sit, and I will attack with Yang Mountain. ”

The Kuroda army has launched a full-scale general offensive, the front line has been engaged with the Ming army, and the southern troops of the Ming army have formed a formation against the enemy, with one as five. The two sides are in a big battle, and for a while, Kuroda's teams will break into the battlefield one after another. Kuroda family fierce mother Yushin brandished a three-meter famous gun "Japan", left and right killing, unstoppable, and finally met with the Ming general Xie Sheng, Xie Sheng raised a long knife to fight, the two showed their skills, back and forth for 20 rounds, Xie Sheng gradually became difficult to resist the offensive of Mother Yushin, coupled with its spear "Japan" across the four directions, Xie Sheng was stabbed and overturned to the ground, Mother Sato Yushin was about to take advantage of the situation to chase the assassination, suddenly was shot in the right shoulder and leg by a stray arrow, and had to retreat to the formation. Kuroda Nagamasa once again inspired the fighting spirit, howling and shouting to kill, and the Japanese army became even more murderous.

At a critical juncture, a cavalry on each of the two flanks of the Kuroda army came to kill, and its momentum was swift and strong, and the dust and smoke rolled up and shocked the heavens and the earth. Ming generals are quite expensive, swing race, Li Penqiao, Liu Yujie led 3,000 fine cavalry to kill, the Ming cavalry in addition to the standard equipment with three-eyed guns or crutches used in the cavalry impact, the power is amazing. After the Ming army rushed in from both flanks of Kuroda, the Kuroda army was suddenly scattered, scattered, and the casualties doubled. Kuroda Nagamasa exclaimed: "This is the main force, this team is the bait, waiting for work, strengthening the surprise attack of the special forces, and finally becoming a flanking attack." This is the woodpecker battle method of Yamamoto Kansuke, the military division of Takeda Shingen! Seeing that his side had collapsed, Kuroda Nagamasa hastily ordered the entire army to retreat and fled to Kikawa, intending to retreat to Cheongju again.

In this battle, the Kuroda army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, and the Ming army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties. When Ma Gui learned about it, he immediately said to Yang Hao: "Jishan has won a great victory, and the Japanese have suffered heavy casualties, and this battle will definitely be able to deeply shock it, but it is reported that the Japanese army is coming to help, and there are probably tens of thousands of people, and they will be defeated if they fight again." At this time, we should take advantage of the victory to collect our troops and stick to Hanyang, the enemy does not dare to advance lightly, but we can wait for the reinforcements of the division. Yang Hao agreed, urgently ordered Xie Sheng to withdraw from Jishan, Ma Gui personally led a part to respond, and the whole Ming army was stationed in the area from Suwon to Hanyang, preaching a great victory, and the Korean people were thus stable.

Mori Hidemoto ordered the vanguard to pursue the rear of the Ming army, with a slight victory, and the Japanese vanguard continued to pursue, but was ambushed by Magui and the whole team was annihilated. When Kuroda Nagamasa heard of the retreat of the Ming army, the Hui army joined up with Mori Hidemoto and occupied Jisan, and the main force of the Japanese army assembled in the area of Anseong and Jusan at the southern end of Gyeonggi Province. However, after the bloody battle of Jishan, the Japanese army was afraid of the Ming army's firearms and its field combat power and did not dare to advance lightly, so it stopped moving.