The Japanese army set up an ambush on Qichuanliang, and the Korean army was defeated and Yuan was killed

Konishi Yukicho once again sent information to the Korean court that the Japanese army was coming, and the Joseon king Li Hao ordered Won Jun to immediately lead a naval army to intercept it. The royal order was transmitted to Xianshan Island, and Yuan Jun, the commander of the three naval armies, convened a meeting, and Pei Xingli, the garrison general, reported that the Japanese fleet was 600 ships, and our side had 200 ships, 10,000 stone of grain, and 300 guns. Song Xili reminded that this must be a trick to lure the enemy, and it should not be easy to fight.

Yuan Jun said: "Even if it is a lure plan, intercepting the enemy at sea and making it impossible to land is the mission of our navy, otherwise there will be a danger of losing the country, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, I am different from Yi Sunsin, as long as I receive the king's order, if hell is in front of it, I will fight with all my might!" This is what the warriors do. ”

Li Fengxiu, the chief bookkeeper of the naval training camp, reminded again: "My lord, is this attack too risky? Even though our morale is high, the Japanese have 600 warships and are ready for us. The subordinates think that it should be difficult to defeat, please think twice. ”

Yuan Jun shouted: "Yi Sunsin has really cultivated a group of timid and incompetent people, and the producer of gunpowder is concentrating on doing his own job, why should he interfere in the meeting!" Immediately drag out the rod and punish him! Li Fengxiu was dragged out, and the generals did not dare to speak, and Yuan Jun then ordered the whole army to be ready to go to sea at dawn the next day.

The whole team of the Korean navy set out, and the Japanese naval army general Jiuki Yoshitaka learned about it and discussed with Fujido Takatora and Wakisaka Yasuhara, and the nine ghosts Yoshitaka ordered: "The Korean naval general Yuan Jun has led the team to set off, although our fleet has been covered with iron armor and artillery, but it is still necessary to follow the advance battle plan, Fujido Takatora lures the Korean naval army into the ambush waters at Angupo, and Wakisaka Yasuji is in the flank and rear to raid, there must be no mistake." Fujido Takatora and Wakisaka Yasuharu received the order, and then organized their fleet to advance towards Aguura.

Seeing this, Yuan Jun ordered the whole army to set up a line of defense, and the artillery of the Korean navy lined up to fire at the Japanese warships, and the two armies fired at each other for a while, and Fujido Takatora ordered the whole team to turn around and retreat. Yuan Jun saw that the Japanese army was retreating, and ordered a pursuit, and the adjutant general Song Xili persuaded: "Your Excellency, please think twice, the Japanese invaders and us will withdraw immediately shortly after the battle, I am afraid that it will be a trick to lure the enemy, and rash pursuit may fall into the enemy's treacherous scheme." ”

Yuan Jun was dissatisfied, and laughed extremely fiercely: "Why are you always trying to lure the enemy, is it that in your eyes, there is no other plan for the Japanese Kou?" I appreciate your prudence in Adjutant General Song, but you are also too cautious, the Japanese have been repeatedly defeated by our army before, and they are very afraid of our artillery, because the firepower of the two armies cannot be compared at all. The Japanese ships are accustomed to close combat, and it is difficult to get close to our troops to withdraw naturally, so at this time, taking advantage of the victory is an excellent opportunity to annihilate the enemy at sea, continue the pursuit, keep the distance, and completely annihilate the enemy! ”

The Korean naval army continued to pursue, lured by the Japanese army to the intended ambush waters, Fujido Gaohu ordered the fleet to meet the enemy head-on, the Japanese warships have been equipped with ironclad Anzhai ships this time, and the domestic artillery "national collapse" is mostly used on the warships, Fujido Gaohu ordered the whole team to fire artillery and iron cannon projectiles to North Korea, Yuan Jun saw that the Japanese army actually had artillery fired, first taken aback, but then turned calm. In Yuan Jun's eyes, even if the Japanese army was equipped with artillery, it was difficult to compare with the Korean naval army in terms of firepower and quantity, so Yuan Jun ordered the whole army to set up a large formation to meet the enemy.

When the two armies were firing at each other, the fleet led by Wakisaka Yasuharu quickly inserted from the side of the Korean navy, and Yuan Jun saw this and ordered the right team to change direction to meet the enemy, but there was a Fujido Taka Tiger artillery interference in front, and the right team of the Korean navy fell into chaos when it was transferred, and Wakisaka Yasuji took the opportunity to lead his subordinate clippers to intersperse left and right, and was able to connect the strings, and the Japanese army showed its superiority in close combat, while the Korean navy was demoralized due to a long lack of training, and the right side of the Korean navy almost collapsed.

Yuan Du was encircled and annihilated by the Japanese army, and ordered the whole army to retreat, and the adjutant general Song Xili persuaded: "My lord, I order to retreat at this time, the whole army will fall into chaos, we can regroup, it is better to go straight to the main warship of the Japanese in one go, sink the enemy's flagship or turn the tide of the battle!" ”

Yuan Jun was not allowed: "Don't be brave, although the right team is chaotic, but the whole ship can still be withdrawn, and it is a taboo for soldiers to fall into encirclement, and the top priority is to preserve the combat strength and get rid of the ambush." Needless to say, immediately carry out the military order, and violators will be beheaded immediately! ”

Song Xili received the order, the Korean naval army received the order to retreat, crazy breakthrough, the Korean Banwu ship is relatively strong, the firepower is strong, although there are many damage, but can still advance at full speed, the Japanese army has not completely formed an encirclement, Fujitang Gaohu saw this and ordered the whole army not to be entangled with the Korean warship. As a result, the Korean naval forces retreated to Xianshan Island, losing three warships and more than 100 soldiers and five officers killed.

Ten days later, Yuan Jun led the Korean naval army to attack again in two teams, the left road at Gade Island and the Japanese army encountered a team, the Japanese generals for the former Sixth Army Kobayakawa Takakei subordinate Takahashi Tongzen and Chikushi Guangmen, led the fleet to Kade Island to replenish the water source, even if the two armies fell into close combat, the Japanese played an excellent role in the broadside battle, the dense arquebus fire successfully suppressed the Korean gunners, baked and ignited the deck, and boarded the ship one after another. The Japanese had already attacked the Korean warships as cover, so that the guns of the other Korean warships did not dare to shoot easily, and Won Jun was worried that the enemy would be ambushed again, so he immediately ordered to withdraw. After the Korean naval army retreated on the left side, the right side did not dare to advance alone, so they had to retreat to the camp on Xianshan Island together.

After receiving the report, the Nine Ghosts Jialong wondered why the North Korean Navy was so vulnerable? Fujitang Gaohu said: "It seems that the Korean naval army has not been able to exert their strength at all since Yi Sunsin's departure, this Yuan Jun is really like a wine bag and rice bag, and every time we fight, they will be defeated, and I can't figure out why North Korea wants him to replace Yi Sunsin?" Sure enough, there is no one in North Korea! ”

Kato Yoshiaki said: "It's a pity that we can't implement several plans, this Yuan Jun is always worried that we will be ambushed, in fact, he is also a cunning person, this time he failed to annihilate all the North Korean naval forces in one fell swoop, the threat to us is still there, we must plan again, and we must not let the North Korean naval forces exist at sea again!" Otherwise, it will greatly affect our overall military strategy. ”

Nine Ghost Jialong strongly agreed with this: "That's right, to take advantage of the absence of Yi Sunsin to completely annihilate the North Korean naval army, and then we must focus on choosing the sea area of ambush, so that Won Gyun can no longer have a chance to escape, concentrate the strength of the naval army, and solve the Korean naval army in one go." Shame on you for the Battle of Wenroku! My biggest pity is that I can't personally cut off Yi Sunsin's head and present it to His Royal Highness Taiko, so I can only replace it with Yuan Jun's head. ”

King Li Hao of Joseon walked back and forth in the palace late at night, anxiously waiting for the battle report ahead, and suddenly saw Jin Yingnan, the governor of Zuo Yizheng, rushed to ask about the battle situation, Jin Yingnan played: "Your Highness, Yuan Jun was defeated, Yuan Jun's 200 warships failed to stop the attack of the Japanese invaders, many generals were killed, and Yuan Jun led the remaining warships back to Xianshan Island. Li Hao panicked, and scolded Yuan Jun for boasting about being defeated and fleeing from Haikou, and strictly ordered Yuan Jun to fight again!

Yuan Jun was also extremely angry after receiving the king's order: "The whole army has not been prepared yet, how can it be possible to fight again!" This is to die in vain, what is your opinion? Say, why don't you speak? Do you mean that the current result is caused by my Yuan Jun! "The generals of the water camp were very dissatisfied with Yuan Jun's command, but they did not dare to say much because of Yuan Jun's authority.

Song Xili suggested that we should first report the situation to the Marshal of the Capital, and then explain our difficulties to the imperial court before making a decision, so the Yuan Jun ordered Song Xili to report to the Marshal of the Capital, Quan Li, and conveyed the hope that the Korean and Ming armies would cooperate in the attack from the land. Song Xili relayed what Yuan Jun said after seeing Quan Li, Quan Li was furious, and Song Xili explained: "Let's not talk about the number of enemy casualties, the losses of our naval army alone are relatively heavy, and it will take time to reorganize the army, and it is difficult to fight immediately, and the battle will be lost." Moreover, the commander hoped that the imperial army or the Ming army could fully support from the land, otherwise the naval army alone would not be able to defeat the Japanese invaders. ”

Quan Li severely rebuked this remark: "It's not that I don't know your difficulties, but now is not an excuse to use the lack of military support from the imperial court as an excuse to defeat the battle!" and was so timid that he didn't dare to come, so he only sent his subordinates to defend himself, and immediately asked Yuan Jun to come over for questioning! ”

Yuan Jun was forced to ask Yuan Jun for his guilt in person, Quan Li ordered Yuan Jun to be questioned for his guilt with a cane, Yuan Jun was scolded by the rod, his skin was open, and his mouth was spitting blood, Quan Li asked: "You said that you can't go out without the support of the imperial army's army on land, it's just a ridiculous excuse!" If the imperial court can send a large army, why should you have to stop the enemy at sea! This is the royal order, and you also swear in front of His Royal Highness the Lord and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, once you receive the royal order, you will not hesitate to go to the soup. As a general, how can you be duplicitous! Is Your Highness the enemy you need to deceive with lies? Yuan Jun continued to argue, but Quan Li ignored him, so he continued to order Yuan Jun to be punished with a cane.

After nightfall, Yi Sunsin, who was in the army in white clothes, came to Kwon Li and said: "The current navy cannot continue to attack the enemy, the enemy has already been prepared, and there are several times more warships than us, and if we attack rashly in this situation, the consequences will be unimaginable." Kwon Li immediately interrupted Yi Sun-sin, insisting that the royal decree could not be disobeyed, and Yi Sun-sin continued: "Please tell His Royal Highness the truth about the naval army, and please persuade the imperial court, otherwise not only will you not be able to defeat the Japanese invaders, but the naval soldiers and warships will eventually come to naught." ”

Quan Li said: "We have a firepower advantage compared with the Japanese Invaders, although I am not good at water warfare, but I also know that the enemy needs to make good use of the art of war and give full play to our advantages. ”

Yi Sunsin replied: "It is true that we have stronger firepower than the Japanese ships, but once we are in close combat, we are very easy to be suppressed by the Japanese birds, and many victories are mainly based on surprise attacks. The Japanese were already cunning and difficult to find, but after that, the Japanese were on serious precautions, and our naval army did not win again. This time, the Japanese are even more prepared, and now it is different from the past, and it is not possible to start a war rashly. Although Quan Li knew that it was reasonable, it was difficult to disobey the king's order, so he could only insist on fighting. Yi Sunsin wanted to persuade Quan Li to retreat again.

After returning to Xianshan Island, Yuan Jun vowed to destroy the enemy with all his might, but the morale of the water camp was low. On July 14, the Korean navy set out again from Xianshan Island, and the Japanese army Wakisaka Yasuharu immediately reported to the Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka when he learned of it, and the Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka ordered Fujido Takatora to lure the Korean Navy to the sea area of Ushikawa Liang, and ordered Wakizaka Yasuji and Kato Yoshiaki to stand by near the sea area of Ushikawa Liang. and ordered the army to meet Geoje Island. After the encounter between Fujido Takatora and Yuan Jun's fleet, the old trick was repeated, and he turned around again and retreated. All the Korean generals advised that this was to lure the enemy not to pursue, and Yuan Jun said: "I know that this is a plan to lure the enemy, but the king's order is difficult to disobey, and it is also difficult for our army to escape death if it retreats, so it is better to fight with the enemy with all its might!" Our firepower is far above the Japanese Bandits, muster up courage! Kill the pirates with me and bury them all! At this time, Yuan Jun already regarded death as home, knowing the plan, but because he was worried that he would be severely punished by the imperial court, he could only lead the whole army to continue the pursuit.

On the evening of 15 July, the Korean navy arrived near the Checheon-liang in the Geoje Strait, and at dawn on 16 July, they pursued Fujitang Gaohu into Checheon-liang, which was extremely narrow, and Yuan Jun did not dare to enter lightly, so he only sent a few ships to enter the trial. Yuan Jun observed outside for a long time, but did not detect anything unusual, in order to annihilate Fujitang Gaohu as soon as possible, Yuan Jun finally led all the naval troops to approach Fujitang Gaohu.

After all the North Korean sailors entered the Qichuan Liang, the secret agents on the island took the opportunity to send out a fireworks signal, and the naval forces under the command of Yasuharu Wakisaka and Kato Yoshiaki gradually blocked the sea mouth and quickly approached inward. At this time, the Fujido Gaohu fleet was already miserable in the face of the artillery of the Korean navy, and even if it was attacked by the enemy, although the Korean navy could not be effectively deployed in the narrow sea area, its firepower was enough to deal with it for a while, Yuan Jun immediately ordered to block the invading enemy, and dispatched three turtle ships to rush into the enemy position.

In an instant, a large number of Japanese troops on both sides of the strait suddenly appeared, and the Japanese generals Shimazu Yoshihiro and Konishi Yukinaga led 5,000 troops to occupy favorable terrain and coastal danger to shoot continuously at the Korean warships, throwing and baking. The Fujido Takatoro fleet also fought back again, and the Japanese army had now completed the encirclement of the Korean naval forces.

The Japanese army was mostly a clipper ship this time, covered by the fire of the Fujitang Gaohu in front, and there were Japanese arquebus queues on both sides of the coast to shoot intensively, and the North Korean gunners were mostly wounded, the armor was broken, the sails were destroyed, and the deck caught fire, even so, the firepower of nearly 200 North Korean warships still caused certain casualties to the Japanese army, but most of the Anzhai and Sekiki ships in the Japanese ships were covered with iron armor, and some of the Anzhai ships were also equipped with several guns, so it was difficult for the Korean turtle ships to easily cause heavy damage to the Japanese ironclad ships, and the North Korean fleet was concentrated in the narrow sea area, and it was inconvenient to move, It was quickly approached by the Japanese clippers, and many soldiers jumped into the sea to escape and were killed by the Japanese army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yuan Jun ordered a breakthrough, and finally Yuan Jun was killed by the Japanese arquebus, thousands of Korean soldiers were killed, and more than 160 warships were sunk by the Japanese army. After the war, there were no more North Korean ships within a radius of 15 miles from Geoje Island, and the Korean navy suffered heavy losses, its morale collapsed, and it was difficult to conduct any naval battles. The Japanese army was able to advance on Jeolla Province by land and water as planned.

After the defeat of Qichuanliang, the king of Joseon, Li Hao, who received the battle report, was panting and complaining again and again. Li Dexin said: "Your Highness, although the annihilation of the naval army is very painful, you must not be discouraged. The Japanese army of Suchemian will soon invade Jeolla Province from Busan and the rest of the port, and then march north to attack Wanggyeong, which will need to be dealt with immediately. ”

Li Hengfu advised: "Fortunately, the Ming army has entered Korea and guarded in various dangerous places. In the south of Jeolla Province, there were 3,000 elite Ming troops in Liaodong, and 4,000 Ming troops were also stationed in Chungju, so we also need to send a large army to defend together with the Ming army. Li Hao hurriedly said: "Of course it should be like this, hurry up and do it, transfer our army, and Li Sunsin, the widow almost forgot about him, let's let Li Sunchen reinstate his post." What does the Prime Minister think? Is that how to save the situation? Liu Chenglong, the leader of the council, said that it should be so.

However, Li Dexin was worried that even if Yi Sunchen was reinstated, there would be few warships left to lead. Li Hao also secretly felt sad after hearing this. Jin Yingnan, the left councilor, hurriedly came to report to the Ming Dynasty and arrived at Wang Jing by Yang Hao. Li Hao was overjoyed to meet immediately, Yang Hao was summoned into the palace of the Joseon Dynasty, saluted and said: "Yang Ho, the Ming Dynasty prepares the Imperial History of the Joseon Dynasty and sees His Royal Highness the King of Joseon, Your Highness, the military affairs are busy and late, please don't be surprised." Li Hao comforted and sighed at the kindness of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Ho asked: "When I came to Wangjing, I heard that the Korean naval army was completely annihilated, what is the reason?" ”

Li Hao didn't know how to answer for a while, and was deeply ashamed: "It's a shame to say, but since the lord has led the Ming Dynasty army to arrive, even if there is no Korean naval army, he can defeat the enemy, isn't it." Yang Ho said: "At present, the Ming Dynasty only has the first batch of reinforcements, which alone is not enough to expel the Japanese invaders, and it needs the full support of the whole of Korea." First of all, please set up a strategic yamen to command military affairs, so that we can coordinate the overall situation. ”

In this regard, Liu Chenglong, the leader of the council, asked: "Is it necessary to set up a special government office?" After a while, why don't you just stay in the command area of the Ming army and discuss military affairs with North Korea? Yang Hao asked rhetorically: "Are you worried that the Ming Dynasty will interfere in the national affairs of North Korea through the Jingluo Yamen?" Please be relieved, we have neither the heart nor the power, but only through the strategy of the yamen to make military affairs in an orderly manner, strategizing to win a decisive victory. ”

Li Hao agreed to Yang Hao's request, but Li Hao also asked whether the Ming Army would talk about peace and negotiation again this time, Yang Hao replied sharply: "Your Highness, please don't have this worry anymore, the Son of Heaven has issued a strict decree, if you talk about peace, you will not be pardoned!" Previously, Shen Weijing introduced the cloth cloth fox and pretended to be a tiger, and he was good at advocating and plotting peace, which made Daming lose face! It was North Korea that suffered the disaster! This will never happen again! Daming came to North Korea this time, and he decided to teach the Japanese to leave no armor! Li Hao was overjoyed and promised Yang Hao that North Korea would completely obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty.

After Liu Chenglong and the other three left the palace, Liu Chenglong asked Li Dexin and Li Hengfu what they thought of Yang Hao, and Li Dexin promised to be completely different from Shen Weijing, and he was definitely not a betrayer of North Korea. But compared with Song Yingchang, it is unknown. Li Hengfu doesn't know why Liu Chenglong is worried? Yoo Sung-ryong said: "Although I also think that he is not the one who teases us North Korea, Yang Ho, who always feels that he is talking wildly, despises the Japanese and is worried about the imminent collapse of the navy." ”

After receiving the royal order of the king of Joseon, Yi Sun-sin was reinstated as the commander of the three naval forces. Since the defeat of Chi Chuanliang, the Korean naval army has been decadent and demoralized, and only wastes time every day. Suddenly, seeing Yi Sunsin's excitement, Yi Sunsin shouted: "If we are still here, we can't say that the navy is destroyed, the boat can be built, as long as one of us still has the fighting spirit and the navy is still there, we will also grow stronger day by day, take revenge on the Japanese and defend our homeland!" Pei Xingli and Song Xili sorted out the situation reports of each water battalion, and Master Li and Officer Cui summarized the situation of gunpowder and guns, and immediately organized training in addition to the wounded soldiers! Shipbuilding takes a certain amount of time, time is running out, and work needs to be carried out day and night. The whole army received the order, and the Korean naval army was once again in high spirits because of the appearance of Yi Sunsin.