The three roads on land also attacked in different directions: Ma Gui attacked Ulsan, Dong Yiyuan attacked Sacheon, and Liu Ling attacked Suncheon.

In June, Magui once again surrounded Kiyomasa Kato in Ulsan Castle. After that, the two armies won and lost each other, but at the last moment, Magui was ambushed by Japanese reinforcements. The reinforcements were led by Tachibana Soshige, who first attacked Magui's military camp at night with a thousand men, and later attacked the Ming army with a false camp, and Magui was defeated.

In July, Liu Ling and Ma Gui respectively attacked Ulsan and Suncheon, and although they did not capture the city gate, they killed thousands of Japanese troops, which was also a great victory.

However, Dong Yiyuan's department, which attacked Sichuan, saw that he had taken the Sichuan walled city, but an artillery explosion accident unexpectedly occurred, and then it caused a series of explosions in the ** warehouse, causing the Ming army to be in chaos. The Sacheon defender Shimazu Yoshihiro could not miss such a great opportunity, and he immediately ordered the Japanese army to attack and regain ownership of Sacheon again.

At this time, Zhong Nan did not return to China, but sat in the Seoul base camp. When he received the battle report from Dong Yiyuan's department, he was so angry that he slapped the table.

"The firearms sent to the front line are actually fake and shoddy, what are the people of the Arsenal Division doing to eat?"

"Boss, it's useless for you to get angry now, you might as well think of a remedy." Hu Huanshan persuaded.

Zhong Nan never minded the outspoken advice of his subordinates, as long as the other party was right, he accepted it with an open mind.

"Or you're right, think about how to remedy it first, and talk about the rest after the war is over." Zhong Nan calmed down, and after thinking about it, he picked up a pen and wrote while speaking, "Let the imperial court re-purchase firearms from the Jizhou Arsenal, and then ship them to the front line as soon as possible!" ”

Hu Huanshan took Zhong Nan's stamped handbook and went out quickly, and he had to arrange for someone to deliver the letter.

In early September, the imperial court arrived in Seoul with all kinds of firearms.

At the end of September, the Ming army launched an offensive against the Japanese army at the same time. Because the new artillery of the Jizhou Arsenal not only has a longer range, but also has much greater power than before, under the repeated bombardment, the Japanese army has no power to fight back. If they hadn't relied on the thick walls of their respective high cities, they would have fled long ago.

At the beginning of October, Chen Luan intercepted the Japanese army's grain convoy at sea, and a fire burned out all kinds of supplies for the Japanese army.

At the same time, after many days of siege, the three men and horses on the road finally took Sacheon, Ulsan and Suncheon, and all the remnants of the Japanese army fled back to the base camp in Busan.

Having lost all the occupied areas and running out of supplementary food and other supplies, the morale of the Japanese army in Pusan quickly declined.

At the end of October, the Japanese army had begun to run out of food, so they had the heart to retreat. They planned to flee from Ulsan in batches, but the Ming army did not give them a chance.

At this time, the Ming army's naval division was led by Chen Luan as the commander, Deng Zilong as the deputy general, and Ma Wenhuan as the guerrilla general. Under Chen's arrangement, hundreds of warships were distributed in various seaports of Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Gyeongsang.

Just as the Japanese generals were retreating, Chen Luan sent Deng Zilong and Yi Sunsin to jointly attack and intercept the Japanese reinforcements who wanted to rescue Kato Kiyomasa in the Luliang Sea, including Tachibana Muneshige, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Kobayakawa Hideho, Soyoshitomo, and Terasawa Hiroko, all of whom were blocked in the Luliang Sea.

Deng Zilong, the deputy general of the water division, the word Wuqiao, the number Daqian, a person from Nanchang, Jiangxi. He was born in the 37th year of Jiajing's martial arts, first fought against the Japanese in Fujian and Guangdong coastal areas, and was promoted from a small school to a general. Later, he successively participated in the suppression of peasant rebels in Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places.

In the 11th year of Wanli, Deng Zilong attacked the Burmese Mubang tribe that invaded Panzhihua, and captured the leaders of the Burmese army alive, so he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief.

In the following ten years, Deng Zilong experienced events such as being stripped of his post and imprisoned, being guilty of meritorious service, being reinstated by officials, and being dismissed, from a hot-blooded young man to an old man.

Don't look at Old Man Deng is over seventy years old, but he is brave in the Battle of Luliang and vows to win the first credit. He personally led three huge ships to attack the Japanese army, and took himself as the vanguard, intending to fight the opponent head-on.

The Japanese army was beaten by Deng Zilong's tactics of not being afraid of death, and there were countless casualties for a while. He accidentally threw a firearm into his ship, causing it to catch fire. With no way to retreat, Deng Zilong fought desperately with the Japanese army, and finally died heroically.

At the same time, Yi Sunsin, who was fighting in a joint operation, wanted to go to rescue Deng Zilong, but the tortoiseshell boat led by him rushed into the enemy line and was surrounded by Japanese troops. Unfortunately, during the chaotic battle, Yi Sunsin was shot in the chest by a stray arrow and died.

Before Li Sunsin died, he specially told his nephew Li Guan: "The war is urgent, be careful not to say that I will die, so as not to surprise the army." He handed over the flag to his subordinates and asked them to give orders on their behalf, so as not to interfere with the Korean naval division to continue fighting.

Then, Chen Ling ordered Chen Silkworm, Ji Jin and others to lead the army to rush to flank the Japanese army. The Japanese army had successfully rescued Kato Kiyomasa, so they fought and retreated. Unbeknownst to him, the Kato Army, which had just escaped ashore, was waited by Liu Ling, who was waiting here in advance, and after a battle, a large number of Japanese soldiers were drowned and drowned.

Not only that, but the Shimazu Yoshihiro Army, which came to the rescue, was also slammed by Chen Lan and was beaten up. After paying the losses of hundreds of warships, he fled in a hurry under the response of Tachibana Muneshige.

In November, the remnants of the Japanese army, who remained in Korea, fled from Ulsan again. It's just that they are afraid of the high and deep cliffs of Mt. Yi, and most of the Japanese soldiers dare not advance. As a result, Chen Luan secretly led the army to come at night, and caught them off guard, and in the panic, there were thousands of Japanese soldiers who stumbled and fell off the cliff.

Although a small number of Japanese troops still escaped, it did not have the slightest impact on the overall situation. At this point, the Second Korean War finally came to an end.

At the beginning of December, Zhong Nan, Ma Gui, Chen Lan and others returned to Beijing one after another.

Counting the time, from the end of February to the beginning of December, Zhong Nam stayed in North Korea for almost ten months. During this time, although he did not personally put on the battle, he still felt the iron blood and cruelty of war.

In the first battle of Nanyuan, the 6,000 Ming and Korean coalition troops, except for nearly 2,000 people who broke through with Yang Yuan in the end, the rest of the soldiers were all killed; Of course, the losses of the Japanese army were even greater, and although their strength was nearly ten times that of the combined forces of the Ming and North Korea, they still paid the price of more than 7,000 deaths.

In the Battle of Jishan, the combined forces of the Ming and North Koreas were almost one enemy and two enemies, and the result was not only to kill more than 6,000 Japanese troops, but more importantly, to achieve the strategic goal and win time for the Ming Dynasty to re-recruit troops. However, the combined forces of the Ming and North Koreas also lost more than 2,500 casualties.

In the Battle of Ulsan, more than 46,000 troops of the Ming and Korean coalition forces fought against more than 60,000 Japanese troops. The Ming army suffered more than 7,000 casualties and more than 4,000 wounded, and the Korean army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties; The Japanese army suffered more than 12,000 casualties. As a result, the Ming and Korean coalition forces lost a bitter battle, and also lost Lu Jizhong, the general of the Liaodong Army.

In the Battle of Suncheon, Liu Ling fought against more than 14,000 Japanese troops with 20,000 men. Although the victory was finally achieved, annihilating nearly 7,000 Japanese troops, the Ming army also suffered more than 3,500 casualties.

In the Battle of Luliang, the forces invested by each side were equal, and the final losses were similar - the Japanese army lost more than 10,000 people, mainly soldiers of Shimazu Yoshihiro's army; And Shimazu Yoshihiro himself was killed in the Luliang Sea. Although the number of casualties of the Ming and Korean coalition forces was significantly less than that of the Japanese army, they lost the generals Deng Zilong and Yi Sunsin, so it can be said that both sides were defeated.

Fortunately, in the end, the Japanese army was driven back to their homeland, and for two hundred years, they could no longer afford to invade Korea.

Looking at the statistics on the battle report, Zhong Nan was silent for a long time - the bloodshed of the war, those who have not experienced it personally, it is difficult to imagine.

In late December, the exact news came from Fujian that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had died a few days ago in the Wa Kingdom, and it was said that he had died of anger. When the remnants of the Wa Kingdom were defeated and fled back to Wajima, Toyotomi Hideyoshi looked up to the sky and sighed, then vomited three liters of blood and fell to the ground.

Although the result was a bit unexpected to Chung-nam, he was still happy. After all, a warlike like Toyotomi Hideyoshi would be more dangerous if he stayed in the world for one more day.

A few days after Zhong Nan returned to Beijing, the Spring Festival of the twenty-sixth year of Wanli came in a hurry.

Due to the meritorious service of the Eastern Expedition to Korea, according to the gossip circulating around, Zhong Nanji is likely to be promoted to the secretary of the military department after the Spring Festival.

Zhong Nan didn't pay much attention to these claims. The only thing he wants to do now is to have a good Spring Festival.

In the first month, whether it was the big or small officials of the Beijing Division, or the important local generals, most of them came to Zhongfu. It is estimated that he heard those rumors and wanted to get in touch with Zhong Nan in advance.

However, the real bigwigs and Zhong Nan's family of centaurs don't think so. For the big guys, even if Zhong Nan makes a book, he is still a new force, where do they need to condescend to please. For Zhong Nan's "little brothers", Lord Shilang can sit in the high position of Shangshu, so he will naturally not forget them; In addition, after a period of understanding, they also knew Zhong Nan's style and felt that there was no need to do those superficial efforts.

With the end of the Spring Festival holiday, in the second half of the first month, the first morning dynasty of the 26th year of Wanli was held as scheduled in the limelight.

Originally, everyone thought that there would be important announcements in the early court, but Zhu Yijun only announced that in early March, the imperial court would hold a sacrificial ceremony and pay tribute to the ancestors in the suburban temple. After that, neither the four scholars in the cabinet nor the six ministers and nine secretaries had any matters to play. As a result, this early dynasty ended so unexpectedly.

Think about it, if it's really a big event, where will it be discussed in the early morning - if you say a word to me, you won't be able to get results all day. It seems that the forces of all parties are still in the game!

In mid-February, the emperor's decree was finally issued: Zhong Nan, the former right attendant of the military department, was promoted to the secretary of the military department; And Xing Jue, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, did not lose his position as expected by the outside world, but was transferred to the post of secretary of the Ministry of Officials; As for Yu Jing, the former secretary of the ministry, he was assigned to Yingtianfu and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.