On this night, the sky was dotted with stars, and more than 300 warships gathered on the shore of Jinjiang Bay, sailing for thousands of miles, and waving flags in the sky. Oriental Reading Network %77%77%77%2e%6c%6e%77%6f%77%2e%6e%65%74Under the agitation of the sea breeze, the sails printed with Wuqitong are particularly conspicuous. On the deck of the flagship of the naval army, "Nippon Maru", Ogasawara Beihou, the chief charge d'affaires and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces stationed in Korea, stood solemnly in the wind, staring solemnly at the inner castle not far away from the flames and gunsmoke. Since the scheduled time was nine days late, he had to conquer the castle as soon as possible and complete the suppression of the Shimazu family.

In fact, as early as the day after receiving Kato Kiyomasa's letter asking for help, Ogasawara Tadashi summoned Renna's envoy Fukushima Masaharu to prepare to mobilize 25,000 troops stationed in Korea to Higo Kumamoto Port to support the Toyotomi coalition forces. However, the Shimazu clan's elder Kiiri Tadashi, who succeeded Shimazu Yoshihiro as "Ren Namori", refused to let him go, and he held the 800 Shimazu troops stationed on Kagejima, and at the same time, the 1,000 Maori troops stationed in Zhenjima under the command of Shigeruzawa Motoji, the son of Yoshikawa Motoharu, were also under the command of Mori Terumoto. Yeongdo and Jindo are strategically important places to hold Busan and Mokpo respectively, and there are dozens of forts built on the islands, and if these two nails are not removed, the army stationed in Korea will face a huge threat to go to sea.

Kiiri Tadashi knew that Ogasawara Tadakiyo and others would not stop here, and considering his limited troops, he secretly met with the leaders of the Korean rebels, Chung In-hong, Sun In-jia and others, and instigated the two to start a riot in the area of Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province, so as to contain a large number of Japanese main forces, so that the army could not go to sea in a short time. Of course, Zheng and Sun will not pay in vain, and Xi Iirakashi continued to lie that he could reach an agreement with him on behalf of Japan, as long as they could drag the Japanese army in two lanes and have no time to take care of it, and when the battle on Japanese soil was over, they would ask the "Japanese king" to withdraw their troops.

Believing this, Jeong-sun and his son launched an uprising on April 22 in the areas of Gwangju and Suncheon in Jeolla Province, Choryeong and Gaysan in Gyeongsang Province, and nearly 10,000 people responded to the news. Although Ogasawara Tadakiyo knew that this was a ploy by Kiiri Tadashi, he still could not turn a blind eye, and he and Fukushima Masaharu led an army of 10,000 to Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province to encircle and suppress the rebels.

Two years ago, in order to assimilate Korea as soon as possible, Xiubao allowed Han Chinese and a small number of Jurchens to come to the south of Bird Ridge (Lingnan area) to do business and farm. Due to the relatively backward level of cultivation and the deliberate suppression of the Japanese side, a large part of the Koreans began to flee Lingnan to seek refuge in Gangwon Province and Gyeonggi Province, which were still in the hands of the Korean king, but some of them were unwilling to leave their homeland and joined the Korean rebel army, attacking and harassing the Japanese strongholds and even the Han rich peasants.

As a result, many Han Chinese, Japanese, and Jurchens spontaneously organized themselves to unite against the Korean rebels, but they mainly responded to the attacks of small rebel forces, and the two largest rebel armies, Zheng Renhong's "White Jacket Army" and Sun Renjia's "Beggar Army", needed to be suppressed by the Japanese army as the main force.

After nearly a year of focused attacks and the strong cooperation of militias of all ethnic groups, the number of the White Jacket Army dropped from more than 10,000 at its peak to 6,000, and it was mainly distributed in the northern part of Jeolla Province. The beggar army had been fighting in the mountains and forests around Gayage Mountain for a long time, and the threat to the Japanese army in Busan, Ulsan, and other places was huge, so the losses suffered were even more heavy, from more than 15,000 at the peak to more than 3,800, and with the gradual reduction of the Japanese encirclement, the phenomenon of escaping from the battle became more and more prominent.

Zheng Renhong and Sun Renjia were unwilling to sit idly by in the face of the Japanese army's pressing step by step, and received the assurance of Xiiri loyalty, and finally decided to launch an attack on the Japanese army and militias of various ethnic groups on the vast battlefield from Bird Ridge to Jirisan Mountain.

On 24 April, the two decided to launch a general mobilization in the Lingnan area, distributing weapons and equipment to the militia and combining them with the Japanese army according to the example of one by one, so that the number of troops participating in the battle instantly reached more than 45,000. On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of the militia has been enhanced, and on the other hand, the command has been strengthened, so that the militia will no longer fight on its own, and the organization and coordination of the military situation will be enhanced.

The results of this reorganization were obvious: with the close cooperation of the Japanese army and the militia, the Korean rebels suffered heavy losses in various places, and the guerrilla warfare they excelled at was difficult to carry out, and the balance of war began to gradually tilt in favor of the Japanese army.

On April 26, the main force of the White Jacket Army suffered a crushing defeat on the outskirts of Suncheon, and Zheng Renhong was defeated by the militia leader Wang Cheng'an (who later became the general of the "Auxiliary Ming Army", led his troops to participate in the Battle of Sarhu, and was promoted to the chief military officer of Gwangju in Daming for his merits). On the 27th, the coalition forces launched a general attack on Gaya Mountain, Sun Renjia was killed by traitors that night, and Fukushima Masaharu allowed the remaining 800 people to go out of the mountain according to the agreement, and those who were willing to stay were allowed to return to their hometowns to farm, and those who did not want to stay were allowed to go to Gangwon Province or Gyeonggi Province and distribute coils. Since then, the two-year Korean rebel riots have basically ended, and although small groups of rebels are still operating around Choling from time to time, it is no longer a climate, and the long-lost security and stability in the Lingnan region have been achieved.

In addition, the militia of all ethnic groups performed well in this campaign, and later by Xiubao's consent, it was officially allowed to form its own army to maintain local law and order, and it was most famous for Wang Chengan's "Auxiliary Ming Army", Chen Keji's "Protector Army", and Matsumoto Motomori's "Western Navy", these three armies performed well in the later battles against the Jurchens. Of course, that's all for later.

After six days of fierce fighting, the external obstacles that prevented Ogasawara Tadakiyo from sending troops had been removed, and the next step was the Maori Army that cleared Jinjima and the Shimazu Army that Shadow Island. Perhaps knowing that the plan had failed and that it would be difficult to prevent the Korean army from going to sea on his own, the Motoshi Shigerawa led the Maori army to evacuate Jindo and return to Nagato Province by ship. However, Kiiri Tadashi was reluctant to retreat and led the Shimazu army to hold the Shadow Island Water Village.

Kageshima was finally conquered by Fukushima Masaharu in the early morning of the 28th, and the Toyotomi army lost more than 30 warships and more than 500 dead and wounded; On the Shimazu side, Kiiri Tadashi committed suicide by cutting his abdomen after being shot in the abdomen, and the whole army was killed in 580 people, and the remaining 200 people were escorted to Busan for detention.

At this point, the war in Korea was truly over, and Ogasawara Tadashi immediately led 25,000 elite troops (3,800 of his iron artillery team) and more than 300 warships to Kyushu, but because he learned that Kato Kiyomasa had left Kumamoto Castle and Shimazu Tadashi had also left the inner city, he decided to sneak attack the rear of the Shimazu clan, and use a trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, completely cutting off the idea of the Shimazu clan holding the castle.