The reason why Yi Sunsin made a mistake was that he was anxious to relieve the pressure on the army and to contribute to his country. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A month before Xiao Ruxun sent troops, Li Sunsin learned that the Ming Dynasty had decided to send troops to aid Korea, in order to respond to the actions of the Ming Dynasty, Li Sunsin decided to take the risk of leading the sailors to attack Busan City, to complete the ultimate strategy that Xiao Ruxun had envisioned for a long time, to cut off the supply line of the Japanese army to Tsushima and Kyushu, if it could be completed, as soon as the Ming army sent troops, the war could actually be put to a halt and ended.

However, the Japanese sailors had already learned the news and were ready, closed their doors, and shot the Korean army from the city, and the Korean general Zheng Yun was shot and killed, and Yi Sunsin, who was almost captured, fled to Gade Island, and the results of this battle were only limited to the burning of more than 400 empty ships under the city of Busan, and the Korean sailors who had won a series of victories suffered heavy losses.

After this battle, Yi Sunsin realized that the number of ships and troops in his hands could not achieve the goal of cutting off the supply lines of the Japanese army, so he decided to attack the Japanese transport ships steadily, thus causing great trouble to the Japanese army.

Originally, Toyotomi Hideyoshi formulated a supply plan in the hope that the Japanese navy could move westward along Jeolla Road, cooperate with the army, advance by land and water, and rely on water to supply along the way, so as to effectively avoid the mountainous terrain of Korea and improve the efficiency of transportation and replenishment.

Now Yi Sunsin has firmly blocked the Japanese naval army north of Yeosu, snuffing out the possibility of the Japanese army transporting supplies from Jeolla Province, and if the Japanese army is cut off, the Japanese army can only rely on Nagoya-Tsushima-Busan to transport supplies to Korea, and then transport them all the way through the mountain roads of Gyeongsang Province, and the speed is unbearable.

If it was just food, the Japanese army could also eat locally, what really made the Japanese generals on the front line uncomfortable was the lack of several other strategic materials, such as iron cannons, projectiles, gunpowder and arquebuses, the Japanese army used iron artillery as the core method of operation, these materials are the key to ensuring combat effectiveness, but North Korea can barely supply a little gunpowder, everything else must be transported from Japan for a long distance.

Iron cannons can be produced in Japan, and that's all, but things like saltpeter, one of the key raw materials for making gunpowder, lead for making projectiles, and cotton thread for making fire ropes, the production of these things in Japan is extremely low, and they themselves need to be imported, so it is extremely difficult to collect, and the shortcomings of Japan's small land and lack of resources are exposed at this time.

It can be said that the fundamental reason why Konishi Yukinaga stagnated after the capture of Pyongyang, and Kato Kiyomasa's abandonment of going north was that Yi Sunsin was very active on the sea, and Yi Sunsin single-handedly wiped out half of the Japanese army's transportation and supply capacity, and the other half was still constantly attacking, giving the Japanese a headache, but there was nothing they could do.

Such a naval battle talent, quite familiar with the combat strength and situation of the Japanese army, etc., who can Xiao Ruxun ask him for advice if he doesn't ask for advice?

So Xiao Ruxun invited Li Sunsin and greeted him personally.

When Li Sunsin received Xiao Ruxun's order, he was a little hesitant, because he didn't know what Xiao Ruxun was looking for him to do, but Xiao Ruxun was now the actual person in charge of the entire campaign, not only had the command of the Ming army, but after the Battle of Bihokwan recovered Seoul, in order to express his trust and gratitude to Xiao Ruxun, Li Hao also handed over the command of the Korean army to Xiao Ruxun.

Xiao Ruxun can now not only mobilize the Ming army, but also mobilize the Korean army, and the order to concentrate the main Korean land and water forces in Jeolla Province to expel the Japanese army and guard Gyeongsang-do Province was issued by Xiao Ruxun.

So Yi Sunsin has no reason to shirk now.

He handed over the command of the navy to his right-hand man, and then set off with a few of his own soldiers and a son to the Daegu camp.

Now, the chief general of the heavenly army, the famous Admiral Xiao Ruxun is already like a savior in the eyes of the Korean monarchs and ministers, he did not send troops for three months, and as soon as he sent troops, he regained the three capitals of Korea in three wars like lightning, annihilated 100,000 Japanese invaders, and rolled the Japanese back to Busan as a shrinking turtle.

Yi Sunsin naturally knew it, so he was a little uneasy, and he didn't know what Admiral Xiao was looking for him, whether he wanted to reward himself for his merit in annihilating one-third of the main force of the Japanese Invaders, or whether he wanted to punish himself for his defeat in Pusan, which was the result of a defeat in Busan.

Arriving at the gate of the Daegu camp, Li Sunsin saw a red-robed general standing majestically at the door from a distance, and couldn't help but be stunned, so he dismounted from a distance, walked forward, and after seeing the red-robed general, he saluted and asked: "The commander of the three naval forces made Li Sunsin come on the order of Admiral Xiao, I don't know who the general is?" ”

"Xiao Ruxun, the one who asked General Li to come over."

The red-robed general smiled.

Li Sunsin was stunned for a moment, Xiao Ruxun laughed, took Li Sunsin's hand and led him to the camp.

"General Li has repeatedly defeated the Japanese Sailors, and the Governor admires him very much, and now that the Ming Naval Division is about to be dispatched, the Governor urgently needs a person who knows a lot about the Japanese Sailors to improve the plan for the Governor, which brings to mind General Li."

Xiao Ruxun smiled while comforting the somewhat stunned Li Sunsin with words, Li Sunsin then understood the real reason why Xiao Ruxun came to him, it turned out that the Ming Dynasty was going to do something to the Japanese sailors, which made him a little excited, the first plan he wanted to complete was to capture Tsushima Island and cut off the supply route of the Japanese Invaders, I don't know if this admiral also had such thoughts.

"Dare to ask the Admiral, how much is the Daming Sailor dispatched? What is the purpose? ”

"Five hundred warships, about 10,000 officers and men of the naval division, the purpose is the mission that General Li failed to complete."

Yi Sunsin's old face turned red and asked, "Isn't it...... Pusan? ”

"No, not Busan." Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "The first target is Tsushima Island, I want to use the naval division to completely annihilate the main force of the Japanese Naval Division on Tsushima Island, and then lead the officers and soldiers to land, capture Tsushima, take Tsushima Island, completely cut off the connection between the Japanese and North Korea, and at the same time trap the Japanese in Busan, push the battle line forward, so as to attack the Japanese mainland at any time." ”

"Attack the Japanese Invaders?!"

Yi Sunsin was stunned for a moment, to be honest, although he wanted to cut off the supply line of the Japanese invaders, but from a strategic point of view, just to save the Korean Peninsula, he never thought that with the national strength of the DPRK could counterattack the Japanese mainland, the only time Korea took the initiative to attack the Japanese military was more than 100 years ago during the Joseon Sejong period, North Korea sent 20,000 troops to attack Tsushima Island, expelled the Japanese invaders, and then sent a division, but did not maintain the occupation of Tsushima Island.

Tsushima Island is located in the middle of the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese mainland, about 50 kilometers away from the Korean mainland, when the weather is clear, standing on the high platform of the island can overlook the Korean Peninsula Busan, when the Mongols invaded the East twice, the islanders slaughtered, Tsushima now belongs to the fief of the Zong family, that is, the fief of Zong Yizhi who was killed by the Ming army in Pyongyang.

"Yes, attacking the Japanese mainland, passive defense always suffers, and keeping the enemy outside the country is the best countermeasure to reduce war losses, and burn the war to the Japanese mainland, so that they can also try the pain of being affected by the war!" Xiao Ruxun said viciously: "All in all, Tsushima Island must be taken, and the retreat of the Busan Japanese Bandits must also be cut off, at that time, the sea route will be blocked, the land route will be blocked, I will be trapped, and I will trap those tens of thousands of Japanese Bandits alive!" ”