Chapter 60: The Battle of Luliang

When the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Wako country, finally came to an end, the whole country was full of wails.

In order to stabilize the domestic factors of the Japanese invaders, it was necessary to quickly withdraw the more than 100,000 troops in Korea to the mainland.

This was because it was necessary to prevent the Japanese from falling into chaos again due to the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

So at this moment, Konishi Yukicho and Kato Kiyomasa and his party of Japanese generals received the news of the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Japanese Kou.

began to lead the troops to slowly withdraw from the territory of North Korea, but on the way to retreat, they were met by a joint army from the Ming Dynasty and North Korea.

In the midst of the encirclement and interception of this coalition army, the Japanese Kou Kingdom also really lost a lot of soldiers.

At this moment, Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa and other generals have already returned to their hearts.

So he led his various Japanese soldiers and successfully reached the coast of Korea.

He sent a message to Wakisaka Yasuharu who was far away on Tsushima Island, and asked Wakisaka Yasuharu to lead hundreds of military ships to welcome the army back to his country.

But at this moment, top-secret military information came from the Pusan area, and it was transmitted to the North Korean naval barracks.

Yi Sunsin, the commander of the navy, decided to once again lead the Korean navy and the Ming navy to pursue the Japanese ships that were in a hurry to retreat.

At this moment, on a quiet night, more than 500 Japanese military ships were carrying the Japanese invaders of Korea.

Each of these soldiers was stained with the blood of the Korean military and civilians and the Ming officials.

Therefore, at this moment, the Korean Navy and the Daming Navy are all fighting against the Japanese army.

So there are only more than 200 North Korean military ships and Ming military ships combined, and there are only a dozen North Korean military ships.

In the area of the Luliang Strait in North Korea, more than 500 Japanese warships are retreating safely with their soldiers.

However, in front of the Luliang Sea, there are more than 200 North Korean and Ming warships, waiting for the Japanese military ships to pass through the Luliang Sea.

So a rare encounter in history began in the waters of Luliang in North Korea.

At this moment, the general of the Japanese invaders, Wakisaka Yasuharu, had also discovered the naval forces of the Ming Dynasty and Joseon.

But at this moment, the Daming Navy was afraid of losses, so they hid in the rear and continued to observe the changes in the entire battle situation.

At this moment, the Korean naval army, under the command of General Yi Sunsin, launched an attack after preparing for a full-scale charge.

All the Korean sailors were actively rowing the boat at all times, and the Japanese soldiers were also in position on the boat at this moment, waiting for the order to attack.

When the Korean naval forces under the command of Yi Sun-sin came into range of the Japanese army, the Japanese army first launched a desperate attack with bird guns.

However, they were met with the efforts of General Yi Sunsin's Korean naval forces to fight back, and at this moment, the Korean naval forces gradually approached the Japanese ships under the cover of night.

Artillery and rockets were fired at the Japanese ships at this moment, which also caused many casualties among the Japanese soldiers.

At this moment, Wakisaka Yasuharu was actively commanding the Japanese army, carrying out a ruthless attack while ordering the Japanese army not to retreat.

However, with the competition between the two armies, it gradually came to a white-knuckle battle in which the two ships approached.

So at this moment, the soldiers on the Japanese ship boarded the Korean warship, and the officers and soldiers of the two sides fought the initial decisive battle under the command of the generals of both sides.

Under the command of Yi Sunsin, the officers and men of the Korean Navy threw out a flying bombardment mine, which caused the Japanese warship to explode at the same time.

The warship also followed the flames and burned, causing a large area of the warship to burn into a real sea of fire.

Later, the sea, which had been very dark, was illuminated very brightly by the flames of the Japanese warship at this moment.

At this moment, as the forces of the two sides competed at sea, there were constantly soldiers falling into the sea because of the battle.

The naval battle lasted from night to daytime, from the night of November 18, 1598 to the morning of November 19, 1598.

In this operation, Yi Sunsin's fighting spirit of taking the lead and standing up for the soldiers has always inspired the combat enthusiasm and morale of the DPRK officers and men.

However, it was also because of this that General Yi Sunsin, the god of the Korean navy, died on the battlefield of the Battle of Royang on the morning of November 19, 1598.

And Deng Zilong, the veteran general of the Ming Dynasty, also encouraged the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to charge into battle with his heroic spirit.

And Deng Zilong also had the same fate as General Yi Sunsin, and after the fall of the star, he and General Yi Sun-sin died together on the battlefield of the Battle of Luliang in Korea.

And on November 19, 1598, the sailors from the Ming Dynasty and Korea finally won the final victory in the Battle of Royang.

With a small number of military ships, the Ming and Korean coalition forces faced more than 500 Japanese warships.

In the end, he defeated the challenge from the Japanese navy, and officially ended the war of the Japanese invasion of Korea.

As the largest war in Northeast Asia in the 16th century, it was precisely because of the role of this naval battle.

The Wako Kingdom gradually fell into civil war, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's family gradually stepped onto the stage of the Wako Lordship.

At this moment, the Ming Dynasty gradually entered a state of decline, while North Korea at the same time never learned the experience and lessons brought by the war.

Instead, it was caught in the midst of continuous party and official strife, and forty years later, it experienced a tragic change brought about by the chaos of the propylene rebellion.

It cannot be mentioned that this is a tragedy that has failed to learn historical experience and lessons, and at this moment, both the Ming Dynasty and North Korea need to step up their efforts to carry out comprehensive reforms.

However, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty and the DPRK not only did not follow the pace and trend of world development, but were gradually eliminated by history in the trend of historical development.

It also has to be said that two countries that do not want to make progress are in a period of historical change, but they have not been able to grasp the last chance.

The Ming Dynasty and North Korea, which lost the last opportunity for change, will also receive more severe tests and lessons from history in the end.

The Battle of Luliang was a military operation jointly conducted by the Ming Dynasty and the Korean sailors nearly 400 years ago.

The main purpose was to cut off the retreat of the Japanese enemy to the sea artery.

This joint operation between the Ming Dynasty and Korea dealt a major blow to the Japanese navy and laid the foundation for two hundred years of peace after the war.

The close cooperation between the Ming Dynasty and the North Korean naval forces issued a final roar, relying on the favorable terrain and topography to carry out a comprehensive counterattack.

He succeeded in annihilating the Japanese army from the sea, although Konishi Yukinaga finally managed to escape with 13,000 men.

Shimazu Rika also led the navy to successfully escape the pursuit of the Ming and Korean navy, but Kato Kiyomasa, who finally broke through the blockade, also led more than 10,000 people.

Together with other Japanese generals, he led the remaining 5,000 people and successfully returned to the homeland of the Japanese Invaders.

The Ming Dynasty and the Korean naval forces worked closely together under the unified command, and the heroic struggle was an important factor in the decisive victory of the naval battle.

Yi Sun-sin of the Korean Navy commanded the Korean Navy to actively carry out operations regardless of his personal safety.

And Deng Zilong, the veteran general of the Ming Dynasty, took the lead in the soldiers, and his fighting spirit of fighting without regard for himself also always inspired the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to actively fight.

Although the naval battle was finally won by the combined naval forces of the Ming Dynasty and Korea, the Korean court lost General Yi Sunsin, the god of the naval army.

The Ming Dynasty also lost the shrewd and martial General Deng Zilong, and the two generals really commanded the banner to supervise the battle and move forward bravely.

This battle also showed the determination and confidence of the officers and troops of the two countries to fight bravely and skillfully, and to fight to the end against the invading soldiers of the Japanese Invaders.

After the successful naval battle of Luliang, it also made the official army of the Ming Dynasty and the official army of North Korea jointly play a majestic role.

At this moment, the Ming Dynasty also fell into almost decline due to the support of North Korea.

And the three major campaigns of the Wanli era also show that His Majesty the Wanli Emperor has made due efforts and contributions for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty.

However, with the official end of the three major expeditions, the Japanese invaders also entered civil strife.

And the Ming Dynasty is about to enter a civil war, and the threat posed to the Ming Dynasty by the Liaodong region is very dangerous.

And how to make Liaodong continue to develop steadily is the primary task of the Ming Dynasty, and the declining Ming Dynasty can still return to the era of Wanli Zhongxing?

Can it still have the military strength of the Wanli Zhongxing period?

This depends on the final choice of Emperor Wanli and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and whether Nurhachi, who is entrenched in the Liaodong region of the Ming Dynasty, is willing to continue to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

And at this moment, will the rising Jurchen clan still obey the dispatch of the Ming Dynasty?

Will he continue to appear in front of Da Ming as a courtier?

This depends on the final showdown between the Ming and the Jurchens, and it depends on how the Jurchens counterattack the Daming.