Is the Ming Dynasty's War of Resistance Against Japan and Aid Korea worth a book?

Now most people know about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and they all know that the people of China and North Korea forged a profound friendship with blood at that time, but they seldom know that during the Ming Dynasty in China, China and North Korea had a long-term traditional friendship and jointly fought against Japanese invaders in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

It was in March of A.D. 159 1 that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, as the leader of the military feudal lords, was not satisfied with the rule of the Japanese people and put into practice his long-established ambition of invading China and North Korea. He sent the scholar Yu as the head of the invading army. -A.D. 1600) and Katou Kiyomasa (A.D. 1562- A.D. 16 1 1) as pioneers, sent nearly 160000 people to cross the sea in Busan, and also sent drunkards Jialong and Fujitanggao.

Japan's massive invasion of Korea shocked Daming's ruling and opposition parties. Monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were used to their position in China. There is an old saying: "How can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch?" So, in July of the 20th year of Wanli (1592), the Ming government sent two divisions to North Korea to spy on the enemy. Unfortunately, 2,000 cavalry led by Shi Ru, a guerrilla in Liaodong, were ambushed by the Japanese near Pyongyang and were completely annihilated. Zu Chengxun, the deputy general soldier, led 3000 cavalry into Pyongyang and immediately fell into street fighting. He was repeatedly ambushed by 700 Japanese matchlock gunmen. The strength of cavalry and Huo Tong could not be exerted, and only a few people, such as Zu, fled back.

When the news came, Ming Ting was as excited as a frying pan. At this time, both hawks and pacifists demanded that the Ming Dynasty send troops to Korea. At this time, it was reported that Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked Ryukyu and the Philippines to submit to tribute. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's arrogant ambition completely angered Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun.

Ming Shenzong issued a decree, ordered a crusade against Japan, aided North Korea, and appointed Song Yingchang as the manager to be responsible for anti-Japanese affairs; The son of Li, the company commander of Shaanxi Province, Li was transferred to Liao, where he was appointed as the governor of the Eastern Expedition and was in charge of the military. The Ming government mobilized a large number of elite troops from all over the country to participate in the Korean War, including: Liaodong elite cavalry 10000, Fu Xuan elite cavalry 8000, Datong elite cavalry 8000 (equipped with light armor, sabre, spear and fire system); Zhen Ji Jishen Camp has 5,000 elite infantry, and Baoding Jishen Camp has 5,000 elite infantry (well-equipped with guns, shotguns and artillery); Jiangsu and Zhejiang infantry 3000, (experienced in anti-Japanese war, familiar with the Yuanyang array handed down from Qi Jiguang); The Sichuan Army has 5,000 infantry (having fought with the Yi people in southwest China for many years and having rich experience in mountain operations).

Because the war lasted for more than five years, it is impossible to describe them one by one, and only a few famous battles can be briefly described to readers.

Pyongyang campaign?

On February 23rd, 1592, 1592, Li, Li Rumei led the aid Korean army to cross the Yalu River and March into North Korea. The Crusaders arrived at the gates of Pyongyang on the 7th of October1593 65438+/KLOC-0. At that time, under the command of Konishi Yukinaga, more than 65,438+08,000 people were stationed in Pyongyang.

The next day, the Ming army launched a general attack, and Li went to the front to direct the operation. With favorable terrain, the Japanese kept shooting with muskets. The Ming army's crossbows were fired, and the fire covered the sky and shook the ground. The fighting was fierce. Li's mount was killed by the enemy matchlock gunner, and his lieutenant Li's helmet was shot. Neither of the brothers showed any fear, and the orders were firm. At noon, Chinese and Korean troops invaded Pyongyang from three sides, and the Japanese army collapsed and fled. The Ming army shelled the frozen Datong River, and the cavalry made a detour to intercept the enemy. The Japanese army burned, shelled and drowned, and countless people died. According to Japanese war history, after the war in Pyongyang, Konishi Yukinaga's troops were reduced by more than 1 1300 people, leaving only 6,600 people, which was reduced by nearly two thirds and completely lost its fighting capacity.

The battle of Pyongyang is a typical hard battle with the characteristics of modern war. The Ming army cleverly dispatched troops and used the most advanced artillery in the world at that time, which caused great damage and shock to the Japanese army. When the Ming army attacked the city, one day, my friend Yitong led an army to reinforce Konishi Yukinaga. As a result, he was scared off by the earth-shattering gunfire of the Ming army and retreated without a fight. With this battle, Li became famous. It can be said that in any battle in Liaodong, Pyongyang defeated his father Li.

Ten days later, the Ming army rallied and pursued the victory, and then recovered the old capital Kaesong and several cities. Only a little over a month after the Ming army entered the DPRK, it recovered more than 500 miles of lost territory, including the 18 th Road in Sandu, North Korea, and the 5 th Road in Pyongyang, Kaesong, Huanghai, Ping 'an, Gyeonggi, Jiangyuan and Jing Xian. The army continued to move south, and the soldiers pointed at Wang Jing in Seoul.

Bitouge bloody battle?

Biti Pavilion is a post station, which is located on the mountain15km north of Seoul. 1593 On June 24-25, a series of fierce battles broke out here, which put this originally unknown small post station into the history of Asian war. On October 24th, A.D.1593 65438+1A.D., about 3,000 cavalry of a reconnaissance unit of the Ming Army met with Kato Guang Tai, a Japanese army searching northward, and a fierce battle broke out. The Ming army captured more than 600 people.

After Kato Kota retreated, he immediately reported to the Japanese headquarters in Seoul. Subsequently, more than 36,000 people from the Sixth Army Corps, the Third Army Corps and the Ninth Army Corps of the Japanese Army rushed to the battlefield one after another and surrounded this Ming army in Bitou Pavilion. An outpost war quickly evolved into a large-scale battlefield encounter-the most thrilling Bitou Pavilion War in the epic of the Non-Chen War started.

Kobayakawa Takakage, the commander of the sixth Japanese army, believed that this was a precursor to the general attack of the Ming army. Destroying this lone army in front of us is an excellent fighter to destroy its effective force before the general attack of the Ming army. He plans to panic in the Ming army with absolute superiority and quickly end the battle in a short time. At this moment, Kobayakawa Takakage never imagined that what he swallowed was not a piece of fat, but a red-hot soldering iron.

Surrounded by 3,000 Liaodong fighters commanded by Chada, the deputy chief soldier of the Ming army who fought against barbarians in the desert outside the customs, the elite of the Ming army were equipped with Frank machine gun chariots (maximum range 1000 meters, reloaded, and a single shot of 500 bullets can block a 60-meter-wide front when shooting shotguns) and a large number of three-eye guns. With a range of 300 meters, 20 branches at a time are called "Dragon Arrows", 32 branches are called "Bees", 49 branches are called "Fei Lian Arrows", and 100 branches are called "Hundred Tigers Run Together").

In the battle of Bitou Pavilion, 3,000 Ming troops (increased to 5,000 at the end of the battle) fought a fierce battle with a dozen Japanese troops for a day and night. They used chariots as fortifications. First, they killed a large number of Japanese troops with the overwhelming firepower advantage of French machine guns, three-eye guns and cluster rockets, and then eliminated the approaching light infantry with the short attack of cavalry, repelling the flood of Japanese attacks again and again. At the worst stage of the battle, the Ming army only rode more than 900, and all the bullets and gunpowder were used up, but the flag of the Ming army still stood upright and fluttered high above the Bitou Pavilion. This brutal battle lasted until 25th, when Li and Yang Yuanjun, the general of Ming Dynasty, led 654,380,000 troops of Ming Dynasty to come to the rescue overnight and stormed from the flank of Japanese army. After a fierce battle day and night, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and became a spent force. They mistakenly thought that the main force of the Ming army launched a general attack, so they withdrew to Wang Jing in panic.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered more than 2,500 casualties and the Japanese army suffered more than 8,000 casualties. According to the Japanese Biography of Li Hua and Biography of Military Commanders, the Japanese generals who died in the battle were: Xiao Ye Chengxing, Shili Lianjiu, Hua Hua Yongsheng, An Dongxing Yuzhen, Chengzhong, An Dongchangjiu, Chongsheng, Yokoyama Keiichi, Guiwushimen, Inland Ghost Cheng, Garoyesh, Handi Island Wolf Youzhi, Tang Asan Xinyimen, Yoshida Tazawa.

Bitiguan Battle is a classic battle in the Sino-Japanese War. The powerful fighting capacity of the Ming army greatly shocked the Japanese army and completely lost the confidence to fight with the Ming army. 120,000 Japanese troops dared not go to war in the face of a mere 30,000 Ming troops, but the Ming troops were limited and could not launch a storm, so the two sides confronted each other in Seoul, and the situation seemed to be deadlocked for a time.

Night attack on Longshan?

Longshan warehouse was originally the national warehouse of North Korea, which has been storing North Korea's grain for decades. After Seoul was occupied by the Japanese army, Longshan Warehouse became the military grain depot of the Japanese army in Seoul, and the grain shipped by the Japanese army was later stored here.

After receiving this information, Li secretly ordered Chad and Li Rumei to lead the death squads to raid the Longshan warehouse in the middle of the night. Thirteen big warehouse, hundreds of thousands of stone grain, was burned clean overnight. The night attack on Longshan is as wonderful as Cao Cao's night attack on Guandu Wu Chao.

With the loss of military supplies, the Japanese army on the Korean peninsula fell into a passive position and fell into an unprecedented predicament. Soon, it was forced to reach an armistice agreement with China and North Korea. There is a shortage of grain and grass, and the plague is prevalent. The Japanese high command knows that the capital is hard to protect. Withdraw from the capital on April 18 and retreat to the southeast coast. The Ming army entered the city, split up and pursued, and recovered more than 1000 miles south of the Han River, and most of North Korea's territory was recovered. Ten thousand Ming troops were stationed in North Korea, and most of the rest returned to China at the end of July.

In just four months, the Crusader troops swept across the peninsula and recovered the three capitals of Pyongyang, Kaesong and Wang Jing (Seoul), thus gaining the prestige of China.

Later, although there were many small battles, they were all near misses, so I won't go into details.

Battle of Qingchuang

1597, 65438+ 10, Toyotomi Hideyoshi faction140,000 troops invaded Busan north. The invading army was demoralized from the beginning, and it took eight months to reach the vicinity of the capital. However, he was quickly defeated by Ma Gui, a general of the Ming Dynasty, and was late for the narrow coastal areas in the south. The following autumn, Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness, and the Japanese army began to retreat. In June, 5438 +065438+ 10, the Japanese navy was intercepted by the Sino-DPRK joint navy in the sea off Liang Fang in the southeast of the peninsula, with extremely heavy losses. Escaping to the shore was also a devastating blow, killing more than 10 thousand people. Deng Zilong, 70, was "in high spirits" and "fought bravely" under the command of Chen Lin, a naval officer of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the boat caught fire and died heroically. Li Shunchen, commander-in-chief of the North Korean Navy, was also shot and killed while rescuing Zilong. Before the end of the year, the Japanese army withdrew to Japan.

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea finally came to an end when China and North Korea won and the Japanese army lost.

Judging from historical data, Japanese militarism has always been aggressive, which we can't forget at any time. Only when our country and nation are strong can we resist the invading enemies at any time and let them make a comeback.