Antecedents: the Shilin faction
In North Korea, the internal disputes between the Shilin faction and the old Xun faction are constantly fighting, political instability, and extremely weak external defense capabilities, which gave Japan a chance to take advantage of it.
In 1592, the Wangchen Patriotic War broke out on the Korean Peninsula. This was a nationwide anti-aggression war in which the Korean people repelled a large-scale armed aggression by Japanese pirates and defended the territory of the motherland. It curbed Japan's aggressive ambitions in East Asia.
At the end of the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi The domestic princes who had just unified Japan were very dissatisfied. The signs of rebellion might break out anytime and anywhere, so he set his sights overseas. In June 1591, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent an envoy to inform North Korea. Xuanjo Lee intends to use North Korea to attack Mingguo in the spring of the following year, hoping to get help.
Li Ding, who learned of this, thought for a while, North Korea has always followed the Ming Dynasty, and flies very well, Japan is far away, and strength does not know what is going on, so after weighing the pros and cons, he decisively refused Toyotomi Hideyoshi's request.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi took this excuse and ordered his generals, President Konishi and Kiyomasa Kato, to invade North Korea in April of the following year.
In the early days of the war, Korea retreated steadily.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty had suppressed the northern nomads for a long time. When North Korea did not use force, as long as it followed the Ming Dynasty, there would be a stable environment, where there were decent armaments.
When Sunjo and his minister heard about the Japanese invasion, they panicked and quickly sent a few powerful generals to the front.
At this time, the Japanese army had invaded the area of , Chungcheongdo, , and the North Korean army collapsed across the board.
When Sunjoo heard that this was an extremely unfavorable situation, he immediately abandoned the city to the north and fled to Uiju by the Yalu River.
The Japanese troops crossed the Han River to capture Seoul, killing and arson wherever they went, doing nothing wrong.
Fresh 4th-generation national hair. However, a Korean general caused the Japanese army to suffer. The Japanese navy went to the west and south coasts and cooperated with the army to occupy the territorial coast of Korea, and met the general Yi Sun-sin.
This Tian オ general has developed a powerful turtle ship suitable for combat, and he is ready for the battle early. On May 7, 1592, the fleet led by Yi Sun-sin found more than 50 Japanese enemy ships in the front sea of Yupu. Dare to resist again, Yi Sun-sin takes advantage of the victory and pursues them to annihilate them all.
In this naval battle, North Korea finally saw some hope of rejuvenation, but this hope is still too weak. To rejuvenate the country, it must obtain the support of the Ming Dynasty.
After Xuanzu Lee went into exile in Yiju, he kept sending envoys to Beijing. In addition to submitting formal credential requests to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he also kept traveling to explain the court ministers, ministers, eunuchs, etc., and even expressed his willingness to include it. The DPRK only asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops as soon as possible.
But for the Ming Dynasty, North Korea’s emergency was suspicious, because the Jurchen in the northeast had also beaten North Korea. The Ming court did not believe that North Korea could be annexed by Japanese pirates so quickly. It is even suspected that North Korea and Japan colluded in order to draw the Ming dynasty into the urn.
In order to clarify the suspicions of the Ming Court, Lee handed over to the Ming Court the document that Japan threatened North Korea to show that he was absolutely undivided.
In the end, Mingshenzong and the officials believed that Japan had invaded North Korea and intended China's ambitions. They agreed to the request of the North Korean government and sent 5,000 elites to North Korea in July. In December, he ordered Song Yingchang as the prime minister to enter the DPRK military affairs, and Li Rusong as the "Admiral of the Eastern Expedition" to command 40,000 people to fight the enemy.
In 1593, the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces besieged Pyongyang. On the morning of the 8th, the general offensive broke out. The sound of artillery was deafening. The Chinese and North Korean coalition forces broke into the city. Then they engaged in fierce street fighting with the Japanese. He immediately changed horses and continued to charge. The fierce general Wu Weizhong was shot in the chest and the blood was flowing like a shot. Bo was not afraid that another veteran, Luo Shangzhi, was injured in the leg by a boulder and still struggled to climb the city.
The Chinese and North Korean coalition forces regained Pyongyang, and the battle was turned around.
In order to get a chance to breathe, Toyotomi Hideyoshi pretended to propose peace talks with China and North Korea. With the cooperation of the North Korean leader and faction, the armistice negotiation phase was entered.
But how did they know that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was in the armistice and peace talks, secretly preparing for the war. After three years of "peaceful negotiations", Toyotomi Hideyoshi was fully prepared for self-reliance. He tore up the peace treaty in February 1597 and restarted the war. The DPRK once again sent 70,000 army troops to the DPRK to participate in the war, and also sent five more naval forces headed by Chen Lin Deng Zilong to support North Korea. Under the attack of the land and water between China and North Korea, the Japanese army suffered repeated defeats.
died in depression in 1598, and left the will of withdrawal from North Korea before his death. The Chinese and North Korean navies, who learned of this news, intercepted in Luliang, damaging a large number of Japanese deserters.
So far, the Imjin Patriotic War won the final victory.
Consequences: Conducting scientific research for serf
After the war, North Korea's fields were barren, the population decreased, and the loss of artisans and technicians was serious. The government had to impose heavy taxes and hold imperial examinations that the serf class could also take to relieve social pressure.
Conclusion: The Wangchen Patriotic War integrated the political and military forces of East Asian countries, which made Japan dare not invade the country for three hundred years, and established a three-hundred-year peace situation between the three East Asian countries.
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