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Chapter 757: Provoking a Feint to the East and Attacking in the West
The Japanese pirates couldn't understand why Qi Jiguang, who was already the most powerful daimyo in the Ming Dynasty, had not yet taken up arms to march to Luoyang, enter the capital, depose the emperor, and become the shogun himself. Therefore, people like Mori Terumoto, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Kato Kiyomasa, and Kuroda Nagamasa wanted to talk to Qi Jiguang.

Persuade Qi Jiguang to turn his guns around.

The Japanese are always like this, they like to judge others by themselves. If they want to go to Luoyang, they think Qi Jiguang should do the same.

Liang Menglong was a civil servant, Li Yougong was a senior eunuch, and he was also the sparring partner of His Majesty. In this way, even if they had a talk, it would not be a secret contact between Qi Jiguang and the Japanese pirates, but a legitimate official business.

The place of negotiation was naturally in Kaesong, not Seoul. The Ming generals would not go deep into the dangerous area and give the Japanese pirates such an opportunity. Of course, the Japanese pirates did not have such an unrealistic dream, but sent envoys to the Ming tent.

The Japanese envoy was named Katsutaka Toda. He surrendered to Hashiba Hideyoshi in Himeji Castle and later became one of the Four Heavenly Kings under Hashiba Hideyoshi. Because of his bravery in battle, he was granted 20,000 koku as the lord of Ozu Castle in Kita County, Iyo Province. Japan adopted the koku system, and the 20,000 koku was both salary and military service. A fief of 10,000 koku could usually collect 5,000 koku in taxes and 2,000 additional military service.

But for various reasons, in fact, one ten thousand dan could only lead to about 800 soldiers. This was because a soldier, who was half farmer and half soldier and did not participate in the war, would consume six dan of grain a year. If he went to war, it would be even more. A fiefdom of 10,000 dan had only 5,000 dan of taxes, which was not enough to support 800 soldiers.

As the lord of the castle and a famous landowner, Katsutaka Toda could collect 10,000 koku of taxes a year, enough to support about 1,500 foot soldiers and samurai.

Katsutaka Toda was carrying a very strange red cloak. The Japanese called this kind of cloak a mother-cloak. It was made of a bamboo frame to hold up red cloth into a ball. This ball was a symbol of status and, in actual combat, it could protect against stray arrows. When riding a horse at gallop, the mother-cloak would stand up, just like a snail carrying a snail shell, which looked a bit funny.

It is really hard to understand the Ming Dynasty. This thing seems to have no positive effect other than being a burden.

This means that Toda Katsutaka was from the Akamoi clan, and was a messenger who shuttled across the battlefield. He brought seven such cavalrymen to the Imjin River. Because of the presence of the Akamoi clan, the Ming army knew that these people came to negotiate, so they did not shoot them. At Masangan, the Ming army sent a hundred cavalrymen to escort them across the river to the city of Kaesong.

The reason why Qi Jiguang, Liang Menglong and Li Yougong agreed to the peace talks was actually very simple. They wanted the Japanese pirates to send Dun Tai Yuan Hou, who was captured in the four southern provinces of Korea, back to the Ming Dynasty. Dun Tai Yuan Hou was behind enemy lines and needed to contact the Korean rebel army and collect intelligence.

Katsutaka Toda dismounted at the foot of Kaesong City. The journey made Katsutaka Toda look extremely solemn. Kaesong is the front line, and there should not be so many civilians here, but along the way, Katsutaka Toda saw bridges and roads under construction, and the fields on both sides of the roads were full of crops. Kaesong did not even delay summer planting.

This means that the Koreans all believed that as long as the Ming Dynasty soldiers were there, the Japanese pirates could not invade. This place had changed from a war zone to a home again, so they were willing to come back.

This belief represents that the Ming army's conquest here is not an away battle like the Japanese pirates. You must know that no one dares to cultivate the farmland around Seoul, and even most of the Koreans around Seoul have fled.

After an extremely tedious inspection, Katsutaka Toda, accompanied by three samurai, entered Shouchang Palace. Toda Katsutaka saw a newly built palace. Although it had not been completed yet, a sign had already been hung on it: Tongheden.

The construction of Tonghe Hall was mainly because the Ming army wanted to gather refugees and defeated soldiers. They built some official factories such as lime, iron smelting and brick kilns. In order to prevent these official factories from having no work, they built such a large-scale construction project to support the official factories. This was the experience of building Beijing as a capital city. If you want to restore the vitality of a place, some investment is needed.

The meaning of Tonghe Hall is very clear, even the red-haired foreigners in the West would flatter it.

Toda Katsutaka walked in, looked at Qi Jiguang sitting in the middle, stretched out his hand, stared, and said loudly: "Qi Jiguang, surrender!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the big tent stared at the Japanese envoy in amazement. Was he still asleep or was he crazy? Everyone was at the front line, and they knew the situation on the battlefield clearly. How could he run to the Ming army's central tent and ask Fengguogong Qi Jiguang to surrender?
If you want real confidence, you have to look at the Japanese pirates.

"Uh..." Qi Jiguang didn't know how to answer for a moment, because this question was too abstract and he couldn't answer it.

"If you surrender, you and I can join forces, march to the capital, and seize the emperor's throne. Wouldn't that be wonderful?" Toda Katsutaka was well aware that his remarks were extremely outrageous, but this was his strategy. By making outrageous remarks, he could seize the initiative in the negotiations.

Qi Jiguang asked curiously, "Oh? What if we conquer the capital and seize your Majesty's throne? What will it benefit me?"

Toda Katsutaka said with great confidence: "Of course I will become the king under the Kanpaku's command!"

Qi Jiguang looked at Liang Menglong and Li Yougong. The three of them looked at each other and then burst into laughter. Li Yougong even laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward. He didn't stop until he started coughing, then he held on to the armrest of the chair.

Qi Jiguang pointed at himself and said, "I gave up my position as the leader of the great military merits of the Ming Dynasty and became a traitor, just for a title of King of the Same Rank? I am the Duke of Fengguo, a great general of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty has entrusted almost all military affairs to me."

"Are you crazy, or am I?"

"If General Qi wants to be the emperor, that's fine. We will serve General Qi as our king!" Toda Katsutaka said immediately upon seeing this.

"Oh, so it's a plot to sow discord." Qi Jiguang smiled and understood why Toda Katsutaka made such an outrageous statement.

This was the reason why Qi Jiguang refused to meet the Japanese envoy before. He was worried about a plot to sow discord. If the Japanese pirates made a big move and the lowly scholars in the court encouraged Qi Jiguang to have the idea of ​​independence, the Ming army would be in big trouble. The lowly scholars are more ferocious than tigers and rumors can kill people.

The strategy of sowing discord is, of course, useful, but it is not very applicable to Qi Jiguang and His Majesty.

The lowly Confucians had no intention of cooperating. Even when they were fighting outside, they were extremely taboo about Qi Jiguang's affairs and would not talk about them if possible.

Qi Jiguang's temples were already gray. He leaned back in his chair and said with a nostalgic look: "In the first year of the Wanli reign, I ambushed Tuman Khan at Xifengkou, captured Dong Huli's nephew, and killed more than 4,000 people from Dong Huli. At that time, I went to the capital to receive the reward, and His Majesty conferred me the title of Qian'an Bo, with an annual salary of 800 dan."

"Even the Prime Minister didn't know that Your Majesty was going to make me an earl and lead the Beijing camp again. With an orphan and a widowed mother, a young ruler and a precarious country, a foreign general leading a large army in the capital is lying on my bed."

"Your Majesty did it. At that time, Your Majesty was probably only this tall. He was very stubborn and was forcing Zhu Xixiao, the commander of the imperial guard, to practice martial arts."

At that time, Qi Jiguang could still pull the Tiger Force bow, could defeat Li Rusong, and could ride a horse for hundreds of miles. Now, he spends more time in the car than on horseback. He is old.

In fact, Qi Jiguang knew very well that at that time, His Majesty gave his life to him in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's revitalization and a possible future.

The strong army is in the capital, and it is not unheard of for Zhao Kuangyin to be crowned emperor. Supporting Yulong to die for the king may very likely turn into supporting Yulong to purge the king's side. The army is the most direct form of violence.

Qi Jiguang smiled a very brilliant smile, as bright as your majesty's smile.

He continued, "After Zhu Xixiao passed away, I began to teach His Majesty martial arts. His Majesty was still very fat at that time. On a hot day like now, he stood in the martial arts room and practiced martial arts. He never slacked off, and sweat poured down like rain. Sweat flowed down in strands."

"I have been leading soldiers for more than 40 years, and I have never seen a soldier who is not lazy. They are all human beings, and laziness is human nature."

"Every time he went to war, His Majesty would go to the North Camp to see him off, and he would push the cart wheel according to the ancient ritual. When the Beijing Camp was fighting outside, His Majesty would write letters to the front line. They were not imperial edicts or imperial decrees, but letters telling me about the things in the capital. His Majesty said that he was bullied by the lowly scholars."

"When I returned to the capital in a rage, I realized that it was His Majesty who was bullying the lowly scholars, and those lowly scholars could not argue with His Majesty at all."

"I am a warrior, I am a simple man. The only thing a man should live for is loyalty and righteousness."

Qi Jiguang's words were rather plain, but everyone in the military tent in Shouchang Palace knew very well that the friendship between Qi Jiguang and His Majesty was more than just that of a monarch and his subject. His Majesty had never done anything to let Qi Jiguang down. If Qi Jiguang turned against His Majesty and really reached the capital and sat on the throne, no one would recognize him.

"Your plan of sowing discord is good, but it doesn't work on me." Qi Jiguang sat up straight and said with certainty that he believed in His Majesty, just as His Majesty believed in him.

"Even if I tell you the principles of being a man, you still won't understand." Liang Menglong said with a smile, "Let's talk about something useful."

As a civil servant, Liang Menglong does not want to see the emperor and General Qi fighting each other. If a fight breaks out, His Majesty and General Qi will know what will happen, but the despicable scholar will definitely die. Therefore, no matter how despicable the scholar is, he dare not talk about it. This really cannot be nonsense.

When someone accuses you of planning a rebellion, you'd better actually have the power to rebel, then no one will accuse you.

"I have brought seven conditions." Katsutaka Toda carefully prepared a big job, but it was like kicking a stone with bare feet. He grimaced in pain. When one plan failed, he came up with another.

"Let me see." Qi Jiguang picked up the letter, read it for a moment, handed it to Liang Menglong and said, "The Japanese pirates are always arrogant. Governor Liang, don't be angry."

Liang Menglong only took one look, slammed the table, pointed at Toda Katsutaka's nose, and said sternly: "This is simply outrageous! Why don't you drown yourself?"

"How dare you propose such a condition? A mouse has skin, but a man has no manners! Without a father or a king, you are a beast!"

Why not piss yourself to look at yourself means why don't you piss yourself to look at yourself? How dare you propose such a condition to the Ming Dynasty!
Liang Menglong is a scholar. He never swears in his daily life. Such direct scolding is really uncivilized.

Liang Menglong was angry. Qi Jiguang had reminded him that these Japanese pirates were arrogant and he was mentally prepared to a certain extent, but he was still furious.

Hashiba Hideyoshi brought seven conditions for the peace talks: the daughter of the Ming emperor would enter Japan and become the empress; five Japanese embassies would be set up along the coast for trade; the four provinces south of Kaesong, from Kaesong to Busan, would be ceded to Japan; the royal family, civil and military officials of Joseon would be returned to Japan; Joseon would pay Japan 5 million silver in compensation to help with military expenses; Joseon would be a hereditary vassal of Japan, and the Ming Dynasty would allow Joseon to break away from the vassal state;
Liang Menglong was already so angry at the first one, and these seven are more excessive than the last!
"This is outrageous, outrageous! Someone, take him out and cut him into pieces!" Liang Menglong was really furious, his eyes were red, and he said angrily.

"Governor Liang, please be patient, be patient." Qi Jiguang looked at Toda Katsutaka and said with a smile, "Are you trying to provoke me? You are quite courageous."

"Provocation..." Liang Menglong was a little annoyed.

Even though we knew these Japanese pirates were very vicious, we still fell into their trap!
The Ming Dynasty was waiting for the right time. Since it was difficult to take Incheon from the sea, they would wait for the Imjin River to freeze and take it from the ground. If this dragged on, the Japanese pirates would be anxious. The city was useless to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had 120 15-jin cannons. If Chen Lin was willing, he could remove the 30-jin naval guns on the ship and attack the city, and the Japanese pirates would not be able to stop him.

The Ming army knew this, and the Japanese pirates actually knew this too.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates used provocation to provoke the anger of the Ming army, making it difficult for them to advance or retreat. They also aroused the anger of the Ming emperor, causing him to issue a strict order to urge the war so that it would take place under favorable conditions.

Liang Menglong, a scholar, fell into the trap.

The plan was excellent, but Qi Jiguang played an impeccable card, which made Toda Katsutaka a little embarrassed.

"I am already old, with gray hair on my temples. It seems that it is not possible for you to provoke me." Qi Jiguang looked at Li Rusong and said, "General Li, you are easily angered. This kind of provocation is most effective on you. Remember to think of what happened today when you are angry in the future."

"I've got that." Li Rusong said hurriedly. He had just keenly noticed that something was wrong, but his anger had already shaken his rationality. He had been planning to ask for a fight, but he held back because something was wrong.

Now, Qi Jiguang's advice was engraved in his heart like a brand.

Qi Jiguang said with great satisfaction: "General Li, you are going to be a great general. If you are irritable and frivolous, I am afraid you will not be able to handle the important task. But you have handled these problems very well over the years."

"I have followed Marshal Qi for fourteen years. I must learn something, otherwise my father will break my legs." Li Rusong said quickly.

Qi Jiguang's expression was full of amusement. He looked at Toda Katsutaka and said, "The conditions you proposed are impossible for the Ming Dynasty to agree to, so you are just trying to provoke them. What else do you have to say?"

"This is our condition!" Toda Katsutaka said loudly. Qi Jiguang spread his hands and said, "You mean to say that the Japanese pirates are so arrogant that they want the Ming Dynasty to bow down after a series of defeats? Ask yourself, do you think you are worthy? Is Japan worthy of the Ming Dynasty bowing down?"

Qi Jiguang discussed this very serious issue with the Japanese pirates based on his position of strength, and said that the Japanese pirates were not worthy of the Ming Dynasty's submission.

"This is too much!" Toda Katsutaka's face flushed, as if he had lost his mind because of Qi Jiguang's words. He said sternly: "General Qi, the Ming Dynasty is indeed powerful, but we Japanese are not vegetarians! You humiliated the envoy in this way, just wait for us to launch an attack! So that we can teach General Qi a lesson!"

"Oh." Qi Jiguang replied calmly, "See the guest off."

"Hmph! I hope that one day when General Qi is beheaded on the horse, you can still remain so calm!" Toda Katsutaka was even more frustrated by this calm answer!
Because Qi Jiguang was very contemptuous of his declaration of war, it was obvious that Qi Jiguang looked down on the Japanese pirates from the bottom of his heart.

Qi Jiguang had no way of looking down on the Japanese pirates. He was nearly seven feet tall, while Toda Katsutaka was less than five feet tall. Even when he jumped, he could not reach Qi Jiguang's knees. Qi Jiguang could only sit and look at them with his head down.

The Japanese pirates at that time were really very short.

Seeing that Qi Jiguang ignored him, Toda Katsutaka flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

Qi Jiguang waited until Toda Katsutaka left, then stood in front of the geomancy map, looked at it for a moment, picked up the command pole, pointed at the location of Yizhou and said, "This is the key."

"Yizhou is in our heartland." Chen Dacheng reminded Qi Jiguang that Yizhou is now completely in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. How could Yizhou be the key to this battle?
Qi Jiguang pointed at Yizhou and said, "As soon as Toda Katsutaka entered the room, he asked me to surrender and then said that we should work together for the great cause. This was a tactic to sow discord. When he saw that the tactic failed, he immediately proposed conditions that the Ming Dynasty would never agree to. This was a provocation. Regardless of whether we would be provoked by the provocation, what he said just now was also the ultimate purpose of his visit this time, to make us mistakenly believe that Kaesong was the main battlefield."

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"If I were a Japanese pirate, facing a line-up of muskets, the only way for me to win would be to burn down the Ming granary, and Yizhou is our granary."

When Qi Jiguang was fighting, he liked to fight both sides. That is, he put himself in the enemy's shoes and thought, "If I were the enemy, how should I win against the Ming army?" After each time of thinking from the enemy's perspective, the purpose of each move of the opponent would become very clear.

"Can he fly over Kaesong and Pyongyang and go to Yizhou to burn our granary?" Chen Dacheng looked very confused.

Qi Jiguang sighed and said, "Li Cheng."

"The Japanese pirates should have contacted Yi Sun. As long as there is a fight in Masangwan, Imjin, and Kaesong, Yi Sun, the royal family of Joseon, the civil and military yangban, and the middlemen will definitely lead the Hwarang to cause chaos while the Ming army is too busy to take care of them. As long as the Ming army's gunpowder and food are ignited, the pressure on the Incheon and Seoul defense lines will be much less."

The prestige of the Joseon royal family plummeted due to its poor performance, but the civil and military yangban, the eunuchs, and the Hwarang who fled with the royal family had no choice but to go down the same path. Once the Ming Dynasty achieved an absolute victory on the Korean battlefield, the abolition of the Joseon royal family would become an absolute foregone conclusion.

Even if Lee Sun is willing, the royal family and the civil and military officials of Joseon will not be willing. They will definitely use all the means they can to prevent the Ming Dynasty from achieving a complete victory, even if it means Lee Sun running to Kyoto, Japan to pay homage to the emperor, or even if Lee Sun changes his name to Won Sun.

"Sowing discord, provoking the enemy, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, openly repairing the plank road while secretly marching through Chencang, this is a chain of schemes." Li Rusong said with a frown.

Obviously, all of this was planned by the Japanese pirates. As long as the Ming Dynasty accepted those distant marquises, the Ming Dynasty, as the Celestial Empire and the Ming Army, as the king's army, would definitely agree to talk.

This series of tricks, both real and fake, makes it hard to guard against.

"I've planned everything. I'll go back to Yizhou." Zu Chengxun volunteered to take two Liao cavalry battalions back to Yizhou, a total of 6,000 people, to guard against possible accidents.

Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "You take two Liao camps to Pyongyang and leave Yi Sun-sin to Yi Sun-sin. Pyongyang still has enough gunpowder and supplies for three months. If we keep Pyongyang, we will keep what the front needs."

Li Rusong immediately said, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to leave Yi Sun-sin to Yi Sun-sin? It is true that Yi Sun-sin broke Yi Sun's leg, but if this is a self-torture trick to win the trust of the Ming Dynasty, what should we do if Yi Sun-sin cooperates with Yi Sun to cause chaos?"

"Yizhou cannot be lost. Why don't I take a cavalry battalion back to Yizhou, or let Ma Lin and Zhao Ji take a cavalry battalion back to Yizhou to prevent any changes."

Yizhou was the bridgehead of the Ming Dynasty. Once it was lost, the Ming Dynasty would no longer be able to obtain food and supplies from Tianjin Prefecture.

"The cavalry battalion must stay in the front. The Japanese pirates can make a feint attack if they want. But it is not up to them to decide whether to make a feint attack or not. On the battlefield, we have the final say! As long as we are in the front and defeat the enemy, the Incheon defenders will have to rush to the rescue of Seoul. This is the time to land in Incheon." Qi Jiguang pointed out the location of Incheon.

The Japanese pirates were defeated and wanted to fish in troubled waters. They were obsessed with the Ming Dynasty's food and grass. So, they gave them to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty could attack Incheon directly and obtain supplies from the sea after capturing Incheon.

"Take Incheon?" Li Rusong's eyes lit up. Qi Jiguang took advantage of the situation and turned the feint attack into a decisive battle. Everything became reasonable.

If Yizhou was really lost, everything would be fine as long as they won the frontal battle. Even if they lost the frontal battle, they also lost in the rear. With 40,000 troops from the Beijing Camp and 20,000 troops from the Liao Camp, it would be very easy to defeat the deposed king of Joseon.

At worst, I can just do it again.

Wang Rulong's eyes sparkled with excitement as he said, "They usually hide in the Imjin River, Incheon, and Seoul and refuse to come out. Now that they stick their heads out, they will be chopped off!"

Incheon is the hardest part of the tortoise shell. With its geographical advantage, it is really difficult for the Ming Dynasty to recapture Seoul at a relatively low cost when the time is not right.

Qi Jiguang's orders were distributed like flowing water. Ten infantry battalions began to mobilize, and Zu Chengxun began to move towards Pyongyang. At the same time, a steady stream of intelligence from the Ming Dynasty was delivered to Shouchang Palace, confirming that Qi Jiguang's judgment was completely correct.

"This Li Cheng!" Liang Menglong clenched his fists and slammed them hard on the table.

Based on some scattered spies captured in Yizhou and Pyongyang, it was determined that the civil and military classes were indeed planning a major operation recently. The evidence that finally settled the matter was a blood edict of Lee Sun found in Pyongyang, in which Lee Sun and the Japanese pirates swore an oath of blood alliance.

This alliance letter was actually written in Seoul.

According to the confessions of the captured Korean merchants, the Japanese pirates were obsessed with burning the Ming Dynasty's grain and fodder.

Qi Jiguang flipped through the newspaper and said, "When Yi Sun was still in Seoul, he had already started to contact the Japanese pirates. At first it was Konishi Yukinaga, and later it was Kato Kiyomasa. The Korean civil and military officials, led by Liu Chenglong, actually thought that while the snipe and the clam fight, the fishermen will benefit, and they will help whoever wins."

"Not providing food and grass to the Ming army is the balance between the Korean civil and military classes. It weakens the strength of the Ming army. Those who do this deserve to be punished."

The explanation for Lee Sun's behavior can be found in the struggle volume. The ruling class will use all available means to maintain its ruling position, even including betrayal of the ethnic group. This has been repeatedly proven in the nearly 100 years of colonial history in the West.

Very few people die standing, putting a perfect end to their rule.

"It seems a bit too late now. Whether Yi Sun-sin betrayed or not, strength will speak louder than words on the battlefield." Qi Jiguang put away the newspaper. Forty years of military career told him that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are futile.

Qi Jiguang left the central military tent and made preparations for the war. The affairs of Yizhou could only be left to the garrison and Yi Sun-sin.

"Report!" A knight rushed to the Yizhou government office with blood dripping from his horse. It was obvious that in order to speed up his journey, the knight used a dagger to drive the exhausted horse to continue running. After the knight dismounted, the horse fell to the ground crookedly, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and could no longer move.

"General, breaking news!" The cavalryman was a Korean. After handing a wax-sealed letter tube to Yi Sun-sin, he coughed twice and collapsed to the ground weakly.

"General, letter..." After the cavalryman said this, he closed his eyes and showed a relieved smile. After twitching gently twice, he became motionless.

Only then did Li Shunchen see that the cavalryman had two broken arrows stuck in his body, one in his leg and one in his back. Being able to hold on to this point was already the limit for this cavalryman.

Fortunately, the letter was delivered.

Li Shunchen didn't care about the cavalry. He opened the letter, his face changed drastically, and his hands holding the quiver were shaking.

"Someone, tell the lieutenant commanders of each camp to come to the tent to discuss matters!" Li Shunchen waited for half an incense stick of time. When he saw that half of the seats were missing, he knew that they would not come.

Lee Sun-sin said sternly, "The deposed King Lee Sun is colluding with the Japanese pirates! The evidence is irrefutable. They intend to capture Yizhou after sunset today and burn the Ming Dynasty's stored grain, grass and gunpowder!"

"Yuan Jun!"

"The general is here!"

"Take the troops and close all the city gates immediately! No one is allowed to enter or leave without a military order!"

"Yes!"

"Li Yiqi!"

"The general is here!"

"Immediately search for all the people in the civil and military classes, and don't let any of them go!"

"The last general takes command!"

……

It took Lee Sun-sin only quarters of an hour from receiving the express message to mobilizing the troops. However, when the troops began to mobilize, a deafening roar was heard from the direction of the gunpowder depot, proving that the civil and military officials, unwilling to lose their power, had begun action ahead of schedule.

"kill!"

The shouts of killing filled the entire Yizhou city, and a chaotic battle began.

The fighting lasted from dusk until noon of the next day. Lee Sun-sin's face was covered in blood. He dragged his tired body and looked at Lee Sun, Ryu Seong-ryong and others who had been surrounded. He was so exhausted that he sat directly on the ground. The enemy had no strength to resist.

After killing people all night, Yi Sun-sin was already somewhat numb, but he was still puzzled. He asked in a very hoarse voice, "Why?"

He raised his voice and shouted almost at the top of his lungs: "Why! You are the King of Joseon!"

(End of this chapter)