Some time ago, the author saw on the Internet a Ranking of "Top Ten Famous Players in Asia" made by Koreans. The Koreans lined up with three generals from the ancient Korean Peninsula (one of whom was also snatched by the Koreans), some of whom were unheard of and had few achievements.
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Lee Sun-chan, who was almost unknown to south Korea, was ranked first by Koreans. Not only did genghis Khan, who swept across Eurasia with iron hooves, but also made Sun Wu, who is famous for "Sun Tzu's Art of War", rank third, and Han Shizhong, a famous anti-Jin general, ranked in the bottom few. Oda Nobunaga, whose neighbors subdued the entire Japanese Sengoku, was only in tenth place.
Statue of Li Shunchen
As for Han Xin, who used soldiers such as the gods in the Western Han Dynasty, Huo Fuyi, who swept the caves of the Xiongnu ploughing the court, Li Jing who destroyed the Eastern Turks in the north, Li Jing who broke tuguhun in the west, Xue Rengui who "three arrows fixed the Heavenly Mountain", Guo Ziyi, the pillar of the Tang Dynasty during the Anshi Rebellion, Yue Wumu, who almost "directly smashed the Yellow Dragon", Qi Jiguang, who had few casualties in the anti-Wu Dynasty, and so on, I'm sorry, the Ranking of Koreans has nothing to do with you!
Qi Jiguang, a famous general in the war
The behavior of Koreans is actually commonplace in all countries in the world. Whoever can step on the bottom of their feet, they must step on the bottom of their feet. If they can't step on it, they will grab it and say it's theirs. So that the Dragon Boat Festival is Korean, Confucius is Korean, Zhu Yuanzhang is Korean, the universe is Korean, and China, a five-thousand-year-old civilization, trembled under the rule of Korea in ancient times.
Korean Dragon Boat Festival
What a slippery slope! It is no wonder that even Japanese netizens in East Asia are dismissive of the behavior of Koreans, and even scorn it. Angry, far away. Back to the point, let's talk about whether Li Shunchen, who was blown to the sky by South Korea, is worthy of his name.
Lee Sun-sun has a high historical status in Korea, and there are statues and ancestral halls of worship in many parts of the country, and he is comparable to the first Ming Emperor in Korean history, King Sejong. It is conceivable that his status is so high that even the warships of the active navy are named after Li Shunchen. In 2014, a South Korean movie "The Battle of Mingliang" not only made the North Korean army the main force and ignored the Ming army, but also put Lee Shun-chen, who laid the hand on the Ming army, on the altar. As a sequel, "The Battle of Luliang" has long been very popular, and now I don't know where to shoot, maybe the movie plot is too virtual, a little can't blow it.
The image of Li Shunchen in the movie "The Battle of Mingliang"
Ending the Sengoku period of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified Japan, began to conquer Asia, and first conquered the Korean Peninsula, using this as a springboard to conquer the Ming Dynasty. In 1592 and 1597 (DingYu rebellion), Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Korea twice, hoping to achieve his intended goals. North Korea, which is loosely armed, has lost its territory like a decay. King Li Fucang fled to the banks of the Yalu River and sent envoys to ask the suzerainty Daming to help him restore the country, claiming that he would die in Daming. Therefore, Daming sent troops to Korea and began to resist and aid Korea.
Road map for the first phase of the Wanli Korean War
Li Shunchen became famous in the second "Battle of Mingliang" in the "Ding You's Rebellion". In October 1597, in order to completely eliminate the Korean marine division, the Japanese gathered more than 330 warships and pounced on the Camp of the Korean Marine Division in Jeolla Province. Li Shunchen, who learned the news, led the only 12 turtle armor warships in his hand (stronger than the Japanese warships) to set up an ambush in the Mingliang Strait to block the Japanese marine division. Relying on the geographical advantages of the narrow channel of the Mingliang Strait and the dangerous tide, Li Shunchen successfully defeated the vanguard fleet of Japanese sailors who came to pursue, destroyed more than thirty Japanese warships, and annihilated more than a thousand Wokou.
Li Shunchen turtle ship restoration map
In terms of battle results, the Battle of Mingliang can be called a classic battle in the history of world naval warfare, in which less wins more. However, if placed in the Battle of Ding You, its influence on the war situation is very small. Because the Ming Dynasty marine division at that time dragged most of the Japanese warships, Li Shunchen defeated only the vanguard of the Japanese marine division, and after the end of the battle, Li Shunchen immediately retreated. Therefore, the main force of the Japanese marine division still conquered the Korean naval base after the Battle of Mingliang and completed the established strategic objectives. Lee Sun-sun and the Korean Admiralty won the battle, but lost the strategy. Of course, there is Daming, and it doesn't matter if you win or lose.
Mingliang Naval Battle Map
In fact, the Battle of Mingliang was a small-scale ordinary naval battle, but why was it so touted by The Koreans? As we all know, in the entire Wanli Korean War, it was the Daming army that carried the big flag and sang a big drama, and it was the Daming army that played a decisive role. The remnants of the Korean army included Lee Shun-chan himself (then the deputy general of the Ming general Chen Xuan) who fought for the Ming army. The Battle of Mingliang, on the other hand, was extremely rare, independently commanded and won by the Koreans themselves. Its role is not worth mentioning at all compared with the Battle of Luliang, which was commanded by the Ming Army, which really won a decisive victory over the Japanese marine division. The Battle of Luliang commanded by the Ming Army caused the Japanese army to lose more than 200 warships, and tens of thousands of people sank to the bottom of the sea and were buried in the belly of the fish, thus losing the right to control the sea.
The Battle of Luliang commanded and led by the Ming army
Lee Sun-schen and the Korean Admiralty were not worth mentioning throughout the Wanli Korean War. Compared with Li Rusong, Chen Xuan, and Deng Zilong of the Ming Dynasty, it is really a small witch. Throughout the Wanli Korean War, it was Daming who was Japan. Unfortunately, the Koreans' narrow view of history does not allow others to help him expel foreign enemies, the 70-year-old veteran general Deng Zilong and the Ming Army who spilled blood on the Battle of Liang were covered up, and the humble small battles were infinitely elevated and enshrined on the altar, which has to be said to be a shame in the field of historiography.
Statue of The Old General Deng Zilong
If it is true that in Korean dramas, Li Shunchen single-handedly repelled Japan, then why did he call Daming's father to help? At that time, the Warring States Period, which had just ended in Japan, was actually a gunfight between village chiefs. The usual battles are the scale of hundreds of people, thousands of people are scarce, and tens of thousands of people are already big battles. China's battles of hundreds of thousands of troops are simply unimaginable. In the face of this group of village chiefs and the joint army, North Korea was destroyed and decayed, and the autumn wind swept away the leaves, and Daming's father really "hated iron and steel" as well.
Japanese Sengoku 1561 power map
South Korea cannot be blamed for such a situation, looking back at two thousand years, history is indeed lackluster. Suddenly there was a Li Shunchen, of course, there was going to be a big thing to tout. If Chinese always live in the memory of 5,000 years of history, Koreans live in the fantasy of tens of thousands of years of history. So, when the Koreans put Lee Shun-chen at the top of the "Top Ten Famous Generals in Asia" and worshiped him as the god of war, they themselves may have laughed embarrassedly.
Koreans are keen to fantasize about maps to expand their territory
Today, Lee Sun-chen, the lie that was enshrined on the altar by South Korea, is written here. If you have different opinions, you can leave a message and discuss history together. Like likes appreciate pay attention to me. concern!