Our apologies to the patrons/youtube members for not providing early access on this one - this video was cursed and we worked for 48 hours straight to be done in time. Thanks for your patience! A note about the video - different sources describe mount Moranbong and the fortifications around it differently - it was either completely detached from the city or a new makeshift wall incorporated it into Pyongyang.
@ln e Well, it wasn’t their country. Ming never asked anything from Korea anyways after their helped, only a few yearly tributes. Imagine someone offering to help you with 25% of the work in a life of death situation, why would you complain?
@ln e Well at that time the Ming emperor was already dead. Ming was over when Ming generals revolted and forced the emperor to commit suicide. After that, the Ming generals started to fight each other, and it was only after that, some Ming generals invited the Manchus into the empire themselves in order to fight with them. Which led to the Manchus taking over, along with Han generals supporting them.
For those wondering about the Siege of Jinju in 1593, this is actually the second one. The Koreans held out in the first Siege of Jinju in 1592 despite being outnumbered 10 to 1 but their commander Gim Si-min died of his wounds after the battle.
Thanks for another great video!! I love the history of Japan, Korea, & China. All these countries should be taught more in school especially the medieval period.
@@heavenbright2342 It would be good for all of Asia, and the world, if that relationship could return. However, it would require major reform in China, in my opinion. Ming China was serene, noble, and wise, although perhaps limited militarily compared to greater dynasties, such as the Tang. Modern day China has lost much of its ancient nobility and wisdom, as a result of the nation casting aside much of its cultural heritage during the communist revolution, also called the Cultural Revolution. China and Korea shared a brotherly relationship many times throughout history, as a result of their uniquely similar cultures and societies. In many ways, the relationship between China and Korea can be described as that of the Sun and the Moon. May that harmony return one day soon. If China, Korea, and Japan could become like blood brothers, East Asia would see a golden age that would be the envy of the world.
@@cyang2000ify I think you're forgetting that there were many non-Han Chinese dynasties that were disasters. By all accounts, Ming China was not one of the worst dynasties, it was more mid tier. The same issues that plagued Ming China also plagued Joseon Korea, on the outside: a utopian meritocracy, on the inside: a rotten corrupt aristocracy. Still, no one thinks Joseon was one of the worst dynasties, it was mid tier, because some of the greatest individuals of Korean history also were from this period, such as Admiral Yi Sun-Shin and King Sejong the Great. These were often good, but sometimes unstable times, for both Ming China and Joseon Korea. Weakening of central power (the King) was often the cause. By the way, Communist China is responsible for more than 45 million deaths of its own people since rising to power a few generations ago, so by all measures, the modern day China is still a much more harmful regime. That is not even to mention what is happening in China today with millions of its citizens in concentration camps, and all of the other atrocities being committed, such as forced organ harvesting.
@@cyang2000ify you're discounting the fact that the Chinese communist party first put those 800 million people in poverty. When the CCP took over, they destroyed the economy, ordered people to overproduce raw materials such as metals, etc. While underproducing needed goods such as food crops. They also killed much of the nobility and scholars, cutting off much of the accrued knowledge of their society. This in turn caused early communist China to flounder for generations. The Chinese people are truly amazing, they would have made this come back sooner without the Chinese Communist Party and its Cultural Revolution. CCP has done more damage than good
@@lolasdm6959 Search general Lin, you will know that he went to N. Korea mouths before Chinese volunteer army and led the Pusan pocket. Admit that westerns lost every war against Chinese, do not make chicanery
@@lucisleesion8824 I am a Chinese to begin with. And the Pusan pocket was made by the North Korean army, even if one Chinese general was there, the North Koreans was still responsible for the Pusan Pocket. And no, Korean war was a stalemate, both side were not able to defeat the other.
@@lucisleesion8824 Korea used to be and still to this days a buffer between competing power of East Asia, last time Chinese let Korea fell to foreign hands next thing they knew Manchuria was lost and they're marching to Beijing.
I was waiting for a new episode of the Imjin War for a very long time, re-watching Extra Credits videos of the same war in the process. I am so happy for this new episode! I do hope the land battles are covered more, as most channels I know that cover the Imjin War mostly cover Yi Sun Shin's naval battles simply because he is just that amazing. Yes, the Koreans lost a lot of land battles especially early on, but they did score massive victories at Jinju and Haengju even when outnumbered at least 10 to 1.
This period China lost Their Empire To Qing Empire. 40k Ming Army Save Korea from Samurai. At the same time 300k Ming Troops war at Great wall with Mongol. South China sea , 100k Ming troops war With Dutch empire. A Tribute state Manchu jurchen saw this Chao , with 400k troops and Ming loyal Betrayer enter Ming established Qing Empire
2:10 Although Buddhism was persecuted by Confucian rulers since the foundation of Joseon, Buddhist monks bravely volunteered to fight for Joseon during Japanese invasion of Joseon.
@@ltmatthewakj2466 Wow you're right. A lot of Buddhist monks fought in Mongolian Inavasion of Goryeo. A Buddhist monk called Kim Yoon Hoo killed Mongolian general Salitai with an arrow in the battle of Cheoinseong.
@@호이팬 I know that from comments from Samuel Hawley content of Imjin War. I really admired Admiral Yi Sun Shin for his personality and loyalty since Extra Credits and Samuel Hawley Imjin War 👍👍
@@호이팬 @호이팬 the last episode of Extra History really put tears on me 😭😭😭😂😂😂. Really, deep respect to Admiral Yi Sun Shin 🙏. The story we deserve to hear and to admire.
During the reign of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, it was an era of abnormal weather, severe famines, and frequent external aggressions and internal rebellions. While repelling the Japanese invasion force, the Ming Dynasty continued to fight in the South, Northwest, and Korean Peninsula for decades. In the eighth year of Wanli, there was a plague in Datong, ten chambers and nine diseases, and family deaths often occurred. In the 14th year of Wanli, there was a severe drought, and more than 30,000 people died in April. There was a severe drought in Henan in the 16th year of Wanli, and people in some places could eat each other. In the tenth year of Wanli, the plague died on the streets of Luoyang. The northern capital directly said that 20% of the population was lost during the Wanli pandemic. Shandong and Hebei lost at least 20% of the population due to plague and drought in the mid-Wanli period. Another severe drought occurred in Shandong Wanli from 33 to 34 years. First of all, the Wanli dynasty was a dynasty that used a lot of troops. In addition to the three major expeditions, there were also wars that were not small and lasted for a long time. First, the three captives of Songshan, Qinghai and Hetao in the northwest. After nearly ten years of wars such as the Three Victory in Huangzhong and Victory in Songshan, they have used more than 200,000 combat powers in total. Second, the Ming-Burmese War continued to the Wanli dynasty. The Ming-Burmese War still needs its final climax and ending. Third, the Liaozuo Mongolian left-wing problem (emphasis) If you add the three major expeditions, the frequent border wars of the Wanli Dynasty consume a lot of national power. The "Three Expeditions of Wanli" Ming Dynasty called the "Battle of Korea", and "Battle of Ningxia" (suppressing the rebellion of Qibai) and "Bazhou of Bozhou" (to put down the rebellion of Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Guizhou). There is also a very interesting historical detail. When Japan was about to be defeated, the Wanli Emperor once discussed with the ministers to attack the Japanese mainland and solve the "future problems." Of course, no action was taken in the end, and we don't know why.
That is because the Ming was bankrupted after their victories. Peasants and peasants rebellion rise after, meanwhile a Japan invasion by ship would require too much costs (for ships and soldiers).
Extra Credits has covered it before, a history professor who specializes in Asian history whose name escapes me has also covered it before. What is usually not covered enough though is the land battles, where the Koreans scored massive victories at Jinju and Haengju against odds of at least 10 to 1. I guess I am happy K&G has covered some of the land battles.
Because a majority of the land battles until China's reinforcement was defeat after defeat. Most Korean generals were people of wealth status who had ties to the Korean Emperor, ie no practical military experience whatsoever. They always kept constantly getting caught in Japanese bait, trap, and so on. Reason why Imijin War focuses more on Yi's exploit at sea is because these are tactics that are still studied by South Korean military (just like how US military still teaches tactics from the Revolutionary and Civil War). Any Korean general who was align with Yi were at least competent and not brain dead whether it be at sea or ground.
There is another channel called the Shogunate who is about to cover the imjin war in the future. He is also good at covering japanese history and giving a japanese perspective of things.
Ah and good action scene as well, rocket artillery shot down thousand of Japanese, and Chinese assassin attempted to assassinate Japanese general, and many more intersting subjects
@@lotrlmao1648 Better one: Negotiation secretly conducted by Jingwei Shen and Konishi. Both of them decide to lying on each of their superiors. Both of them said the other side agreed the order from their side. When official Ming delegation reached Kyoto and truth revealed... Well I will save some spoiler from here.
@@bruceli5726 Well Konishi's command was not that bad. But surely he was not a good politician. He choose the wrong job at that time (he can just be a good regiment leader and stay safe)
So happy that we've gotten a new Imjin War video. And my goodness what a war it was. Can't wait for the next video. Because this is good. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
According to Chinese historical record, there was a massive ambush alongside the river after Japanese escaped citadel. Li deliberately opened a gap for Japanese to abandon the fortress.
@@Meteorknite you should ask “why didn’t the Japanese and Chinese sources mentioned much about Korean activities in this war?” At least not much in field battles
The Chinese account had Chinese soldiers dressed as Koreans to lure the Japanese to attack them because of their reputation of cowardice. I wonder why this wasn't mentioned in Korean accounts.
@@KBKim-jt6uj bec the polish had a lot of battle where they were outnumbered 10 to 1 and still won. But it's just a joke you know. He was definitely korean.
Great video as always! I always love your video’s and learn a lot from them. I’m sorry about not being a patron, but I’m just a broke history loving student.
Li Ru Song's army had less arquebus than the Japanese is because : 1. The Chinese are on the offensive, cannons are better suited in Siege warfare. Bayonets were not invented back then. 2. Li Ru Song's troops were Northern Chinese who are specialised in fighting against the Northern Barbarian cavalry units, arquebus are mainly an Infantry weapon, so not viable against cavalry (because bayonets are not invented) unless supported by wagons.
11:05 The reason why Joseon could resist is that "Cholla "(south west region of the peninsula), the major granary of country was still intact. I hope our dear K&G point this out too.
Hey KaG could you maybe in the future make a video for us, that discusses how ancient Asian armies were being supplied and how they managed to field much larger numbers than European nations of that time period, as well as explains why in the middle ages these numbers were no longer possible to supply? Would be great and keep up the good work.
I'm not an expert, but I think the fragmented kingdoms of Europe make it vulnerable to constant warfare. while in china, not only they have much bigger arable land in the south, but they were united as an empire for longer periods of time, barring many civil wars. so, they have many children and many of them can grow older? just my simple guess.
This is something that I was interested in too! Well in Europe after the original Roman Empire fell (so the middle ages), the countries were not as centralized and instead were relatively fragmented and feudal societies where countries could not easily muster large numbers in the tens of thousands or in the hundreds of thousands. On the other hand, countries in much of Asia around the same time period as the European feudal middle ages such as those of China, India, Iran (Persia), Korea, and etc. were for the most part maintaining centralized countries who could relatively quickly muster armed forces numbering in the tens of thousands, and for the larger countries like China, Iran, India, even in the hundreds of thousands.
@@yaleyoon6856 that actually makes a lot of sense! I also believe the population of the middle ages might have shrunk due to the plague. I was however also wondering how to feed and maintain these numbers during campaign.
The population of Asian countries, and by extension their armies, were so much larger than European nations because they mainly consumed rice, which yields 2-3 times more calories per acre than wheat. Rice is also much more nutrient dense than grain; a certain amount in weight of rice could feed far more soldiers than the same amount of wheat or barley, so their armies could make do with 'less' supplies per soldier.
@@GrinninPig a brief summary: The Wokou raids refer to the major attacks from Japanese pirates in the 1540s through to the end of the century that ravaged China and Korea. At first it was mainly the Japanese (who were an amalgamation of mercenaries and Ronin) who were attacking, but then they were joined by Portuguese, and then further down the line a majority of the pirates were Chinese. Since the raids started with the japanese, Wokou was originally used in reference to them. Wokou means "Japanese pirate" but it can also mean "dwarf pirate." Qi Jiguang was a young General of the Ming who expertly defeated the main hoards of Wokou and prevented them from establishing a permanent foothold in China, as it is assumed that they were sent to attack in order to conquer land and start settlements. There is a movie about The Young General called "God of War" (not to be confused with the game). It's a very well acted movie that shows how bloody the battles got and how intelligent both sides were.
And 400 years later in October 1950, Chinese troops under the name of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPV) repeated the counter attack by crossed the Yalu River to assist North Korean armies.
@@temujinborjikin7223 Yes, China's Qing Dynasty in China in 1894 did not drive the Japanese army out of the Korean peninsula, which led to the history of behind the tragic invasion. History proves that China can not let the Korean peninsula have third parties，This was the case in 1594, 1894, and 1950. Yalu River is a typical place like a red line🥺🥺
@@temujinborjikin7223 the qing was only interested in their own hegemony in korea, nothing more. i dont know where this "help" narrative come from? apart from ming china in the imjin war, china never was a good helping friend. han wudi's sack of pyoungyang come to mind, also wei and yan invasions of goguryo, of course there were sui-tang's ridiculous amount of invasions of goguryo and baekje. i will not count liao and yuan invasions as i do not think they were chinese. anyway, this "help" narrative does not make any sense.
@@hyoneeyed9450 Of course, there are interests between countries. The United States is stationed in South Korea for its national interests. Do you think it's because of kimchi? According to your logic, Americans didn't help Korea, did they?
@@frontline324 I would politely guess that gentleman is from South Korean. South Korean have very specialized anti-China and anti-Japan education system and media industry. They make very bias news and sometime fake news do not even hide the hostility. This is for specific political goals and this is why a lot of Korean always refuse to admission a lot of history facts. There are always some Korean guy shout and claim “north China was belong to Korean “, “Sushi& Kanji is from Korea” . Some people is earning money by this industry and more mass are mess by this chaos. But all also seems reasonable.
Was Byeokjegwan just glossed over like that? It's a crazy rear action by Chinese scouts against a larger Japanese force and resulted in both sides overestimating each other.
Only the second Siege of Jinju was covered, the first one was not. The Koreans held out in the first Siege of Jinju in 1592 but their commander Gim Si-min died of his wounds shortly after the battle.
The mistake of Japanese army was that,without proper provisionsthey went deep into previously unfamiliar country. And despite numerous victories over the Koreans it was clear that they strategically defeated.
The Japanese planned to conquer Korea as quickly as possible but they can't be encumbered by the massive amount of supplies needed by their armies to do that. So they sent their land armies first, then their supply ships will follow to deliver supplies to them as they steamroll through Korea. But since Admiral Yi was bottling up the Japanese navy at sea, their land army was cut off from their supplies. What's more, the Righteous Armies were raiding and ambushing Japanese supply trains, so starvation eventually stalked the Japanese land armies which did not expect their first invasion to last that long.
@@ninjaluc79 Indeed,Admiral Yi played an important role in the first war with Japan.But he did not have the fleet,but as it were partisan detachment that raided "Japanese caravans".
Logistics is difficult. Only in games can I hope to plan an invasion and have it succeed. In real life, I can't even fathom how moving everything would be done.
Must point out the error in the video. Deliberately encircling the three sides and missing one side is an ancient Chinese tactic. The purpose is to let the enemy escape rather than defend the city desperately, in order to reduce the casualties of the offensive side and Li Rusong set up a lot of ambushes on the way of the Japanese escape, defeating the Japanese army. These are not mentioned in the video, how can Li Rusong be as naive as a child.
Narrator Devin, I really need to comment about your great pronunciation of Korean names. They are not easy for a person not using them often. And you delivered them in a very good way.
At the battle of Byeokjekwan, 40k Japanese forces encircled 3k Chinese forces, after hours of fighting a 2k Chinese relief force came to aid and helped the men broke out of the encirclement. Both side suffered 600-2000 casualties.
Japanese researchers have traditionally recognized that the two sides were very close in strength. According to the Japanese sources they rely on, both the Japanese and Ming armies actually had about 20k.
@@gspar2083 Japanese claim they killed 10k Chinese soldiers with mere a couple hundred casualties... both Chinese and Korean sources state Chinese casualties and Japanese casualties were around 600-2000. The Japanese armies that participated the battle had a roll call afterwards and their number dropped by a couple thousand. And Chinese sent pure cavalry in that battle, Ming dynasty didn’t even had 20k cavalry with all its 9 frontier garrisons combined.
First Trilogy: Episode 1: Hideyoshi Menace (Hideyoshi united Japan, prepared to invade Korea) Episode 2: The Imjin War (Japan invaded in 1592, the Year of Imjin) Episode 3: The Revenge of Samurais (Japan occupied both Seoul and Pyongyang, thus getting even with King Chungnyeol of Goryeo's invasion of Japan in concert with the Mongols centuries earlier - the last time the two countries fought with each other). Second Trilogy: Episode 4: the New Hope (Ming Dynasty was ready to intervene) Episode 5: the Empire Strikes Back (Ming army finally arrived, pushed the Japanese out of Pyongyang.) Episode 6: the Return of Katō (Japan halted Ming advance and counter-attacked, winning a major victory in the Siege of Jinju under General Kato Kiyomasa). A hiatus: After the fall of Jinju, both sides started to negotiate (1593). No more war for 4 years. Third Trilogy: Episode 7: Korea Awakens (Peace broke down and Japan launched second wave of invasion in 1597. Korea suffered a string of defeats, yet Korean national spirits were fired up, grass-root resistance spread far and wide.) Episode 8: The Last Fleet (While the Land battles ground to a stalemate, Korea Navy was reduced to the last fleet of 13 ships. However, Admiral Yi Sun-sin, previously imprisoned, was finally reinstated. The ensuring stunning victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang proved a turning point.) Episode 9: The Rise of Yi Sun-sin (scoring one victory after another, Yi Sun-sin's immortality was sealed in the final battle: the Battle of Noryang Point, shortly after the death of Hideyoshi. Deprived of both its leader and its navy, the remaining Japanese force withdrew.) The war ENDED!!! May the Force Be with Korea!
I really appreciate your videos and would like to ask if you're interested in making a documentary series on the southward migration of the Celts! When the Celts migrated from Central Europe to the South at the End of the 3rd Century BC, battled against the Macedonians, killed their king and moved further into Asia Minor, where they were settled by the King of Pergamon! It's very well documented by the Ancients themselves and it would be interesting to see ancient history unfolding from a celtic perspective, rather than a roman or greek!
According to the History of Ming, during the attack of the gates of Pyongyang，the horse which General Li Rusong was riding on was killed by the Japanese fire, he changed a horse and rode again, then the second horse fell in a trench, he jumped up and commanded the troops to continue to press charges. The officers and soldiers were all inspired his fearlessness, and courageously conquered the gates.
It is misrepresented about the Battle of Jinju Castle. The commander of Jinju Fortress is General Kim Si-min, and it is a battle that Japan lost as a result of the protest for about 10 days. The 1st Battle of Jinjuseong Fortress was the victory of Joseon, and about 30,000 Japanese soldiers were sacrificed in the 2nd Battle of Jinjuseong and Japan won.The first battle of Jinju Castle occurred in 1592, and the second battle occurred in 1593.
@@dongf2618 Really bad mistakes too. Even their minor mistakes are absolute headscratchers because they don't pay attention to details. For one, the guy mispronounced Jinju as "Junji" most of the time, then said "Jinju" in one sentence before going back to "Junji" in the very next one.
@@028lang2 Not exactly. Out of the 30000 Japanese that besieged Jinju the first time, over 10000 died and there are likely more dead because they took their dead back with them.
The similarities to the modern Korean War was interesting. The Japanese retreat to the South East. The Japanese considering landing around Soul. The Japanese doing well enough until the intervention of China.
@@Alex-pj8nz In this video, Li Rusong is described as a timid idiot. wtf! He was the strongest general in northern China at that time. He was surrounded by a large number of Japanese troops because of North Korea’s misinformation, and finally defeated the Japanese troops with elite troops. As a result, he was described as cowardly running away.
@troy krentzs actually for China and korea it was an administrative corruption over the years that held them back. In 1593 technology in Asia was on par with europe. Japan was a war over identity of the nation including xenophobia. That they did not settle until hundreds of year later in the Meiji reforms(eg Samurai X). By then even if Japan had maintained similar tech. Industrialisation favored large countries during wartime like America and Russia.
Many weapons were used in this war. Among them now It is said that multiple rocket guns, Shinjijeon, and rocket launchers, Cheonjachuntong, were also used, as well as a glider, a glider fueled by gunpowder, was also used. An ironclad ship, the turtle ship, was also used. It is said that these weapons were Joseon's weapons, the Japanese were armed with iron armor and guns, and the Japanese ships were also ironclad ships.
Just a correction at 8:26 - I believe that Li Ru Song did not offer an award of 5000 ounces of silver, but 5000 两 - 2500KG of silver, which in today's currency was worth about 3.3 million RMB or about 500 thousand USD
Also pay honor to 200 (300 ships I made research, 130+ warship, the rest supply ship). Without their destruction or failure, Yi Sun Shin will not become the legend and one of the greatest Admiral of all time 😂😂
@@dongf2618 right, based on diary he did that number either destroyed or sunk, but the tidal force and roaring current may damage many ships so bad that they retreat. I don't think all 300 destroyed too, just maybe lots damaged cause by dangerous current and tidal force
"And assigning blame for the war." That just made me imagine playground kids dressed in period Chinese, Korean, and Japanese costumes in a loud exchange of "you started it."
no, the only problems between us is like, Japanese keep quiet and don’t talk about their invasions crime till someday everyone forgot wut they had done, Koreans only talk about how they got invasion by Japan,China hate Japanese for ww2, and how Koreans thought they did everything by themselves look down at the biggest neighborhood that saved their ass many times, Korean dislike japan and china cuz japan invade, china bully ,and always controling them about wut to do and wut to not do till after ww2, China dislike japan because japan war crime, and koreans always skip the part china helped and keep the bigest pride to them self,also as we all know korea japan are control by USA, so that made us hate them more also confus us why they can be some kinda of friend with japan。 Japan dis like China and korean because they dislike him
After this, could you look into the Manchu Qing invasions of Korea, 1627 and 1636? I'm not sure how much you'll have to cover, but maybe it might make for a good one episode? One of my ancestors, Im Gyeong-Eop, was in those wars. He didn't achieve that much but he seemed like a devoted defender of Joseon as well as Ming.
It's weird how the Japanese usage of arquebuses and Chinese/Korean cannon technology of the late 16th century regressed back to nomadic calvary charges, archery and melee weapons right before the Opium War / Commodore Perry's arrival.
There was a long period of peace in both countries: Qing Dynasty and Edo period. Peace is good for the people, but it also weakens military innovation since the need for more and new ways of killing people is no longer there. Europe on the other hand was busy conquering the world so ofc the Chinese and Japanese regressed while the Europeans advanced
@J Ming accounts considered foreign arquebuses (European, Ottoman, Japanese, and even Viet of all places) to be better than their own. Their domestic firearm industry just wasn't as developed and it took quite a while for them to get with the times and switch out handgonnes for arquebuses. This was not helped by the strange resistance of some of their troops to modernization, particularly those from the northern garrisons. It's also worth noting that Chinese cannons (and Eastern in general) were always behind those from the Western or Islamic worlds, partly because many of their defensive walls were too thick for anything to conceivably break down directly. Even though they invented guns, the Ming certainly learned a lot from Western trade on how to improve these guns with European designs.
@@limonbattery Walls built from the Ming Dynasty could withstand European cannons during the Boxer Rebellions, shows that artillery wasn't really a priority since as you said: you'd need a very modern knowledge of metallurgy and gunpowder technology to even begin to put a dent in Chinese walls.
I guess its in the Japanese blood to fight so sadistically in war. Dan Carlin's 'Supernova in the East' has a good series covering Japanese brutality in through the Sino-Chinese war and in WWII
@@jsmwh In the East, we've recognized (in relatively modern history) Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean militaries. As far as here in the West, yes there have been Fascist and Communist groups that have commited atrocities. My point was that "Here in the West" (our general cultural conception goes), the military actions of the Peoples of the Far-East are comparatively more sadistic. The conception is subjective, so there isn't too much arguement to be made. That being said, I would rather be a POW of the Reich, than of the Chinese, or Japanese (as an example).
Just 300 years later the Chinese infantry of Ching dynasty suffered disastrous defeat on the korean peninsula during the first sino Japanese war of 1894. The Ching infantry didn't even have enough rifles to establish a modern brigade to fight the Japanese. It was a sharp contrast between the successfully modernized imperial Japanese forces and the backward, cold weapons based Chinese army. The glorious time of Chinese military supremacy in Asia was over with the advent of technological revolution from the west which the Ching regime was unable and refuse to embrace.
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Our apologies to the patrons/youtube members for not providing early access on this one - this video was cursed and we worked for 48 hours straight to be done in time. Thanks for your patience!
A note about the video - different sources describe mount Moranbong and the fortifications around it differently - it was either completely detached from the city or a new makeshift wall incorporated it into Pyongyang.
Now take a mandatory voluntary break.
Will you be going into the Wokou raids after this? I would love an episode on Qi Jiguang!
Day 2 of asking for the Alexandrian crusade of 1365
its okay K&G we love this video
Thanks for this waited so desperately 6-7 months I guess
FINALLYYYYY!!! I thought you guys forgot about this series
So glad this series was continued, great work!
After watching all of this series, Sun Tzu would have been proud of Admiral Yi and his tactics. They were pure classical military genius.
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@Socrates Hog Do you mean Wu Qi, the chancellor of Wu? Wu Zi is the book written by Wu Qi.
@ln e Well, it wasn’t their country. Ming never asked anything from Korea anyways after their helped, only a few yearly tributes. Imagine someone offering to help you with 25% of the work in a life of death situation, why would you complain?
@ln e Well at that time the Ming emperor was already dead. Ming was over when Ming generals revolted and forced the emperor to commit suicide. After that, the Ming generals started to fight each other, and it was only after that, some Ming generals invited the Manchus into the empire themselves in order to fight with them. Which led to the Manchus taking over, along with Han generals supporting them.
@ln e 说谎只能显得你懦弱，承认事实没有你想的那样丢脸
man, I love the shattering sound effects whenever a unit collapses.
I literally imagine this sound now in my total war games
Only when it's the side you're rooting against... lol.
as a Korean its fucking heart wrenching. Koreans were too damn busy fighting amongst themselves - a life lesson for everyone I think.
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@lovegab6333 I think you responded to the wrong comment
I thought kings snd generals forgot about this series lol.
new episode in 2022, get ready
Yes, it was months since the last one.
I myself forgot about this series, lol.
@@nervsouly loooooooooooooool
I think you have them mistaken by D&D saying Danny forgot about the ballistas
Such a fascinating period between the medieval and modern age, where armour, arrows and gunpowder were on the same battlefield.
Really puts things into perspective
For those wondering about the Siege of Jinju in 1593, this is actually the second one. The Koreans held out in the first Siege of Jinju in 1592 despite being outnumbered 10 to 1 but their commander Gim Si-min died of his wounds after the battle.
They covered both sieges in the video
Thanks for another great video!! I love the history of Japan, Korea, & China. All these countries should be taught more in school especially the medieval period.
Wanli: Considered one of the worst Emperors of Ming Dynasty, but highly praised by korean people, even today.
he was lucky by having a good military
Wanli is to the Koreans, what Donald Trump is to Lil Wayne and Kodak Black
@@heavenbright2342 It would be good for all of Asia, and the world, if that relationship could return. However, it would require major reform in China, in my opinion. Ming China was serene, noble, and wise, although perhaps limited militarily compared to greater dynasties, such as the Tang. Modern day China has lost much of its ancient nobility and wisdom, as a result of the nation casting aside much of its cultural heritage during the communist revolution, also called the Cultural Revolution. China and Korea shared a brotherly relationship many times throughout history, as a result of their uniquely similar cultures and societies. In many ways, the relationship between China and Korea can be described as that of the Sun and the Moon. May that harmony return one day soon. If China, Korea, and Japan could become like blood brothers, East Asia would see a golden age that would be the envy of the world.
@@cyang2000ify I think you're forgetting that there were many non-Han Chinese dynasties that were disasters. By all accounts, Ming China was not one of the worst dynasties, it was more mid tier. The same issues that plagued Ming China also plagued Joseon Korea, on the outside: a utopian meritocracy, on the inside: a rotten corrupt aristocracy. Still, no one thinks Joseon was one of the worst dynasties, it was mid tier, because some of the greatest individuals of Korean history also were from this period, such as Admiral Yi Sun-Shin and King Sejong the Great. These were often good, but sometimes unstable times, for both Ming China and Joseon Korea. Weakening of central power (the King) was often the cause.
By the way, Communist China is responsible for more than 45 million deaths of its own people since rising to power a few generations ago, so by all measures, the modern day China is still a much more harmful regime. That is not even to mention what is happening in China today with millions of its citizens in concentration camps, and all of the other atrocities being committed, such as forced organ harvesting.
@@cyang2000ify you're discounting the fact that the Chinese communist party first put those 800 million people in poverty. When the CCP took over, they destroyed the economy, ordered people to overproduce raw materials such as metals, etc. While underproducing needed goods such as food crops. They also killed much of the nobility and scholars, cutting off much of the accrued knowledge of their society. This in turn caused early communist China to flounder for generations. The Chinese people are truly amazing, they would have made this come back sooner without the Chinese Communist Party and its Cultural Revolution. CCP has done more damage than good
350+ years later the UN forces would be in that same Pusan pocket.
China can not let Korean semi-island falls into other country's hand, otherwise, the Beijing is in great great danger.
@@lucisleesion8824 The Pusan pocket was trapped by North Koreans, the Chinese troops have yet to enter the war at that time.
@@lolasdm6959 Search general Lin, you will know that he went to N. Korea mouths before Chinese volunteer army and led the Pusan pocket.
Admit that westerns lost every war against Chinese, do not make chicanery
@@lucisleesion8824 I am a Chinese to begin with.
And the Pusan pocket was made by the North Korean army, even if one Chinese general was there, the North Koreans was still responsible for the Pusan Pocket.
And no, Korean war was a stalemate, both side were not able to defeat the other.
@@lucisleesion8824 Korea used to be and still to this days a buffer between competing power of East Asia, last time Chinese let Korea fell to foreign hands next thing they knew Manchuria was lost and they're marching to Beijing.
The Sound affects are the best I could listen to them all day so satisfiying
The glass cracking is my favorite
I was waiting for a new episode of the Imjin War for a very long time, re-watching Extra Credits videos of the same war in the process. I am so happy for this new episode!
I do hope the land battles are covered more, as most channels I know that cover the Imjin War mostly cover Yi Sun Shin's naval battles simply because he is just that amazing.
Yes, the Koreans lost a lot of land battles especially early on, but they did score massive victories at Jinju and Haengju even when outnumbered at least 10 to 1.
Unlike historical facts, Korean movies and dramas are exaggerated, so it's better not to believe them.
Thank you so much for continuing the Imjin War series! It must have taken a lot of work to create the animation and complete the research.
Imjin War: The Empire Strikes Back
Imjin war: wrath of hideyoshi
300 hundred yrs later, there is another war, The Korean War!
@J Yeah buddy marching 200 elephants through China.
Hannibal marched 20 of them them through the alps and only 1 survived.
This period China lost Their Empire To Qing Empire. 40k Ming Army Save Korea from Samurai. At the same time 300k Ming Troops war at Great wall with Mongol. South China sea , 100k Ming troops war With Dutch empire. A Tribute state Manchu jurchen saw this Chao , with 400k troops and Ming loyal Betrayer enter Ming established Qing Empire
@@sevenightproduction2900 and Qing would take Taiwan later exactly 100 years later in 1693
2:10 Although Buddhism was persecuted by Confucian rulers since the foundation of Joseon, Buddhist monks bravely volunteered to fight for Joseon during Japanese invasion of Joseon.
Buddhist monk fought to defend Korea since Goryeo or older I think.
@@ltmatthewakj2466 Wow you're right. A lot of Buddhist monks fought in Mongolian Inavasion of Goryeo. A Buddhist monk called Kim Yoon Hoo killed Mongolian general Salitai with an arrow in the battle of Cheoinseong.
@@호이팬 I know that from comments from Samuel Hawley content of Imjin War. I really admired Admiral Yi Sun Shin for his personality and loyalty since Extra Credits and Samuel Hawley Imjin War 👍👍
@@ltmatthewakj2466 Lol I also watched Extra Credits vids about Yi Sun Shin. He is admired as the greatest military commander in Korean history.
@@호이팬 @호이팬 the last episode of Extra History really put tears on me 😭😭😭😂😂😂. Really, deep respect to Admiral Yi Sun Shin 🙏. The story we deserve to hear and to admire.
I’m so glad you returned to this series! Fascinating to watch and a really interesting topic.
Great content! You're without doubt one of my favorite channels these days.
During the reign of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, it was an era of abnormal weather, severe famines, and frequent external aggressions and internal rebellions. While repelling the Japanese invasion force, the Ming Dynasty continued to fight in the South, Northwest, and Korean Peninsula for decades.
In the eighth year of Wanli, there was a plague in Datong, ten chambers and nine diseases, and family deaths often occurred. In the 14th year of Wanli, there was a severe drought, and more than 30,000 people died in April. There was a severe drought in Henan in the 16th year of Wanli, and people in some places could eat each other. In the tenth year of Wanli, the plague died on the streets of Luoyang. The northern capital directly said that 20% of the population was lost during the Wanli pandemic.
Shandong and Hebei lost at least 20% of the population due to plague and drought in the mid-Wanli period.
Another severe drought occurred in Shandong Wanli from 33 to 34 years.
First of all, the Wanli dynasty was a dynasty that used a lot of troops. In addition to the three major expeditions, there were also wars that were not small and lasted for a long time.
First, the three captives of Songshan, Qinghai and Hetao in the northwest. After nearly ten years of wars such as the Three Victory in Huangzhong and Victory in Songshan, they have used more than 200,000 combat powers in total.
Second, the Ming-Burmese War continued to the Wanli dynasty. The Ming-Burmese War still needs its final climax and ending.
Third, the Liaozuo Mongolian left-wing problem (emphasis)
If you add the three major expeditions, the frequent border wars of the Wanli Dynasty consume a lot of national power.
The "Three Expeditions of Wanli" Ming Dynasty called the "Battle of Korea", and "Battle of Ningxia" (suppressing the rebellion of Qibai) and "Bazhou of Bozhou" (to put down the rebellion of Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Guizhou).
There is also a very interesting historical detail. When Japan was about to be defeated, the Wanli Emperor once discussed with the ministers to attack the Japanese mainland and solve the "future problems." Of course, no action was taken in the end, and we don't know why.
That is because the Ming was bankrupted after their victories. Peasants and peasants rebellion rise after, meanwhile a Japan invasion by ship would require too much costs (for ships and soldiers).
The Imijin War! Almost every other channel doesn't cover this, glad that it is!
Extra Credits has covered it before, a history professor who specializes in Asian history whose name escapes me has also covered it before.
What is usually not covered enough though is the land battles, where the Koreans scored massive victories at Jinju and Haengju against odds of at least 10 to 1.
I guess I am happy K&G has covered some of the land battles.
Because a majority of the land battles until China's reinforcement was defeat after defeat. Most Korean generals were people of wealth status who had ties to the Korean Emperor, ie no practical military experience whatsoever. They always kept constantly getting caught in Japanese bait, trap, and so on. Reason why Imijin War focuses more on Yi's exploit at sea is because these are tactics that are still studied by South Korean military (just like how US military still teaches tactics from the Revolutionary and Civil War). Any Korean general who was align with Yi were at least competent and not brain dead whether it be at sea or ground.
@@ninjaluc79 Samuel Hawley maybe? My favorite coverage of the Imjin War was done by Matthew Carrick but he took down his videos.
There is another channel called the Shogunate who is about to cover the imjin war in the future. He is also good at covering japanese history and giving a japanese perspective of things.
@@WatcherMovie008 Yi's exploits are more of actually using ships properly, Japanese fleet was a joke.
This could’ve made a great Netflix series. Even the Ming-Hideyoshi Toyotomi negotiations talks would’ve been a hilarious black comedy episode
Ah and good action scene as well, rocket artillery shot down thousand of Japanese, and Chinese assassin attempted to assassinate Japanese general, and many more intersting subjects
There is netflix movie about the war tho. ‘Roaring Current’
The story is going to get even better by a hundred fold. Yi Sun-sin's most legendary feats are still yet to come.
@@lotrlmao1648 Better one: Negotiation secretly conducted by Jingwei Shen and Konishi. Both of them decide to lying on each of their superiors. Both of them said the other side agreed the order from their side. When official Ming delegation reached Kyoto and truth revealed... Well I will save some spoiler from here.
@@bruceli5726 Well Konishi's command was not that bad. But surely he was not a good politician. He choose the wrong job at that time (he can just be a good regiment leader and stay safe)
Glad to see this series continue
So happy that we've gotten a new Imjin War video. And my goodness what a war it was. Can't wait for the next video. Because this is good. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
The video was a bit later than usual... I was afraid history had ended. ..
Ah, back in the day, that would make you a follower of Francis Fukuyama
According to Chinese historical record, there was a massive ambush alongside the river after Japanese escaped citadel. Li deliberately opened a gap for Japanese to abandon the fortress.
It is quite clear that K&G decided to use the Korean source purely in the episode. 😏
@@frankun8755 weird why dont korean sources talk about that ?
@@Meteorknite you should ask “why didn’t the Japanese and Chinese sources mentioned much about Korean activities in this war?” At least not much in field battles
The Chinese account had Chinese soldiers dressed as Koreans to lure the Japanese to attack them because of their reputation of cowardice. I wonder why this wasn't mentioned in Korean accounts.
@@eugeneng7064 korean account has Chinese soldiers killing korean soldiers and civilian adding their head on the kill tally, to exaggerate the wins.
Another wonderful video with amazing details. Thank you for these history lessons you offer us.
Yes, this I've been waiting for....
I always enjoy the detailed battles you all create.
Really enjoyed this film and really can learn a lot, Thank you Gins and Generals. This is a lot of fun learning his videos.
Great episode! Love this series. See you all in another 6 months when the next one comes out 😅
Keep doing this series man!
Your content is well written and informative .
Absolutely fascinating video and historical content thank you for sharing 👍
Great video! I only knew about the sea battles of this invasion. First time learning about the land campaign
"We're outnumbered 10 to 1, what should we do?"
Gwon Yul : *"Finally, a fair fight!"*
That Korean guy must had a strong polish accent xD
It helps if you have a well fortified position and better artilerry. Still not the best odds.
@@zord1352 polish? why polish? he was KOREAN!
@@KBKim-jt6uj bec the polish had a lot of battle where they were outnumbered 10 to 1 and still won. But it's just a joke you know. He was definitely korean.
Finally, target practice for our boom boom hwacha 😂😂
Awesome video! I love the history of these wars 👌🏼
Thank you for this video, I love to learn about imjin war because of badass admiral yi, definitely up there with Barbarossa hayredin pasha 😍😍😍
Great video as always! I always love your video’s and learn a lot from them. I’m sorry about not being a patron, but I’m just a broke history loving student.
Li Ru Song's army had less arquebus than the Japanese is because :
1. The Chinese are on the offensive, cannons are better suited in Siege warfare. Bayonets were not invented back then.
2. Li Ru Song's troops were Northern Chinese who are specialised in fighting against the Northern Barbarian cavalry units, arquebus are mainly an Infantry weapon, so not viable against cavalry (because bayonets are not invented) unless supported by wagons.
Thank you , K&G .
Thanks for getting back to this series, it is extremely interesting.
11:05 The reason why Joseon could resist is that "Cholla "(south west region of the peninsula), the major granary of country was still intact. I hope our dear K&G point this out too.
Hey KaG could you maybe in the future make a video for us, that discusses how ancient Asian armies were being supplied and how they managed to field much larger numbers than European nations of that time period, as well as explains why in the middle ages these numbers were no longer possible to supply? Would be great and keep up the good work.
I'm not an expert, but I think the fragmented kingdoms of Europe make it vulnerable to constant warfare. while in china, not only they have much bigger arable land in the south, but they were united as an empire for longer periods of time, barring many civil wars. so, they have many children and many of them can grow older?
just my simple guess.
This is something that I was interested in too! Well in Europe after the original Roman Empire fell (so the middle ages), the countries were not as centralized and instead were relatively fragmented and feudal societies where countries could not easily muster large numbers in the tens of thousands or in the hundreds of thousands. On the other hand, countries in much of Asia around the same time period as the European feudal middle ages such as those of China, India, Iran (Persia), Korea, and etc. were for the most part maintaining centralized countries who could relatively quickly muster armed forces numbering in the tens of thousands, and for the larger countries like China, Iran, India, even in the hundreds of thousands.
@@yaleyoon6856 that actually makes a lot of sense! I also believe the population of the middle ages might have shrunk due to the plague. I was however also wondering how to feed and maintain these numbers during campaign.
The population of Asian countries, and by extension their armies, were so much larger than European nations because they mainly consumed rice, which yields 2-3 times more calories per acre than wheat. Rice is also much more nutrient dense than grain; a certain amount in weight of rice could feed far more soldiers than the same amount of wheat or barley, so their armies could make do with 'less' supplies per soldier.
The last time I was this early, Admiral Yi was arrested.
You are not that early :/
Which time?
Spoiler: That happens again soon.
Was waiting for this one! Thanks team!
Thank you Kings and Generals!
Will you be going into the Wokou raids after this? I would love an episode on Qi Jiguang!
This happened before, not after the IMJIN WAR
@@guilhermehx7159 should still talk about Qi Jiguang though
@@camrendavis6650 I a-fucking-gree
What happened?
@@GrinninPig a brief summary: The Wokou raids refer to the major attacks from Japanese pirates in the 1540s through to the end of the century that ravaged China and Korea. At first it was mainly the Japanese (who were an amalgamation of mercenaries and Ronin) who were attacking, but then they were joined by Portuguese, and then further down the line a majority of the pirates were Chinese. Since the raids started with the japanese, Wokou was originally used in reference to them. Wokou means "Japanese pirate" but it can also mean "dwarf pirate."
Qi Jiguang was a young General of the Ming who expertly defeated the main hoards of Wokou and prevented them from establishing a permanent foothold in China, as it is assumed that they were sent to attack in order to conquer land and start settlements.
There is a movie about The Young General called "God of War" (not to be confused with the game). It's a very well acted movie that shows how bloody the battles got and how intelligent both sides were.
And 400 years later in October 1950, Chinese troops under the name of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPV) repeated the counter attack by crossed the Yalu River to assist North Korean armies.
not only Korea war but also 1894 the Qing dynasty crossed the Yalu river to assist Korea.
@@temujinborjikin7223 Yes, China's Qing Dynasty in China in 1894 did not drive the Japanese army out of the Korean peninsula, which led to the history of behind the tragic invasion. History proves that China can not let the Korean peninsula have third parties，This was the case in 1594, 1894, and 1950.
Yalu River is a typical place like a red line🥺🥺
@@temujinborjikin7223 the qing was only interested in their own hegemony in korea, nothing more. i dont know where this "help" narrative come from? apart from ming china in the imjin war, china never was a good helping friend. han wudi's sack of pyoungyang come to mind, also wei and yan invasions of goguryo, of course there were sui-tang's ridiculous amount of invasions of goguryo and baekje. i will not count liao and yuan invasions as i do not think they were chinese. anyway, this "help" narrative does not make any sense.
@@hyoneeyed9450 Of course, there are interests between countries. The United States is stationed in South Korea for its national interests. Do you think it's because of kimchi? According to your logic, Americans didn't help Korea, did they?
@@frontline324 I would politely guess that gentleman is from South Korean. South Korean have very specialized anti-China and anti-Japan education system and media industry. They make very bias news and sometime fake news do not even hide the hostility. This is for specific political goals and this is why a lot of Korean always refuse to admission a lot of history facts. There are always some Korean guy shout and claim “north China was belong to Korean “, “Sushi& Kanji is from Korea” . Some people is earning money by this industry and more mass are mess by this chaos. But all also seems reasonable.
Was Byeokjegwan just glossed over like that? It's a crazy rear action by Chinese scouts against a larger Japanese force and resulted in both sides overestimating each other.
Fantastic clip. Thank you K&G.
Great documentary, thank you Kings and Generals Team.
i hate to be that guy but my OCD compells me to mention that for this being the 3rd video there is exactly 1 video missing from the imjin war playlist
Really? Ive seen the 2 others
Only the second Siege of Jinju was covered, the first one was not. The Koreans held out in the first Siege of Jinju in 1592 but their commander Gim Si-min died of his wounds shortly after the battle.
The mistake of Japanese army was that,without proper provisionsthey went deep into previously unfamiliar country. And despite numerous victories over the Koreans it was clear that they strategically defeated.
The Japanese planned to conquer Korea as quickly as possible but they can't be encumbered by the massive amount of supplies needed by their armies to do that.
So they sent their land armies first, then their supply ships will follow to deliver supplies to them as they steamroll through Korea. But since Admiral Yi was bottling up the Japanese navy at sea, their land army was cut off from their supplies.
What's more, the Righteous Armies were raiding and ambushing Japanese supply trains, so starvation eventually stalked the Japanese land armies which did not expect their first invasion to last that long.
@@ninjaluc79 Indeed,Admiral Yi played an important role in the first war with Japan.But he did not have the fleet,but as it were partisan detachment that raided "Japanese caravans".
Logistics is difficult. Only in games can I hope to plan an invasion and have it succeed. In real life, I can't even fathom how moving everything would be done.
@@LeSethX Only in EU4
Must point out the error in the video. Deliberately encircling the three sides and missing one side is an ancient Chinese tactic. The purpose is to let the enemy escape rather than defend the city desperately, in order to reduce the casualties of the offensive side and Li Rusong set up a lot of ambushes on the way of the Japanese escape, defeating the Japanese army. These are not mentioned in the video, how can Li Rusong be as naive as a child.
Narrator Devin, I really need to comment about your great pronunciation of Korean names. They are not easy for a person not using them often. And you delivered them in a very good way.
Great channel , great serie !!!
Amazing videos. Thank you for all the time put into it. 👍
Konishi Yukinaga was a really smart general. Pretty underrated.
But yi sun shin is more smarter than konishi. Yi sun shin is korean general.
300vs13 win in sea battle.
Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans fighting over the Korean Peninsula. Ah, some things never change.
Sino-Japanese War 1894....
well south korea still hates japan
The weak country Korea loves to be a parasite of a stronger since the birth.
@@jeanmiyu6904 I mean it's true but you can't say that it's rude
@@yiyiyibo9671 Even Korean made the Movie called "Parasite".
At the battle of Byeokjekwan, 40k Japanese forces encircled 3k Chinese forces, after hours of fighting a 2k Chinese relief force came to aid and helped the men broke out of the encirclement. Both side suffered 600-2000 casualties.
My uncle fought in that war
@@GrinninPig You must be very old.
Japanese researchers have traditionally recognized that the two sides were very close in strength. According to the Japanese sources they rely on, both the Japanese and Ming armies actually had about 20k.
@@gspar2083 do you really think Li RuSong would sent 1/2 of entire Chinese force in Korea as “Scouting Party”?
@@gspar2083 Japanese claim they killed 10k Chinese soldiers with mere a couple hundred casualties... both Chinese and Korean sources state Chinese casualties and Japanese casualties were around 600-2000. The Japanese armies that participated the battle had a roll call afterwards and their number dropped by a couple thousand.
And Chinese sent pure cavalry in that battle, Ming dynasty didn’t even had 20k cavalry with all its 9 frontier garrisons combined.
Finally. I waited this for like months...❤️
Map looks awesome. Good work!
First Trilogy:
Episode 1: Hideyoshi Menace (Hideyoshi united Japan, prepared to invade Korea)
Episode 2: The Imjin War (Japan invaded in 1592, the Year of Imjin)
Episode 3: The Revenge of Samurais (Japan occupied both Seoul and Pyongyang, thus getting even with King Chungnyeol of Goryeo's invasion of Japan in concert with the Mongols centuries earlier - the last time the two countries fought with each other).
Second Trilogy:
Episode 4: the New Hope (Ming Dynasty was ready to intervene)
Episode 5: the Empire Strikes Back (Ming army finally arrived, pushed the Japanese out of Pyongyang.)
Episode 6: the Return of Katō (Japan halted Ming advance and counter-attacked, winning a major victory in the Siege of Jinju under General Kato Kiyomasa).
A hiatus: After the fall of Jinju, both sides started to negotiate (1593). No more war for 4 years.
Third Trilogy:
Episode 7: Korea Awakens (Peace broke down and Japan launched second wave of invasion in 1597. Korea suffered a string of defeats, yet Korean national spirits were fired up, grass-root resistance spread far and wide.)
Episode 8: The Last Fleet (While the Land battles ground to a stalemate, Korea Navy was reduced to the last fleet of 13 ships. However, Admiral Yi Sun-sin, previously imprisoned, was finally reinstated. The ensuring stunning victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang proved a turning point.)
Episode 9: The Rise of Yi Sun-sin (scoring one victory after another, Yi Sun-sin's immortality was sealed in the final battle: the Battle of Noryang Point, shortly after the death of Hideyoshi. Deprived of both its leader and its navy, the remaining Japanese force withdrew.)
The war ENDED!!! May the Force Be with Korea!
Ty for the video. I’m Korean American so I’m learning a lot about my roots
I'm partially Chinese and also thankful to know that at one time our peoples where allies once
2:12 in that Jinju Castle battle, 10,000 over 30,000 Japanese armies were dead while 1,000 over 3,000 Korean soldiers were sacrificed.
@デブデブ which textbook? not a history book?
Keep up the good work guys!!!
Thank you for another great video.
So glad to finally see this! Redcoat General here we come!
God I love this series.
I really appreciate your videos and would like to ask if you're interested in making a documentary series on the southward migration of the Celts! When the Celts migrated from Central Europe to the South at the End of the 3rd Century BC, battled against the Macedonians, killed their king and moved further into Asia Minor, where they were settled by the King of Pergamon! It's very well documented by the Ancients themselves and it would be interesting to see ancient history unfolding from a celtic perspective, rather than a roman or greek!
That would be awesome!
Check out their history of the Celts series, they dedicated an entire episode to that topic, among others
Love your videos man, keep up the good work
According to the History of Ming, during the attack of the gates of Pyongyang，the horse which General Li Rusong was riding on was killed by the Japanese fire, he changed a horse and rode again, then the second horse fell in a trench, he jumped up and commanded the troops to continue to press charges. The officers and soldiers were all inspired his fearlessness, and courageously conquered the gates.
K&G: Crude elongated triangle
Me: Tae Dong.
"Korea asks for help!"
"And China shall answer."
@quotetheraven90 ally? They are the reason Korea still exist. Not amounts of sea success can save Korea, with out taking back the country land.
@@papercat2599 Yeah Korea is to China what Belgium is to France
LOTR - Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?
East Asian history - Where was Korea when the Ming dynasty fell?
@@이정아-l5s dont wasting your time for chinese, they think china ownership of asia
@J :)) please my nation vietnam slaughtered 200k imperial ming troops in 1427
A great video as always
It is misrepresented about the Battle of Jinju Castle. The commander of Jinju Fortress is General Kim Si-min, and it is a battle that Japan lost as a result of the protest for about 10 days. The 1st Battle of Jinjuseong Fortress was the victory of Joseon, and about 30,000 Japanese soldiers were sacrificed in the 2nd Battle of Jinjuseong and Japan won.The first battle of Jinju Castle occurred in 1592, and the second battle occurred in 1593.
It is well-known that General and Kings would have mistakes in their videos when it comes to Asian history.
@@dongf2618 Really bad mistakes too. Even their minor mistakes are absolute headscratchers because they don't pay attention to details. For one, the guy mispronounced Jinju as "Junji" most of the time, then said "Jinju" in one sentence before going back to "Junji" in the very next one.
They showed the second siege but not the first one.
30000 Japanese soldiers dead? How many Japanese died during the first invasion of Korea?
@@028lang2 Not exactly. Out of the 30000 Japanese that besieged Jinju the first time, over 10000 died and there are likely more dead because they took their dead back with them.
The similarities to the modern Korean War was interesting. The Japanese retreat to the South East. The Japanese considering landing around Soul. The Japanese doing well enough until the intervention of China.
Agree, also Ming had veteran army who fought against Mongolians. Not to mention better armors
@@Alex-pj8nz In this video, Li Rusong is described as a timid idiot. wtf! He was the strongest general in northern China at that time. He was surrounded by a large number of Japanese troops because of North Korea’s misinformation, and finally defeated the Japanese troops with elite troops. As a result, he was described as cowardly running away.
@@夏士莲欧莱雅 He was brave, but not the strongest, Luo Shangzhi, Wu Weizhong, Liu Ting were stronger, Liu Ting was said to be able to swing a 50kg Guandao
@@Alex-pj8nz I mean yeah, 200 years of peace after all. It's like that line from the dark knight rises. Peace has made you weak
Dang no wonder this war has such a big impact on East Asian culture.
Great wall 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
@troy krentzs actually for China and korea it was an administrative corruption over the years that held them back. In 1593 technology in Asia was on par with europe. Japan was a war over identity of the nation including xenophobia. That they did not settle until hundreds of year later in the Meiji reforms(eg Samurai X). By then even if Japan had maintained similar tech. Industrialisation favored large countries during wartime like America and Russia.
@@Joshua_Nguyen0630 LOL and yet Vietnam was under Chinese rule for 1000 years
@@Joshua_Nguyen0630 Mad Viet lmfao
Not really. It is pretty important for Korea, but it is just a normal war for China and Japan.
Nice documentary 👍
im looking forward next episode of this series. its very interesting
Many weapons were used in this war.
Among them now
It is said that multiple rocket guns, Shinjijeon, and rocket launchers, Cheonjachuntong, were also used, as well as a glider, a glider fueled by gunpowder, was also used.
An ironclad ship, the turtle ship, was also used.
It is said that these weapons were Joseon's weapons, the Japanese were armed with iron armor and guns, and the Japanese ships were also ironclad ships.
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Just a correction at 8:26 - I believe that Li Ru Song did not offer an award of 5000 ounces of silver, but 5000 两 - 2500KG of silver, which in today's currency was worth about 3.3 million RMB or about 500 thousand USD
In fact, Li Rusong offered a reward of 300 taels of silver. Not five thousand taels of silver
4:25 Kings & Generals describing Pyongyang walls - "forming a crude elongated triangle"
Me - "It's shaped like a penis."
Remember that this series started, because a Japanese emmisary insulted the Koreans by mocking the lenght of their spears.( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Send crude elongated triangle pics plz
@ln e You Call That Incredible!!!??? They literally massacred innocent civilians, like the Rape of Nanking.
@ln e They literally Massacred innocent civilian and you don’t care because their Chinese????!!!!!!!!!
@ln e Japan Was COOL??!! Do you even know anything about their atrocities in ww2
Thank you for making this. I honeslty thought you forgot about this seriers.
Could you do a video of the battle of Fei River?
That grand battle was last time a million troops were mustered before WWI.
keep beating the drum.
Yi Sun-sin to he's sons
I didn’t know that this was coming out today and just happened to me watch the other two parts.
I was waiting for this
K&G.... It will be a great pleasure to see the 'First battle of Jinju". It was an epic battle, and also a major battle.
I spent 1969-70 in Korea's DMZ. It made me realize how important it is to keep foraging armies out of the USA.
Lets pay respects to the brave 200 japanese ships that dared to attack admiral yi's 10
Also pay honor to 200 (300 ships I made research, 130+ warship, the rest supply ship). Without their destruction or failure, Yi Sun Shin will not become the legend and one of the greatest Admiral of all time 😂😂
@@ltmatthewakj2466 I think Yi mentioned in his diary he damaged 30 Japanese ships
@@dongf2618 right, based on diary he did that number either destroyed or sunk, but the tidal force and roaring current may damage many ships so bad that they retreat. I don't think all 300 destroyed too, just maybe lots damaged cause by dangerous current and tidal force
@@dongf2618 yeah but he's got 9 more ships behind him, they surely did a number on the japanese also
lol
"And assigning blame for the war."
That just made me imagine playground kids dressed in period Chinese, Korean, and Japanese costumes in a loud exchange of "you started it."
no, the only problems between us is like, Japanese keep quiet and don’t talk about their invasions crime till someday everyone forgot wut they had done, Koreans only talk about how they got invasion by Japan,China hate Japanese for ww2, and how Koreans thought they did everything by themselves look down at the biggest neighborhood that saved their ass many times,
Korean dislike japan and china cuz japan invade, china bully ,and always controling them about wut to do and wut to not do till after ww2,
China dislike japan because japan war crime, and koreans always skip the part china helped and keep the bigest pride to them self,also as we all know korea japan are control by USA, so that made us hate them more also confus us why they can be some kinda of friend with japan。
Japan dis like China and korean because they dislike him
@@jameshuang2 so true.
Good stuff. Thank you!
Very good video :)
After this, could you look into the Manchu Qing invasions of Korea, 1627 and 1636? I'm not sure how much you'll have to cover, but maybe it might make for a good one episode? One of my ancestors, Im Gyeong-Eop, was in those wars. He didn't achieve that much but he seemed like a devoted defender of Joseon as well as Ming.
Li Rusong is probably one of my favourite generals in history
Too reckless...
@@nomooon 只是被朝鲜人骗了
It's weird how the Japanese usage of arquebuses and Chinese/Korean cannon technology of the late 16th century regressed back to nomadic calvary charges, archery and melee weapons right before the Opium War / Commodore Perry's arrival.
There was a long period of peace in both countries: Qing Dynasty and Edo period. Peace is good for the people, but it also weakens military innovation since the need for more and new ways of killing people is no longer there. Europe on the other hand was busy conquering the world so ofc the Chinese and Japanese regressed while the Europeans advanced
Ming use more arquebuses then Japanese
@@neverletmego6414 Agree, if British army in 1600s faced Qing 8 banner armies, they would have gotten their asses kicked.
@J Ming accounts considered foreign arquebuses (European, Ottoman, Japanese, and even Viet of all places) to be better than their own. Their domestic firearm industry just wasn't as developed and it took quite a while for them to get with the times and switch out handgonnes for arquebuses. This was not helped by the strange resistance of some of their troops to modernization, particularly those from the northern garrisons.
It's also worth noting that Chinese cannons (and Eastern in general) were always behind those from the Western or Islamic worlds, partly because many of their defensive walls were too thick for anything to conceivably break down directly. Even though they invented guns, the Ming certainly learned a lot from Western trade on how to improve these guns with European designs.
@@limonbattery Walls built from the Ming Dynasty could withstand European cannons during the Boxer Rebellions, shows that artillery wasn't really a priority since as you said: you'd need a very modern knowledge of metallurgy and gunpowder technology to even begin to put a dent in Chinese walls.
Good presentation. Free of bias and full of facts.
I guess its in the Japanese blood to fight so sadistically in war. Dan Carlin's 'Supernova in the East' has a good series covering Japanese brutality in through the Sino-Chinese war and in WWII
No atrocities occur on any side of the war if you look hard enough.
@@LOL-zu1zr You aren't wrong, but, at least here in the West, the armies of the Far East are know for being particularly sadistic.
@@richardmoore5347 its only japan in theast and in the west u had nazi germany
Red army of russia as well
@@jsmwh In the East, we've recognized (in relatively modern history) Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean militaries.
As far as here in the West, yes there have been Fascist and Communist groups that have commited atrocities.
My point was that "Here in the West" (our general cultural conception goes), the military actions of the Peoples of the Far-East are comparatively more sadistic.
The conception is subjective, so there isn't too much arguement to be made.
That being said, I would rather be a POW of the Reich, than of the Chinese, or Japanese (as an example).
Yi Sun Shin would make the invaders pay in blood for the atrocities before the end.
Just 300 years later the Chinese infantry of Ching dynasty suffered disastrous defeat on the korean peninsula during the first sino Japanese war of 1894. The Ching infantry didn't even have enough rifles to establish a modern brigade to fight the Japanese. It was a sharp contrast between the successfully modernized imperial Japanese forces and the backward, cold weapons based Chinese army. The glorious time of Chinese military supremacy in Asia was over with the advent of technological revolution from the west which the Ching regime was unable and refuse to embrace.
Its qing
Man .. this get this kind of high quality content ....