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Chapter 145 The Battle of the Bijo Pavilion ([-])
"It is said that after Li Rusong brought ten personal soldiers to the Bi Ti Pavilion, he immediately learned about the situation of the Ming army at that time."

"At that time, the vanguard of the Japanese army was about 3 people, and they had already surrounded the Zhada Shou Department, and there were [-] Japanese troops in the headquarters."

"Then what about the Ming army? Li Rusong rushed over from Kaesong at a very high speed. He only brought ten soldiers with him. The reinforcements have not yet arrived. Their situation at that time was very critical."

"So Li Rusong called everyone together, saying that the Japanese army has surrounded us, and our reinforcements will arrive in about two days."

"Besides, there are a large number of Japanese soldiers. If we stick to the Biju Pavilion, we may not be able to hold on for half a day, so we must take the initiative to attack!"

"Hey, Li Rusong's plan is actually to use suspicious tactics and take the initiative to attack, so that the Japanese army will think that the Ming army's reinforcements have arrived, so they dare not act rashly."

"On the second day, the Ming army took the initiative to attack the Japanese army. The Japanese army thought that the Ming army's reinforcements had arrived, so they withdrew the vanguard. This allowed the Ming army to win a day."

"But soon, the Japanese army discussed and came up with a battle plan. They adopted Kobayakawa Takakage's suggestion and dispatched the main force of the Chinese army to attack quickly. Let Shuya Jingxiong lead [-] Japanese troops from the west side of the road to cooperate with Inoue Kezhen to attack the Ming army."

"However, the intention of the Japanese army's move was still seen through by Li Rusong, who had been on the battlefield for a long time. When Shuwu Jingxiong and Inoue Jingzhen surrounded him, the Ming army also moved quickly."

"So before the Japanese army completed the encirclement, the Ming army took the lead in hitting the troops, quickly defeated Shuwu Jingxiong's troops, and launched a pursuit."

"At that time, the Ming army was almost all iron cavalry. Although the fighting power was strong, Naihe fell into the quagmire, resulting in a decline in mobility, and was quickly counterattacked by the Japanese army."

"Seeing this, Li Rusong hurriedly ordered the cavalry trapped in the quagmire to dismount and fight on foot. Shuwu Jingxiong couldn't withstand the attack of the Ming army and fled again."

"In the end, all the Ming troops withdrew from the quagmire, and the Inoue Jingzhen department ordered the retreat after seeing the concubine Jingxiong's department fleeing in such a state of embarrassment."

"Afterwards, Kobayakawa Takakage saw that the plan had failed, so he simply put all his troops into battle and personally led the Sixth Army Corps into the battle."

"At the same time, dispatch Chikushi Guangmen and Tachibana Zongshige troops to detour from the flanks in two ways, and directly attack the left and right sides of the Ming army."

"Because the Ming army was limited in number, the two sides suffered heavy losses, and the front was suppressed by Kobayakawa Takakage. The Ming army was immediately surrounded and the situation was extremely dangerous."

"It is said that the Ming army generals Li Rubai, Li Ning, Zhang Shijue, Zha Dashou, Fang Shihui, Wang Wen and others fought with swords in their hands."

"Among them, a general named Li Yousheng, in order to cover Li Rusong, fought with Inoue Jingzhen with a knife. "

"Although the Ming army suffered a lot of losses, the Japanese army suffered even greater losses. It is said that two of Tachibana Munemo's men named Anton Changhisa, a small string of heavy Banner warriors, were shot to death by the Ming army."

"As a result, Munemo Tachibana's troops suffered heavy losses and were forced to withdraw from the battlefield. Hidebo Kobayakawa tried to outflank the Ming army, but was repelled by a small team sent by the Ming army, and eight retainers under his command were killed in battle."

"Soon, the Japanese army saw that it was still unable to eliminate the Ming army, and Kobayakawa Takakage invested the troops of Yoshikawa Hiroie, Togawa Tatsuyasu, and Kuroda Nagamasa in order to surround the Ming army."

"The Ming army and the Japanese army fought from noon to dusk. The Ming army finally waited for Yang Yuan, the deputy general of the Zuoxie, to come with 1000 cavalry."

"After Yang Yuan arrived at the battlefield, without further ado, he led his army to attack the right position occupied by the Japanese army, and joined hands with Li Ning's artillery battalion to bombard the Japanese army to cover the retreat of the Ming army."

"At this time, the Japanese army had no choice but to order the Japanese army to retreat because of the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army."

"As for the Ming army, Li Rusong took the initiative to cut off the rear, but who knew that a group of people suddenly came out from among the Japanese army and rushed towards Li Rusong at a high speed."

"It is said that a Japanese general named Ono Shigeyuki suddenly rushed out and launched a surprise attack on Li Rusong's troops. However, he was killed by Li Rumei in the end, and the Ming army successfully retreated."

"Okay, now that we've finished talking, let's take a look at how the historical materials record the circumstances of this battle."

"The two armies fought from noon to dusk. According to Korean historical records, 6000 people were killed on each side. According to some RB historical records, the Ming army participated in the battle with 2 people, and the Japanese army beheaded 6000 people from the Ming army."

"In the Qing Dynasty, some people specifically mentioned this battle, saying that the battalion was registered as a soldier, and nearly [-] died, etc., which accounted for half of the troops of the Ming army who entered the war at that time, which was very different from the historical records of North Korea."

"In addition, according to the records of the "Records of Xuanzu" in North Korea, after this battle, the Ming army's combat power was still strong, and the death of [-] people should be false."

"Although the losses of the Ming army in this encounter were not as high as some claims, it was due to coach Li Rusong's rash decision that almost killed the Ming army."

"Although this battle lost a lot of Liaodong's elite soldiers and generals, it also highlights the combat effectiveness of the Ming army's iron cavalry."

"Furthermore, the Japanese army, which has the superiority in military strength, was still unable to destroy this army after a bitter battle, and instead suffered heavy losses."

"It's just because of Li Rusong's misjudgment that the mighty side of the Ming army was covered up. However, objectively speaking, this battle is almost meaningless to the overall situation."

"Why do you say that? Because the goals of both the Ming army and the Japanese army were not achieved, and both sides ended up retreating."

"Finally, there are some sayings that in this battle, the Ming army lost a lot of servants in addition to the soldiers on the surface."

"As for the Japanese army, it is said that Kuroda's political department lost more than 800 people, and the third and sixth armies lost almost 6000 people."

"However, Tachibana Muneshige's department suffered the most serious losses. It is said that they lost nearly 1 people, which can be said to be a serious injury."

"Afterwards, around February, the Japanese army assembled their troops again and turned to attack Haengju Mountain City, northwest of Wangjing."

"However, this attack by the Japanese army was repelled by the Korean general Quan Su with a small number of troops. The Japanese generals Ishida Mitsunari and Yoshikawa Hiroka were all wounded."

"In mid-February, Li Rusong changed his battle strategy. At the beginning of March, he sent people to burn down all the granaries stored by the Japanese army in Longshan, forcing the Japanese army to retreat."

"On March [-], the Japanese army had to retreat from Seoul due to lack of food."

(End of this chapter)