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In 1619, the Ming Dynasty of China couldn’t ignore the Later Jin Dynasty since the Khan of Jin, Nurhachi, conquered Fushun Cheng fortress.
The Ming decided to attack the Later Jin. It appointed generals such as Du Song, Ma Lin, and Liu Ting.
The biggest obstacle was Later Jin’s Eight Banner Army. This army was invincible in North East Asia at the time. The Ming were hesitant to fight against the Eight Banner Army and found a remedy: the Ming requested musketeers from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty.
“In a battle against the Eight Banner Army, there are no soldiers as good as musketeers.”
At the time, Joseon had elite musketeers that Prince Gwanghae had made shortly after the Imjin War. Due to a mandatory request from the Ming, Joseon’s royal court formed an expeditionary force at Changsong, North Pyongan province on February 1619.
The general-in-chief, Gang Hong-rip, divided the force of 13,000 men into three battle groups: a center, left flank, and right flank. Their time log is as follows.
On February 19th, Joseon’s army began to cross the Amrok River.
On February 24th, Joseon’s army advanced in full-scale.
On February 26th, Joseon’s army joined with the Ming’s army commanded by General Liu Ting at Zhenzitou county.
The march progresses but the Joseon’s army met with difficulties. On February 2nd, the provisions are depleted. Although additional provisions are delivered on March 1st, they fall far short of the needs of 13,000 starving soldiers.
On the next day, the starving soldiers of Joseon’s army encounter 500 cavalrymen of the Later Jin.
Even with the cold weather and persistent hunger, the soldiers still fight well. Mun Hui-seong, commander of the center force, fought desperately and ended up defeating some Jurchen cavalrymen.
But the Later Jin’s force didn’t stop and prepared another attack.
[Battle of Sarhu] begins now.