The Imjin War (Part 3) | Sengoku Jidai Episode 48

[@andreagullo1700]

It is important to clarify that many of the Korean troops who fought together with the Chinese during this part of the war were not the same unexperienced, untrained and poorly equiped conscripts who had not been able to stop the Japanese in the first part of the invasion: the best Korean forces stationed at the Northern border and their duty was to protect the country against the Jurchens. Unfortunately, when the Japanese started their invasion, these troops were already stuck in the middle of a conflict with the nomadic tribes and were not able to intervene and try pushing back the Japanese. When the Chinese forces finally arrived, the Jurchens were quickly repelled and the èlite Joseon troops were also able to join the the fight.

[@itsrye8001]

Yes. That is true. Korea placed its elite Army to guard the northern border, while the Korean Navy protected the southern part of the country.

[@bkjeong4302]

Even more ironically, Nurhaci-the head of the Jurchens, future first emperor of the Qing dynasty and a future invader of Korea himself-fought against Kato Kiyomasa when the latter crossed into Manchuria.

[@辻雄大-d8x]

@@itsrye8001 Li Dynasty is a completely civilian-controlled nation, not at war with the Manchu people at the time, but an elite in the north? Is out of the border garrison area, and even if this unit were located in the south, it is unlikely that it could have prevented 150,000 Japanese troops.

[@LuisLopez-zh9kh]

Hideyoshi went from peasant to conqueror with all the skeletons on his closet that entailed. You can clearly see the influence Nobunaga had on the man.

[@wadepsilon01]

In this war, Hideyoshi built a base city in Nagoya of Hizen (Saga Prefecture, Japan). The city was built on empty land in eight months and was home to 100,000 people.

[@wadepsilon01]

A huge Seven stories castle was also built in the city. However, after Hideyoshi's death, this castle was abandoned.

[@yousefshahin2654]

Thanks for the information :D

[@Xioungshou]

My week is not complete without my weekly Shogunate fix. Thank you for the great video!

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Can't wait for another episode ❤️

[@yukaslayer4784]

Almost everyone who was against this invasion had served as a logistic officer. The international war was so different than the war they fought at home. Imo, everyone absolutely underestimated Ishida Mitsunari. He might not be a field commander. However, when it came to broader strategy, which is crucial for a long-term war such as this, he actually had an edge over his peers. This became a source of conflict that would eventually lead to Sekigahara.

[@alfonsocaballero3630]

Wow I was really missing you man and your deep voice saying ``in the last episode´´, great work!!

[@Billy-zp2mv]

Thank you for all your effort! Your videos have so much quality! Keep up the good work!

[@hanchiman]

Never knew the part where Kiyomasa had a skirmish with the Jurchens who later become the Manchurians. There is a pretty good Docu Drama in Collaboration between China, Korea and Japan. Sadly there is no English sub in there. The show has historians explaining the whole conflict and then we see battle scenes of them fighting.

[@deadby15]

Despite the skirmish, the Manchurian kindof liked Japanese, and thought the they were relatively close racially (which may have some truth in it actually.) Such sentiment was later taken advantage of by the Japanese empire later in the 20th century.

[@hanchiman]

@@deadby15 I think there were plans that the Japanese, if they managed to conquer Joseon, they would probably ally with the Manchus or Tatars as they were called in dividing their attack on Ming. Although personally I think Manchus would later betray the Japanese and take over the japanese conquered area when the final Ming remnants were gone

[@dabo5078]

@@deadby15 Um not hey didn't, the Jurchens (as a tributary were also somehwat expected to help) were eager to join the war with the Ming but the Ming court refused.

[@skyereave9454]

Could you link it pls or tell me the title?

[@hanchiman]

@@skyereave9454 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqabhHyDaLp9fpo hope you understand Mandarin or Simplistic Chinese text. It a pretty good series, CCTV do make good historical drama like Three Kingdom series during the 90's or Water Margin

[@manjitahzan9577]

Guerrilla warfare, good navy, and strong allies were the key to the Korean success.

[@engespress]

The Koreans only had 13 ships at one point. The Japanese had more than 100. Good naval strategy I would say was critical.

[@hideyoshiyamamoto893]

Most of Korean Guerrilla warfare,navy were blockade,cut and destroy the japanese supply line in land and ship. While Korean Success to make all japanese were retreat when Korean call ming to against japanese in land. Event The Korean stronger in sea and have a badass general Admiral Yi Sun Shin success to destroy japanese navy and cuting japanese supply ship. But they just only won on sea and not make all japanese forces retreat.But all japanese forces retreat when china come. And japanese navy were useless during samurai period.But stronger in land.Because Japanese navy never have a cannon to against they enemy like Korean and china they have a cannon ship.

[@bkjeong4302]

@@engespress That was during one brief period immediately after Admiral Yi had been sacked, his replacement got the Korean navy almost completely destroyed, and Yi had to fight the Japanese immediately after being reinstated before he could rebuild. Myeongnyang was a massive tactical genius move on Yi’s part (VERY clever use of geographical bottlenecks and tidal currents to use the enemy’s numbers to his own advantage), and ensured that Korea got a second phase of naval supremacy at the tail end of the war. But the bulk of his military success actually came earlier with victory at Hansando. That was the battle that effectively allowed Koreans to seize control of seaborne transport during that early phase of the Japanese advance.

[@辻雄大-d8x]

@@hideyoshiyamamoto893 Until Hideyoshi died and the Japanese troops withdrew, they continued to maintain food, weapons, and ammunition for 150,000 soldiers, so it is unlikely that the Korean Navy was doing what it was said in South Korea. Even in modern times, it is very difficult to send troops across the sea and maintain logistics, let alone this number of troops cannot be supported without constant transportation success in this era. If local procurement was not possible due to the guerrilla warfare and scorched earth operation as it is said in South Korea, the only way to replenish food, weapons and ammunition is to rely on transportation from Japan, and it is because the transportation was successful before and after 8 It is normal to think that he was able to continue the campaign of the year. Finally, the record of the Ming dynasty states that this campaign ended with the death of Hideyoshi, who had no chance of winning in Ming and Korea.

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Frickin KZbin; this video has been out three days yet I wasn't notified and didn't find it til I searched for it. Glad I did though, I've been anticipating more Imjjn videos!

[@Hilversumborn]

I can see the foundation of the schism of the Toyotomi retainers forming between Kiyomasa and Mitsunari. Also Kiyomasa Kato was IMO Hideyoshi’s best retainer.

[@tomigun6913]

Kiyomasa was a beast

[@yousefshahin2654]

Agree

[@Smurfonshroom]

Really wish you would pump out more episodes of this series. Couldn't wait for the next episode!

[@fatehalfenni6621]

A LONG EPISODE BRO😇 10 Minutes Or 13 Minute Is Responsible 😉😆 BUT So Great As Usual, I Just Can't Get Enough😂😂😂

[@mojowarrior4578]

Excellent content, thanks very much 😀 👍

[@ToyoTheBear]

I Refresh and see this omg 😲😍 think time to re-watch chapter 2

[@galren208]

With the Imjin War not achieving it's goals for the Toyotomi, the future of the clan is looking dim.

[@lasco81]

Someone should seriously make a film about the Korean invasion I didn't even know about it before during my Ninja/Samurai research it was never taught in school or history classes

[@nursery6269]

Most history classes in America and Europe are pretty white washed and over simplify topics not about Europe

[@shiroamakusa8075]

There are plenty of movies and series about it, but most of them are Korean. If you want a Korean movie about this that got subbed, watch Roaring Currents from 2014 about the naval battle of Myeongnyang.

[@lasco81]

I watched the Admiral recently since Shogunate did his review but I mean the land invasion I think the Koreans Chinese and Japanese should put aside their differences and make a co-production of the real history but that will prob never happen since even the Admiral all the Japanese were played by Korean actors

[@rasulpourjafar2080]

Interesting episode goodjob 👍

[@shirayasha]

Kiyomasa and Yukinaga not fighting together caused their downfall.

[@nont18411]

Kiyomasa and Yukinaga: Fought against each other Ieyasu: Got the most benefit

[@LoneHeckler]

I dread the end of the series I don't want it to end

[@yousefshahin2654]

I was waiting for this for so long!

[@solidraven6986]

Idk why but I like listing 2 ur vids wen I work out.

[@TheShogunate]

Hey, whatever works!

[@just_radical]

I guess you could say that Otomo (大友) Yoshimune was no "great friend" to the Japanese war effort.

[@grimmie3014]

Another well put informative video, love the content and eager for future videos.🤘

[@cobybatts]

Ayyyee! Original intro is back! (Hopefully to stay) Keep up the great content bro! 👌🏾👌🏾

[@TheShogunate]

The original intro never went away. The new intro is just for non-sengoku jidai series content haha

[@daman6548]

keep up the great work

[@yaleyoon6856]

Good episode!

[@nobunagaoda6605]

To be frank I honestly think that Kiyomasa's defeat at the hands of a Jurchen defending force should have at least pose another wearisome question to the Japanese: Even if they had secured their supply lines and stamped out every resistance force in Korea- Who is to say that even if they could have stepped into China en-route of the Northern border of Korea into Liaodong province that there is the possible threat in the Northern frontier of the Korean/Manchurian border of possibly being swept up by a horde army of ferocious Jurchen warriors? Something that should also be considered by Kiyomasa that luckily he was able to make an organized retreat back into Korea after being defeated at the hands of the Jurchens of him questioning- If it is even possible for the Japanese military to fight against steppe nomads and engage in steppe warfare with the Jurchens effectively?

[@johnvonshepard9373]

They could have just use ship to carry men into china, and don't use the land route.

[@mgrzx3367]

Outstanding lesson. Yes i've read some of this. But You did it better than I knew. I'mma go digging again. ARigato Sensei.

[@jackgu4978]

From what I know about Ming, the emperor of the time rarely went to the court (上朝) to discuss matter with his advisors. However, the emperor actually showed up and discuss how to help Korea. The emperor also sold imperial property to raise money for the campaign. Some scholar believed this war cost too much money for the Ming and this is why Ming was unable to defeat the Manchus (later became the Qing dynasty) because most the elite forces suffered too much casualties during the Imjin war. In fact, Korea appreciated Ming’s help so much in that it secretly used Ming emperor’s name as a record of time after the Manchus conquered China.

[@cariopuppetmaster]

That was false the imjin war didn't cause these problems

[@bkjeong4302]

Byeokjegwan ws actually BEFORE Haengju; the Korean forces at Haengju had to fend off the Japanese because the Chinese pulled back to regroup after Byeokjegwan, giving the Japanese some breathing room. Also, Haengju is almost a case study on par with Pickett’s Charge in why NOT to do infantry charges against a fortified high position well-equipped with artillery and layered defences. The Korean artillery (including the infamous hwachas-the rocket launchers that could fire 200 rocket-powered arrows per salvo) played the biggest role by cutting down the Japanese as they marched uphill. The Japanese did break through the first line of defences after several attempts, but failed to go further than that. It was so bad that it was a big part of why Mitsunari wasn’t popular in the aftermath of Hideyoshi’s death.

[@deanzaZZR]

@3:00 Talks about Korean soldiers retreating, shows troops with Ming banner. 😆

[@Infinitebrandon]

Idk why the imjin war captures my interest so much. I've rewatched these more than the others. Thanks again. Btw, samurai warriors should've made Kato kiyomasa character too. Otherwise mitsunaris the only 1 in Korea right? I think I heard devil shimazus name too but I haven't played the latter versions. Gotta watch again. Domo arigato

[@Hilversumborn]

Kato Kiyomasa is a playable character

[@Infinitebrandon]

@@Hilversumborn thanks, in what version?

[@Hilversumborn]

@@Infinitebrandon He’s been a playable character since 3 but he was removed in 5.

[@Infinitebrandon]

@@Hilversumborn ya, I only played 2 and then orochi. I gotta check him out. Thanks again

[@Hilversumborn]

@@Infinitebrandon You’re welcome

[@Ainomato]

Kinda sad the Japanese always gloss over this part of their history like in samurai warriors or nioh

[@deadby15]

Koei doesn't want to offend anyone abroad. They stopped developing some potentially controversial titles entirely, such as P.T.O. (Pacific Theater of Operations), aka Teitoku no Ketsudan (提督の決断), and Genghis Khan.

[@Hilversumborn]

I would love to see a game similar to Nioh or Ghost of Tsushima taking place during Imjin War.

[@ikmalkamal5830]

It's not just Japanese. Even Shogun Total War doesn't allow us to invade Korea. It's disappointing.

[@deanzaZZR]

@2:15 Kato's Lotus Sutra banner.

[@YuuSHiiiN]

Byeokjaegwan was more of a messy stalemate than a decisive victory for the Japanese. They managed to corner Li Rusong and his retinue on a muddy hill after his reckless charge, but both sides took a pretty heavy beating and eventually withdrew after the bulk of the Ming/Joseon forces caught up to Li Rusong s surviving vanguard force.

[@richardchen9912]

It's debatable if the casaulty on the Ming / Korean side was that large in PyongYang, as they did manage to take the city very quickly, it's quiet rare that major cities fall in a day as it was in this case. One of the main problem may be that the Japanese didn't have enough troops to really cover all sides, at least from the Chinese sources it seems what happened was that the Li ru Song positioned his men in a matter that fooled Yukinaga into thinking the attack was coming fom the west side (where he was personally leading) but instead they switched around clothes between a lot of the Korean / Chinese soldiers and in fact they were attacking more heavily from the south etc, the logic in defending walled cities on the mainland isn't quite the same as defending the Japanese style castles. Also, it's probably not as much as the artilleries that did in the Japanese as the rocket arrows, which was not something the Japanese knew about until they arrived in this war, but the logistics report suggest a very large number of those used in this battle especially, and it probably help set fire to a significant portion of the city which contributed the Japanese further to panic / retreat back to their fortress built on the east side of the city wall. It was the same rocket arrows that really screwed them in Haengju. The report was that once the Japanese got back into the fortress in PyongYang the Chinese thought this position was too dangerous to directly assault but because the rest of the city was already lost and the Chinese used a standard tactic of leaving an opening for them to retreat, so Konishi more or less decided that he had to take that path and just abandon the fight. Most of the casualty happened when Konishi retreated through winter and the Chinese gave chase.

[@krushnaji4940]

As someone who has read Korean history I will not cleam I am expert in it but in Korea cities doesn't matter that much.

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 👍🏻

[@dannygreenland4853]

Another great chapter kind of a shame that with what Kiyomasa accomplished, China comes in and ruins all his hard work from gaining most of Korea to ending up with only Busan, I wonder what Kiyomasa must have been thinking.

[@gabrielpoubel1077]

Are you intending to cover until Meiji Restoration?

[@tntaclegrape]

@14:43 is that a Helstorm Rocket Battery?!?

[@itsrye8001]

That is the Hwacha. A rocket arrow launcher.

[@JamesQuirk-g1k]

Just like Korean War of 1950 when Chinese drove back the Americans and UN troops when they came close to Chinese border of Manchuria

[@portalovodguides]

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[@schneejacques3502]

A Japanese pirate from the tushima domain who had pledged his oath to Hideyoshi was about to assult the ports of Pusan with his ashigaru. "Before I begin my attack, you must get on your knees and kowtow to the Hideyoshi and accept that he was the greatest ruler in history, even more so than the great king Sejong". At this moment, a sagacious, filial, scholar-yangban who has scored ahead of 150,000 students in the Civil Service Exams and fully supported the neo confucianist expansion of the house of Yi bust into the scene riding the heavenly 1000 ri horse. "Who's the greatest warrior in history island monkeys?" The arrogant professor smirked an oni like smiled and smugly replied "The samurais you stupid mainlander" "Wrong, If they were truly great wouldn't they have successfully taken over Korea during the 16th century invasion?" The professor was visibly shaken, he smashed his shamisen and his copy of the five rings. He stormed out of the room crying those barbaric crocodile tears. The same tears Japanese cried for the Japanese 'merchants' when the koreans kicked out all Japanese during the "disturbance of the three ports" when they jealously try to claw justly earned benifits from the deserving korean farmers. There is no doubt that at this point our sensei had lost his honour and wished he had pulled himself up by his bootstraps and become more than a barbaric islander. He wished that he had a sword to seppuku himself from embarrassment, but the unvirtuous shogun had taken all of his weapon away! The students applauded than accepted neo confucianism as there main ideology while also joining the 'righteous army'. A white tiger named “heaven protect us” strode into the room and perched atop the royal joseon flag and shed a tear on the chalk. The poem of the 'six flying dragon' was read several times and even admiral Yi reborn as an azure dragon showed up to sink every Japanese ship. The professor lost his tenure and was fired the next day. He tried to have revenge by rading one of the korean ports with his wokus but they were all killed during a ambush by the 'righteous army'. While his entire clan and family was killed under the Tokugawa clan. His entire body was burned and destroyed to ashes while his soul was sent to the underworld where he was devoured and digested by the 1000 face fish monsters for all of eternity. May the glorious heaven protect kingdom of Joseon!

[@shouayang6518]

Shimau Yoshihiro: I will cross the Korean border! Steppe Nomads: Hello. Would you like to be raided? Shimazu: this is how far i will go.

[@gerarddejong4183]

Satisfaction comes first. Chestooooo

[@itsrye8001]

Is it Yoshihiro or Kiyomasa?

[@seanpoore2428]

Calling Ming China a 'mighty beast' is a....bit of a stretch. Massive lumbering beast perhaps

[@itsrye8001]

Ming China is like an elephant. You cannot fight it head on.

[@Wvk5zc]

Puny shogun was simply no match against mighty ming

[@bulldogfightingforfreedom]

Funny to see these losers rooting for Japan …

[@shouayang6518]

Again this means Japan will have the hardest time dealing with steppe nomads. Japan are a agricultural nation how relied on agriculture and single standstill settlements and the Normads will simply continuous raid them and costing Japan lots of resources like China did.

[@Trico450]

Not to mention that even during this period with arquebus technology it still wouldn't have been enough to fully counter the Steppe nomads.

[@luqmantarmizi9578]

let's say Kato Kiyomasa didn.t push into machuria but he's waits for others divisions reinforce his army can japanese hold chinese ming massive army?

[@anas-432]

Korea and china kept it solid with each other lol

[@aemeth5418]

hmm... let me just say that Stephen Turnbull is not the best source of knowledge about the Sengoku Jidai.

[@darrensmith9603]

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[@demyanfrugo]

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[@shirayasha]

no you are 3rd

[@Infinitebrandon]

I heard you mention the otomo before, from kyushu right? I'm pretty sure that's the clan my friend married into. His ex is so beautiful and his son so intelligent and humble but I wondered, how did an ugly hustler like him get a samurai lady? Lmao. Now I know, they are the lowest rung of samurai. I'd be forever humbled to know that my country lost its glory and the lives of my honorable countrymen because of my ancestors . As Biden meets with suga, I can't help but think, we might not have asian communism if it weren't for the otomo.

[@jtsy7499]

Japanese had hard times in the north because of heavy cavalries and cold weather. Japanese aren’t suitable for cold weather.

[@leszekwolkowski9856]

Indeed. They are most effective, fighting over a quaint bridge spanning a still pool of water shimmering on the surface with Koi, in a traditionally well kept ornamental garden in spring, under falling pink cherry blossom petals. THAT, is where the Japanese warrior is in his true element!

[@mynthecooldude]

It wasn't call Manchuria at the time.

[@TheShogunate]

Nope, and the capital of Korea was not called Seoul at this time either. I used a few modern names in my explanation to help viewers understand the places I am talking about. Other historians have done the same frequently.

[@mynthecooldude]

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[@Music_games_history]

This is like a beta test for the American Korean War lmao