[184] Soon the combined force sacked the castle, and camped near the border; after the Koreans left for home, the Japanese troops suffered a retaliatory assault from the Jurchens. The Battle of Cheongju was a battle during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). Wakisaka escaped due to the speed of his flagship. [274] In the course of 9 assaults, the Japanese pushed the Koreans back to their second line, but could no further, losing about 10,000 dead in the process. Captain Charles Stanfield Rutherford Dain, 45, Field Rgt, Royal Artillery, for manning a forward observer post for 2 days and nights whilst wounded. [274] The Chingbirok wrote: "Kwon Yul ordered his soldiers to gather the dead bodies of the enemy and vent their anger by tearing them apart and hanging them on the branches of the trees". Turnbull wrote that Korea's salvation was its navy. [61] Hideyoshi did not take the title of Shōgun on the grounds that he lacked the necessary Minamoto descent, but since it was very common in 16th century Japan for genealogists to "discover" that someone had illustrious ancestry for the right price, that suggests that Hideyoshi was planning on creating a new office for himself to replace the bakufu. In defiance of heaven and reason, the cruel foe had the temerity to cross the sea aboard a thousand ships". In Japan, Hideyoshi's negotiators apparently led him to believe that China was suing for peace and was ready to accept him as their emperor. [248] At conference in Seoul, Konishi told Ukita Hideie that he was not certain if Pyongyang could be held if the Chinese were to attack again with greater numbers. [352] A total of over 185,000 Korean and over 29,000 Chinese troops were killed, and an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 captives were taken by the Japanese throughout the war. Significant losses of historical archives, cultural and scientific artifacts (such as the Ja-gyuk-roo water clock[347]), and skilled artisans resulted in a waning of Korean science. [183], The rest of the division, 10,000 men,[178] continued north, and fought a battle on August 23 against the southern and northern Hamgyong armies under the command of Yi Yong at Songjin (present-day Kimchaek). A translation and patch for Imjin War of Korea Medieval 2 Total War mod. [194] The Japanese fired with their arrows and arquebuses, but the Koreans kept a good distance from them, rendering the Japanese fire ineffective. Such a development would have threatened the stability of the UN line and increased the likelihood of success for a PVA advance on Seoul. [365], In China, the war was used politically to inspire nationalistic resistance against Japanese imperialism during the 20th century. Brown, Delmer M. (May 1948). After Hideyoshi's death, his young son Toyotomi Hideyori became head of the Toyotomi clan. Korea gained several national heroes during the conflict, including Admiral Yi Sun-sin and Chen Lin (founder of the Gwangdong Jin clan). pp. [171] The Korean arrows fell short of the Japanese troops, which were beyond their range, and General Sin's two charges failed to break the Japanese lines. [27], The commander-in-chief of the PVA and North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA) forces in the Field, General Peng Dehuai, planned to "wipe out...the American 3rd Division...the British 29th Brigade and the 1st Division of the Republic of Korean Army...after this we can wipe out the American 24th Division and 25th Division", and promised the capture of Seoul as a May Day gift to Mao Zedong. [20][21] The 29th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Tom Brodie, consisted of the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Glosters), under Lieutenant-Colonel James P. Carne; the 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Fusiliers), under Lieutenant-Colonel Kingsley Foster; the 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles (Rifles), under the temporary command of Major Gerald Rickord; and the Belgian Battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Crahay (700 men), to which Luxembourg's contribution to the UN forces was attached. [267] Kwon's force of 2,300 men were a mixture of regulars, warrior monks, and Righteous Army guerrillas.[267]. Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman Johnson, Alagappa, Muthiah (2003). [358], Japanese troops engaged in crimes against civilians in battles and often killed indiscriminately. "[235] At least 8,000 monks responded to Hyujǔng's call, some out of a sense of Korean patriotism and others motivated by a desire to improve the status of Buddhism, which suffered discrimination from a Sinophile court intent upon promoting Confucianism. Go Gyeong-myeong† [44][45][46] Within this tributary system, China assumed the role of a "big brother", with Korea maintaining the highest position among the tributary states,[47][48] which also included countries such as the Ryukyu Kingdom, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos,[49][50] in return for accepting the subservient tributary role of a "younger brother". Kim Myeong-won After the Korean navy withdrew, the Japanese navy made an incursion into the western coast of Korea, near some islands in Yeonggwang County. [172] The First Division found the castle undefended with its gates tightly locked, as King Seonjo had fled the day before. In 2008, it took place on 19 April as part of formal commemoration ceremonies that were held during 14–20 April. Fighting a war away from Japanese territory would also prevent territorial destruction, and maintain the infrastructure of the state. 4. Low on ammunition and having taken many casualties, the seventh assault at 08:10 forced them to abandon their position, and just 20 survivors made it to Hill 235, to which battalion HQ, the Support Company and C Company had already withdrawn. The scope and the outcome of the Imjin River engagement have been subjected to several interpretations according to different historiography traditions. An unaltered photocopy of your DD-214 displaying your Imjin Scout authorization. But the terrain was often mountainous, which was not generally suitable for cavalry, the farmland tended to have many ditches, and it was often barren and lacked grass essential for feeding the horses. [168], General Yi Il then planned to use the Choryong pass, the only path through the western end of the Sobaek mountain range, to check the Japanese advance. [176], The First Division under Konishi Yukinaga proceeded northward, and sacked Pyongsan, Sohung, Pungsan, Hwangju, and Chunghwa along the way. [229] However, an official from the capital city then arrived to raise troops in the province, and, since the official lived nearby and actually knew him, he saved Gwak from troubles with the governor. [256] Li admitted that the Japanese infantry were better equipped with guns, but assured his officers: "Japanese weapons have a range of a few hundred paces, while my great cannon have a range of five to six li [2.4 km]. [165] There, General Yi moved all troops back to Sangju, except for the survivors of the Battle of Dongnae who were to be stationed as a rearguard at the Choryong pass. Please improve this article by adding a reference. [43] In search of a justification for its rule given the lack of a royal bloodline, the new regime received recognition from China and integration into the Imperial Chinese tributary system within the context of the Mandate of Heaven. Reinforcements from China began to pour in through most of mid-1598, with Chen Lin and Deng Zilong and their navy arriving in May. [95] The majority of the Japanese soldiers sent into Korea were ashigaru (infantrymen), who were usually conscripted peasants armed with spears, tanegashima (Japanese arquebuses), or yumi (Japanese bows). [283] The Korean commander, General Kim, committed suicide. [172] Konishi arrived at Hanseong first on June 10 while the Second Division was halted at the river with no boats with which to cross. The next day, the Jeolla fleet sailed to the arranged location where Won Gyun was supposed to meet them, and met Yi Sun-sin on July 23. In contrast to the Japanese advantages on land, the Koreans possessed an advantage at sea. The Korean navy used this naval superiority to disrupt the Japanese logistical network off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula. The 1st BATTALION and TROOP C were defending a very critical sector of the battle front during a determined attack by the enemy. [94] The most famous of all the samurai weapons was the katana, a sword described by the British military historian Stephen Turnbull as "...the finest edged weapon in the history of warfare". [267] During the ferocious fighting, Chinese armor proved no match for the katanas of the Japanese while the Japanese infantry proved equal to repulsing Chinese cavalry. Unable to repel the Japanese invasion, Korea ultimately had to rely on the intervention of Ming China to halt the Japanese advance, despite the various logistical and organizational difficulties suffered by the Japanese. Arano, Yasunori (2005). [172] There, Katō expressed his anger against Konishi for not waiting at Busan as planned, and attempting to take all of the glory for himself; Nabeshima Naoshige then proposed a compromise of dividing the Japanese troops into two separate groups to follow two different routes to Hanseong (the capital and present-day Seoul), and allowing Katō Kiyomasa to choose the route that the Second Division would take to reach Hanseong. [311] The Ming army's first assault on January 29, 1598, caught the Japanese army unaware and still encamped, for the large part, outside Ulsan's unfinished walls. The Imjin War is the most comprehensive account ever published in English of this cataclysmic event, so little known in the West. 137–43, 204–27. Furthermore, the Imjin War has also demonstrated that Japanese logistic planning was quite poor compared to those of the Ming army, and wasn't able to bring even light swivel guns to bear on city fortresses, let alone the Hongyi cannons which the Manchus deployed against the Ming in the 1640s. [104] Joseon infantrymen often fought as archers, and a Japanese source from 1592 commented Koreans were superior as soldiers to the Japanese only as archers because their bows had a range of 450 metres (1,480 ft) against the 300 metres (980 ft) of Japanese archers.[104]. Sō Yoshitos… The war led Israel to negotiate on … Truly, the Japanese aren't good musketeers, but they advance so rapidly that they appear right in front of the Koreans in the time Koreans can shoot only two arrows. Niderost, Eric (January 2002). Some 27,000 men in 27 battalions would be attacking 29th Brigade's four battalions, albeit in echelon, one division after the other.[28][30]. [202] Yi wanted to annihilate the Japanese, and fearing that the Japanese might land their ships in order to escape, ordered a feigned retreat to bring the battle out to the open sea, which lowered the odds of the Japanese surviving. The historical existence of the ironclad roof is disputed.[190][191][192]. [238] As customary, the Japanese began to collect heads with the Taikōki mentioning how a samurai named Jirōza'emon "took the first head and raised it aloft. [262] Otomo's disgrace was also a blow for the efforts of Jesuit missionaries in Japan as Otomo had converted to Catholicism after long talks with Portuguese Jesuits, and many Japanese concluded that Christianity with its emphasis on love and gentleness was not a suitable religion for a samurai. [95] The basic weapons for the Chinese infantry were the crossbow and the arquebus, while the cavalry were usually mounted archers. [180] Shimazu Yoshihiro, one of the generals in the Fourth Division, arrived at Gangwon late, due to the Umekita Rebellion, and finished the campaign by securing Chuncheon. A naval battle. To counter the PVA attack and protect the Glosters from being completely surrounded, the Philippine 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) was temporarily attached to the 29th Brigade. [95], The core of the Ming army was the infantry, divided into five sections; those armed with guns, swords, archers with fire arrows, archers with ordinary arrows, and spearmen, backed up by the cavalry and artillery. [229] As the Japanese troops began to cross, Gwak's militia ambushed them, and caused heavy losses for the Japanese. If anyone climbs I will take his head! For Japan, the war When traders from the Portuguese Empire arrived in Japan and introduced arquebuses and muskets, the Japanese warlords were quick to adapt to this disruptive innovation, producing en masse the Tanegashima matchlock. 文禄\u12539 ・慶長役における被虜人の研究, 東京大学出版, 1976, p. 128, ASIN, Turnbull, Stephen; Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War 1592–98. Archery often becomes useless because Koreans, fearing the Japanese arme blanche, can barely shoot. Japan - 158,000 samurai and sailors (1592 invasion); 141,000 samurai and sailors (1597 invasion) Outcome: Victory for Korea and China, led by Korean naval successes. "The Miracle at Myongnyang, 1597". During the night, heavy enemy forces had by-passed the staunch defenders and closed all avenues of escape. In Chinese, the wars are referred to as the "Wanli Korean Campaign", after then reigning Chinese emperor, or the "Renchen War to Defend the Nation" (壬辰衛國戰爭), where renchen (壬辰) is the Chinese reading of imjin. The Japanese were elated at having defeated an army from China, the foremost power in East Asia, but Konishi grew despondent over the fall of 1592 as it became clear that no reinforcements would arrive from Japan. Collectively, the invasions are referred to as the Imjin War. Consequently, before long he placed his hands on the wall, but when he tried to make his entry from within the castle, spears and naginata were thrust at him to try to make him fall, and lamentably he fell to the bottom of the moat.[240]. 5), 1965. [205][243], Viewing the crisis in Choson, the Ming Dynasty Wanli emperor and his court were initially filled with confusion and skepticism as to how their tributary could have been overrun so quickly. [118] One example was a policy that stated that local officers could not individually respond to a foreign invasion outside of their jurisdiction until a higher ranking general, appointed by the King's court, arrived with a newly mobilized army. At that time, I remained motionless with fear in the bottom of the boat for longs hours, so I did not know what was happening in the outside world.[189]. JoseonPolitical leaders 300 warships[13] A New History of Korea. [70], As for the military preparations, the construction of as many as 2,000 ships may have begun as early as 1586. [186] However, Yi Sun-sin, who held the post of the Left Naval Commander[n 1] of the Jeolla Province (which covers the western waters of Korea), successfully destroyed the Japanese ships transporting troops and supplies. Yun Doo-su Prior to this engagement, Bae Soel, a naval officer who did not submit to Won Gyun's leadership, kept thirteen panokseons under his command and out of the battle, instead escaping to the southwestern Korean coast. Finally, when we had repulsed the enemy, they burned the food storehouses in several places, so there was now no food. One of the main strategic differences between the first and second invasions was that conquering China was no longer an explicit goal for the Japanese. Despite losing seven vehicles, the Belgian Battalion successfully withdrew to the east and took up new positions south of the Glosters and the Fusiliers before moving to the vicinity of the 29th Brigade's command post. In Turnbull's estimate, he was "one of Ming China's most accomplished generals". "The Imjin War". [241] Hideyoshi was enraged when he heard of the defeat, saying the Japanese should never be defeated by Koreans, and vowed vengeance. [177] However, this alerted the rest of the Japanese army, which attacked the rear of the Korean positions and destroyed the remaining reinforcements crossing the river. [283] Only the kisaneng (courtesans) of Jinju were spared as they pressed to service the victorious Japanese generals at a party they held to celebrate their victory on the evening of the same day at the Ch'oksŏngu Pavilion on a nearby hill as it offered the best view of the "hellish scene" below them. On the first day, they beat back a small scouting party. The Japanese commanders knew that control of Jinju would mean easy access to the ricebelts of Jeolla Province. After the news of the loss at Myeongnyang, Katō Kiyomasa and his retreating army looted Gyeongju, the former capital of Unified Silla. Since its introduction by the Portuguese traders on the island of Tanegashima in 1543,[124] the arquebus had become widely used in Japan. [270] Wu Weizhong [237], Jinju (진주) was a strategic stronghold that defended Gyeongsang Province. The Rifles served as the brigade's reserve and were deployed along Route 11. The subsequent Operation Dauntless pushed out a salient between the Imjin river as it dog-legged north and the Hwacheon Reservoir, known as the Utah Line. [258], The Korean warrior monks led by Abbott Hyujong attacked Konishi's headquaraters on Mount Moranbong, coming under heavy Japanese arquebus fire, taking hundreds of dead, but they persevered. "The Korean soldiers cower before the enemy and flee for their lives even before they have engaged the enemy. [183] A Korean cavalry division took advantage of the open field at Songjin, and pushed the Japanese forces into a grain storehouse. [326], At Suncheon, Konishi Yukinaga defended the castle with 13,700 Japanese soldiers. [180] On July 20, 1592, the First and Third Divisions entered the deserted city of Pyongyang. [173] General Kim Myong-won, in charge of the defenses along the Han River, had retreated. They fired their muskets though those holes as much as they could, and as a result, a number of Chinese soldiers were wounded". [198] The Japanese decided to give chase, embarked their 12 ships, and pursued the Korean fleet. [23] It ultimately resulted in Joseon Korean and Ming Chinese victory and the expulsion of Japan from the peninsula. 158,800[11] (including sailors)[4] [229] When Gwak used abandoned government stores to supply his army, the Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Su branded Gwak's group as rebels, and ordered that it be disbanded. [292] However, despite his previous successes, Yi Sun-sin was both demoted and jailed by King Seonjo, largely due to a Japanese plot to deceive the Korean court and take advantage of the court's political infighting. [320] Kato Kiyomasa remained in command of the defenses of Ulsan while Konishi himself commanded the defenses at Suncheon. Ryu Seong-ryong [202] Yi noted in his report to King Sonjo that the Japanese had given no mercy to Korean civilians, raping, torturing, and murdering without regard to age and sex, and he would likewise give them no mercy. 48–79. [173] The Japanese broke into a small floodgate, located in the castle wall, and opened the capital city's gate from within. No further attempts to relieve the Glosters were undertaken because, at 08:00 on 25 April, US I Corps issued the order to execute Plan Golden A, which called for a withdrawal of all forces to a new defensive position further south. [171] The next day, the First Division arrived at Tangumdae in the early afternoon where they faced the Korean cavalry unit at the Battle of Chungju. [238] The Japanese had usually had little trouble with taking Korean castles and towns, and a certain contempt for the fighting abilities of the Koreans was common among the samurai, so it was a great surprise for the Japanese when they assaulted Jinju to be hit with a barrage of fire as Kim's men dropped heavy stones and bombs while firing their arquebuses, stopping their assault cold.[238]. [291] Korean forces totaled approximately 30,000 with General Gwon Yul's army in Gong Mountain (공산; 公山) in Daegu, General Gwon Eung's (권응) troops in Gyeongju, Gwak Jae-u's soldiers in Changnyeong (창녕), Yi Bok-nam's (이복남) army in Naju, and Yi Si-yun's troops in Chungpungnyeong. On the second day, the two forces clashed in earnest, with the Japanese being beaten back. The agency carefully divided the army into units and companies. The first three were captured and sent directly to Beijing by Chinese troops, but the fourth one, in 1601, successfully obtained from the Joseon court the promise of a normalizing of relations upon the return of remaining Joseon captives. Initially the Japanese found limited success, being largely confined to Gyeongsang Province and only launching numerous raids to harass and weaken the Korean defenders. Fearing for its own security, China intervened with three offensives between October 1950 and January 1951 which pushed the UN forces south of the original border between North and South Korea along the 38th Parallel and captured Seoul. After unsuccessful British attempts to regain those lost positions on Hill 257 and 194, Y Company's position was abandoned, the retreat being covered by C Squadron, 8th Hussars. [283] Goto Mototsgu, a retainer of Kuroda was about to be the first samurai to enter Jinju when Iida Kakbei, a retainer of Kato's, threw the Nichiren flag into the breach to claim that honor for himself. The first phase of the invasion lasted from 1592 until 1596, and was followed by ultimately unsuccessful peace negotiations between Japan and the Ming between 1596 and 1597. 75,000–98,000 soldiers (including naval reinforcements)[8][9], Toyotomi regime: Konishi Yukinaga attacked the nearby fort of Dadaejin the next morning. [325] According to Chinese and Korean sources concerning the battle, the forces led by Dong Yi Yuan had breached the castle wall and were making progress in capturing the castle until a gunpowder accident caused an explosion in their camp, and the Japanese took advantage of the situation to rout the confused and weakened troops. 20,000–100,000 captives[16] The garrison of Namwon became their next key target. Seoul, Korea.". [59][60] Because of close trade and common enemies, Joseon and Ming had a friendly alliance. Stanford University Press. [104] Korean infantrymen wore a Chinese-style hat and helmet, but no armor. [101], Another Chinese naval commander was Chen Lin, a native of Guangdong who proved pivotal in defeating Japan and defending Korea. [64] Such considerations would be consistent with the fact that Hideyoshi was not Shōgun and had no links with the imperial bloodline. [272] At that point, the Japanese gave up further attacks and both sides pulled back. 177–206. As virtually all Japanese ships in the first phase of the war lacked cannon artillery,[109] Korean ships outranged and bombarded Japanese ships with impunity outside the range of the Japanese muskets, arrows, and catapults. One of the Japanese commanders wrote home in 1592: Please arrange to send us guns and ammunition. Three units were awarded the US Presidential Unit Citation for their part in the Battle of the Imjin River: On 8 May 1951, by the command of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, General James Van Fleet presented the President's Distinguished Unit Citation to the Glosters, together with C Troop, 170 Heavy Mortar Battery, which had given invaluable support throughout the battle. [184] Katō Kiyomasa retreated with his forces to avoid heavy losses. In the morning of 25 April, 45 Field Regiment could no longer provide artillery support. Yi Eokgi† [94] The standard samurai weapon by 1592 was the yari, a spear meant to stab, often with a cross-blade that allowed a samurai to pull his opponent from his horse. In 1597, Japan renewed its offensive by invading Korea a second time. Those who were struck by the missiles fell dead, bathed in blood, while others rolled on deck with wild shrieks or jumped into the water to climb up to the hills. 2002, p. 134, "(Korean) war minister Yi Hang-bok pointed out that assistance from China was the only way Korea could survive.". [299] Only Yang Yuan managed to sally out after the walls were breached, with a handful of men, to return to Hanseong (Seoul). [208] According to the Wakizaka ki:"A man called Manabe Samanosuke was a ship's captain that day, and the ship he was on was set on fire. In Korean, the first invasion (1592–1596) is literally called the "Japanese (倭 |wae|) Disturbance (亂 |ran|) of Imjin" (1592 being an imjin year in the sexagenary cycle). ", [Shi-eon Lee] then answered, [198] Its walls contained a total of 36 cannon ports, and also openings, above the cannon, through which the ship's crew members could look out and fire their personal arms. In the fall of 1598, following the successful Japanese defense at the battles of Sacheon, Ulsan, and Suncheon, the Ming, Joseon, and Japanese forces were locked in a military stalemate in the south of the peninsula[32][331] After the death of Hideyoshi on September 18, 1598, the Council of Five Elders, in late October, issued orders for the withdrawal of all forces from Korea. They nonetheless pressed that a war was imminent. Emperor Wanli [237] However, as the Geumsan salient had taken three successive Korean attacks in a row in a single month, the 6th Division under Kobayakawa was pulled back as Hideyoshi decided the salient was not worth the trouble to hold it, and to the suffering people of the region that was all that mattered. Since Brigadier Brodie had left the final decision to Lieutenant-Colonel Carne, the Glosters' CO "gave the order to his company commanders to make for the British lines as best as they could" on the morning of 25 April. Japanese soldiers also relied on their advantage in ranged combat. [165] The First Division secured the Cheongdo fortress in the next few days, and destroyed the city of Daegu. The route of supply ran Southeast from the battalion between two hills. The main Korean royal palaces Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, and Changgyeonggung were burned down, and Deoksugung was used as a temporary palace. Shinsaeng Press. However Philip refused Hideyoshi, preferring not to upset China. In Chinese, the wars are referred to as the "Wanli Korean Campaign", after the reigning Chinese emperor, or the "Renchen War to Defend the Nation" (壬辰衛國戰爭). In the end, the Korean ambassadors asked for Hideyoshi to write a reply to the Korean king, for which they waited 20 days at the port of Sakai. The arrangements for guns should receive your closest attention.[133]. That same day I Sunsin received a report that the Japanese fleet had been sighted near Danghangpo.He immediately sailed towards Danghangpo to confirm it himself. [93] After this denial of his second request, Hideyoshi proceeded to launch his armies against Korea in 1592. The conflict ended in 1598 with the withdrawal of the Japanese forces[1][21] from the Korean Peninsula after a military stalemate[22] in Korea's southern coastal provinces. [247] This cavalry force advanced almost unhindered and managed to enter Pyongyang, but was promptly and decisively defeated by the Japanese troops in the city. Correctly predicting a Japanese attack, a coalition force of 6,000 soldiers (including 3,000 Chinese troops under Yang Yuan and civilian volunteers) were prepared to fight the approaching Japanese forces. Even though the court had assigned the majority of the men on hand to tackle the situation, their desire to reclaim their country, along with the militarily inexperienced nature of many of their administrators, resulted in their continual requests to the Ming forces to advance despite the situation. He noted how Korean castles had incomplete fortifications and walls that were too easy to scale. The Battle of the Imjin River (Filipino: Labanan sa Ilog Imjin), also known as the Battle of Solma-ri (Korean: 설마리 전투) or Battle of Gloster Hill (글로스터 고지 전투) in South Korea, or as Battle of Xuemali (Chinese: 雪马里战斗; pinyin: Xuě Mǎ Lǐ Zhàn Dòu) in China, took place 22–25 April 1951 during the Korean War. [235] After the victory, the Korean leaders began to quarrel among themselves over who was most responsible, and it was that when the Koreans took the offensive, the regulars under Yun Songak refused to take part while the Righteous Army under Cho and the warrior monks under abbot Yŏnggyu marched separately. [299] Okochi counted the heads of 3,725 Koreans killed that day, and removed their noses, which were pickled in salt and sent back to Japan. A uniquely Korean weapon was the flail, a 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in)-long hardwood stick, painted red, acting as the handle for a chain attached to a shaft with iron nails. [163] The Third Division, upon landing, captured the nearby Gimhae castle by keeping the defenders under pressure with gunfire while building ramps up to the walls with bundles of crops. [228] As the Korean regulars abandoned the town[227] and an attack seemed imminent, Gwak organized fifty townsmen; however the Third Division went from Changwon straight toward Seongju. 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