Hwang Jin

Where they went

2 related events

1. 1
   1592Battles of Ungchi and Ichicommander

   The Japanese drive on Jeonju was stopped at the passes of Ungchi and Ichi. Holding Jeolla, the granary of the south, gave Joseon the means to fight on.

2. 2
   1593Second Siege of Jinjucommander

   On Hideyoshi’s orders to avenge the defeat of 1592, over 90,000 Japanese surrounded Jinju. It fell after nine days, and some 60,000 soldiers and townspeople inside were killed.

People who appear alongside

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  Gwon Yul1537 – 1599

  Joseon general who routed the Japanese at Haengju and became commander-in-chief

• Kim Cheon-il1537 – 1593

  Militia leader from Naju who threw himself into the Nam River when Jinju fell in 1593

• Choe Gyeong-hoe1532 – 1593

  Army commander of Right Gyeongsang who drowned himself in the Nam River when Jinju fell in 1593

• Kato Kiyomasa1562 – 1611

  Commander of the second Japanese division; captured two Korean princes in Hamgyeong and held Ulsan castle in 1597–98

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  Konishi Yukinaga1558 – 1600

  Led the first Japanese division from the Busan landing up to Pyongyang

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  Toyotomi Hideyoshi1537 – 1598

  Unified Japan and launched the invasion of Korea