Siege of Namwon

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[edit] Background

[edit] The Forces

[edit] Chinese-Korean forces

[edit] Ming-Chinese forces 3,000 men

Yang Yuan (Hanzi :楊元)
Middle Army : Li Xin Fang(李新芳)
Mao Cheng Xian (Hanzi :毛承先)
Jiang Biǎo(Hanzi : 蔣表)

[edit] Korean forces 1,300 men

Yi Bok-nam (Hanja : 李福男, Hangul : 이복남) - 1,000 men
Yi Chun-won (Hanja : 李春元, Hangul : 이춘원)
Sin Ho (Hanja : 申浩, Hangul : 신호)
Kim Gyeong-no (Hanja :金敬老, Hangul : 김경로)

[edit] Miscellaneous

Jung Gi-won (Hanja : 鄭期遠, Hangul : 정기원)
Oh Ung-jung (Hanja : 吳應鼎 or 吳應井, Hangul : 오응정)
Im Hyeon (Hanja : 林鉉 or 任鉉, Hangul : 임현)
Yi Deok-hoe (Hanja : 李德恢, Hangul : 이덕회)

[edit] Japanese besieger's forces

According to the map of the Siege of Namwon drawn by Kawakami Hisakuni, Japanese forces established their lines at Namwon on the four directions.

[edit] The Siege of Namwon

The order of battle of the Japanese Left Army. The position of units on... . The armies are listed north to south.

A Japanese Force of 56,000 soldiers led by Ukita Hideie besieged and assaulted Namwon, defended by 4300 Korean and Chinese Soldiers and 6000 women and children. The city was protected by a wall, constructed in the northern Chinese style, with a shallow dry moat, and corner gun towers. Koreans wanted to relocate to the nerby mountain fortress, but the Chinese general Yang Yuan demanded the defense of the city. He felt more comfortable defending the Chinese style city wall than a Korean style hill top fortress. However, being on flat land, with high grounds allaround it, it as immediately placed under arquebus fire fromday one, from all sides. As morale plummeted and casualties mounted, Chinese general escaped with his troops. The Japanese forced their way in through one of the gates, and all Allied soldiers and civilian were put to death, including civilians.

In Namwon, there is a small section of restored wall today, near the train station. However, the only true remains of the wall is just north of the train station, in the small farm houses, where large stone piles are still found (as of 2002).

[edit] Aftermath

[edit] References & External Links

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• The Siege of Namwon (in Korean)
• Beyond Turtleboats: Siege Accounts From Hideyoshi’s Second Invasion of Korea, 1597-1598 - The Siege of Namwon

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