Breaking the Waves and Killing the Japanese: Stories from the Ming Dynasty's Resistance Against the Japanese
by Lu Bihuo
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Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty has been constantly encountering Japanese invaders. Fortunately, Taizu and Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty had great talents, strengthened coastal defense construction, and built a powerful army and navy to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese pirates, so that the Japanese pirates did not dare to act recklessly. However, during the Jiajing period, because Japan was in the Warring States period, Japanese pirates were out of control, and the Ming Dynasty's coastal defenses were weakened, the Japanese invasion was particularly serious, causing great harm to lives and serious social and economic damage. Under such circumstances, many patriotic soldiers devoted themselves to the cause of resisting Japanese aggression, and many commendable anti-Japanese deeds emerged. But at that time, the treacherous minister Yan Song's clique controlled the world and only cared about his own interests. He framed the famous anti-Japanese generals Zhu Wan, Zhang Jing, Wang Yan, etc. To death, and the great cause of anti-Japanese war was in vain. Later, Hu Zongxian served as the governor of Southern Zhili and Zhejiang. He united and led famous generals such as Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, and Tang Kekuan to successfully trap and kill great traitors such as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai. Qi Jiguang, in particular, established a Qi family army that was good at conquering and fighting, created a mandarin duck formation capable of attacking and defending, and won one classic battle after another with fewer defeating more, making the Japanese pirates terrified. After the hard work of many people, the Ming Dynasty finally won the victory in the Anti-Japanese War. However, during the Wanli period, the ambitious Toyotomi Hideyoshi brazenly launched an invasion of Korea and tried to use Korea as a springboard to attack the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was well aware of the truth of the bitterness of lips and teeth. It sent troops twice to fight against the Japanese and aid Korea. After seven years of arduous war, the Japanese army was finally driven out of Korea.
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