Re-Appointment and Myeongryang Battle

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Re-Appointment and Myeongryang Battle

With the news of the defeat of Won Gyun, the Royal Court was completely shocked and did not know what to do, and Yi sun-shin was appointed as the Commander again. With his re-appointment to the Commander, he toured around Namhae and others but he only had 120 soldiers and 12 c1s.

However, he was not despaired but made his mind to fight against the enemy on the sea although the Royal Court attempted to stop him. Before the Battle of Myeongryang, he asked the soldiers to have the conviction of victory, and on August 15, he led 13 battle ships with the poorly trained military men but he defeated 133 ships in Myeongryang, and destroyed 31 enemy ships. This battle was the first victory since he was appointed as the Commander of Three-province Navy, and it was critical to revitalize the Joseon naval force once their spirit was downed to the bottom of the shelter.

The battle in Myeongryang The battle in Myeongryang

Yi sun-shin regained the control of the sea in the Great Victory of Myeongryang, and moved his main office in Bohwa-do, and in February of the following year, he moved the military base to Gogeumdo set up the base and, he recruited the people to cultivate Dunjeon. Because of his effort, the soldiers returned and refugees were lined up to make tens of thousands soldiers to form the navy. The statue of the military formation was greatly successful that it surpassed the size for over 10 times of the time of Hansando. The reason that attributes for him to restore the control over the sea and revitalized the naval force was that his extreme efforts had shown its efforts.