The siege of Suncheon was an unsuccessful Korean and Chinese Allied Forces attempt to capture
Suncheon Japanese Castle
Suncheon Castle, also known as Suncheon Waeseong (Hangul: 순천왜성, Japanese: 順天倭城), in Korean, Juntenjō (順天城) in Japanese, is the only remaining Japanese castle in Jeollanam-do, and the battlefield of Yi Sun-sin who tempte ...
late in the
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
The Japanese invasions of Korea of 1592–1598 involved two separate yet linked invasions: an initial invasion in 1592 (), a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597 (). The conflict ended in 1598 with the withdrawal of Japanese force ...
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Siege
The allied army attacked on 20 September 1598. Initially they attempted to negotiate peace with
Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga (小西 行長, baptized under the personal name Agostinho (Portuguese for Augustine); 1558 – November 6, 1600) was a Kirishitan daimyō under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is notable for his role as the vanguard of the Japanes ...
in a ruse to lure him into the open where he could be killed, but it failed when their cannons fired too early and the Japanese forces returned to the fortress. Konishi tried to delay the attack by sending Liu a female companion the next day, but the allied forces attacked anyway. The allies proceeded to bombard them for three days. The allied forces made a frontal assault that failed and the Japanese sallied out, inflicting 800 casualties on the Ming, but failed to break the siege.
Chen Lin and
Yi Sunsin
Admiral Yi Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty. Over the course of his career, Admiral Yi fough ...
attempted to land but were driven back by Japanese gunfire. They gave up on 21 October.
Eventually the land and naval forces conducted a joint attack on 31 October. Unfortunately the land assault failed to move past the first screen of defenses. After three attempts the attack was called off.
On 1 November the allied fleet bombarded the fortress, but a number of ships got stuck in the shallows and were attacked. They lost 39 ships.
I Sunsin continued his naval assault the next day but nothing came of it. The siege was lifted on 2 November.
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Battle of Sacheon (1598)
The Battle of Sacheon (泗川) was a siege by Korean and Chinese forces against the Japanese fortification of Sacheon from 6 to 11 November 1598. It ended in Japanese victory.
Background
Dong Yiyuan and Jeong Chaeryong's combined army pushed for ...
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Second Siege of Ulsan
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Japanese castles in Korea (Waeseong)
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Suncheon
Suncheon () (''Suncheon-si'') is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a scenic agricultural and industrial city of around 250,000 people near Suncheon Bay. It is located in the southeastern corner of Jeollanam-do, just over an hour ...
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Sieges involving Korea
1598 in Asia
Conflicts in 1598
Yi Sun-sin