Siege of Namwon

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Siege of Namwon
Hangul:	남원전투
Hanja:	南原戰鬪
Revised Romanization:	Namwon Jeontu
McCune-Reischauer:	Namwǒn Chǒnt'u

The Siege of Namwon

Part of Imjin War

[1]
The Siege of Namwon, by Kawakami Hisakuni(川上久國)

Date	August 13th-16th, 1597(according to Lunar calendar)
Location	Namwon,North Jeolla
Result	Japanese victory

Combatants

Japanese Left Army

Korean Garrison

Commanders

Ukita Hideie
Konishi Yukinaga
Shimazu Yoshihiro

Yang Yuan(Ming)
Yi Pok-nam†
Jiang Biao†
Mao Cheng Xian†

Strength

ca. 56800

Ming : 3,000 men
Korean : 1,300 men
and 6,000 civilians

Casualties

Unknown

3,726 (Japanese accounts)
10,000 (in total from Korean accounts)

Japanese Left Army (1597)
Chilcheollyang - Namwon - Kumgu - Myeongnyang - Kwangyang - Moojoo - Hamyang - Suncheon I - Sacheon (1598) - Suncheon II - Noryang

1 Background
2 The Forces
- 2.1 Chinese-Korean forces
- 2.2 Japanese besieger's forces
3 The Siege of Namwon
4 Aftermath
5 References & External Links

[edit] Background

[edit] The Forces

[edit] Chinese-Korean forces

[edit] Ming-Chinese forces 3,000 men

Yang Yuan (Hanzi :楊元, Hangul :양원)
Middle Army : Li Xin Fang(李新芳, Hangul :이신방)
Mao Cheng Xian (Hanzi :毛承先, Hangul :모승선)
Jiang Biǎo(Hanzi : 蔣表, Hangul :장표)

[edit] Korean forces 1,300 men

Yi Pok-nam (Hanja : 李福男, Hangul : 이복남) - 1,000 men
Yi Ch'un-won (Hanja : 李春元, Hangul : 이춘원)
Shin Ho† (Hanja : 申浩, Hangul : 신호)
Kim Kyung-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 Hyun(Hanja : 林鉉 or 任鉉, Hangul : 임현)
Yi Duk-hwae (Hanja : 李德恢, Hangul : 이덕회)

[edit] Japanese besieger's forces

According to the map of the Siege of Namwon (Hangul :왜군의 작전지도) 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.

Operation Zone	Japanese Left Army	Joseon - Ming Army	Comments & Events
Northern Sector	Kurushima Michifusa Kato Yoshiaki Mori Yoshinari 毛利吉成 2000 men Shimazu Yoshihiro 島津義弘 10000 men	Yi Pok-nam 李福男 Kim Kyung-no 金敬老	August 13 th : First Attack led by Kato Yoshiaki and Shimazu against the northern Gate Kato Yoshiaki had been ordered not to attack but to move even north from the castle to guard against a possible relieving army coming from Jeonju after defeating a Ming army under Chen Yuzhong(陳愚衷/진우충)leading 2000 men.
Western sector	Konishi Yukinaga 小西行長 7000 men So Yoshitoshi 宗義智 1000 men Matsuura Shigenobu 松浦鎮信 3000 men Arima Harunobu 有馬晴信 2000 men Omura Yoshiaki 大村喜前 1000 men Goto Sumiharu 五島純玄 700 men	Mao Cheng Xian 毛承先
Eastern sector	11 generals : Hachisuka Iemasa 7,200 men	Li Xin Fang 李新芳 Yang Yuan 楊元	August 16th : Hachisuka launched his attack, Li Xin Fang is killed and Yang Yuan retreated
Southern sector	Ukita Hideie 宇喜多秀家 10000 men Wakizaka Yasuharu Todo Takatora Oda Katsuyoshi	Jiang Biǎo 蔣表	August 15th at 10 p.m. : Final Assault : Ukita Hideie launched his attack

A Japanese Force of 56,000 soldiers led by Ukita Hideie besieged and assulted Namwon, defended by 3300 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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