Infantry Regime devised to defeat Japanese invaders - Yuanangjin

 In 1557, Cheok Kye-gwang trained 3,000 troops recruited from Shaoxing. The following year, in 1558, his army did not win the battle against Japanese pirates in the Jusan Archipelago, and Chuck Gye-gwang was disappointed with the natives of Shaoxing. Judging that it is difficult to train young people in urban areas as excellent soldiers, he decides to accept only young people from rural areas as soldiers. The following summer, Chuck Gye-gwang is dismissed for failing to drive out Japanese pirates from the area he is defending. Free from orders from his superiors, Cheok Kye-gwang recruits 3,000 applicants in the Yiwu area, about 60 miles from Hangju, and trains them in his own way. Among the training systems invented by Cheok Gye-gwang, the most notable is the tactical large Wonangjin, which consists of one captain, two back losers, two Nang players, four Jang Chang-soo, two party members, one Hwabyeong (cooking soldier), and a total of 12 people.  The reason why the newly established infantry squad was called Wonangjin is as follows.  There is a legend that when one of the male and female pairs dies, the other dies along. Chuck Gye-gwang applied strict military rules to prevent the captain of each Yuanwangjin from being injured. If the captain was killed and defeated during the battle, all the remaining survivors of the Yuanwangjin Squad, where the captain died, were also executed. Therefore, the individual soldiers in Yuanangjin had to fight the enemy to die or live throughout the battle to prevent the captain from being killed.  1) One squad leader (holding the flag of the squad).Two soldiers armed with curved lines and back slabs, four soldiers armed with long spears, four soldiers armed with long spears, six soldiers armed with party factions, one in charge of cooking and chores, two young, medium-sized and flexible men, were recruited as the first, three generals, and two strong menFill it with a bottle. - Among the Kihyo New Books - Chuck Gye-gwang tried to maximize combat power by supplying and training equipment according to individual aptitude. This shows the characteristic of collectively operating individuals by tying them up according to their aptitude, one step from the previous military history, which valued individual skills.    A round shield made of wisteria. Or martial arts that use this shield are also called backpads. The shield is made of a round base by bending the trunk of a wisteria tree, and the skeleton is woven into a bamboo shell, and the outside is bulged out with a middle bamboo to attach an ear face to the center, and a handle is made of a wisteria stem inside. It is similar to squeezing the lid of a basket. The part facing the enemy direction is raised roundly and the edge is bent outward, so the enemy's arrow or spear attack cannot be penetrated and is designed in detail to be deflected. He carried his back plate in his left hand and used his right hand with a knife to block enemy swords, spears, and flying arrows.     A cystic gland is a weapon created and developed to neutralize Nodachi. While using a cyst to tie the enemy's blades or Japanese pirates to make it difficult to move, other mandarin soldiers killed the Japanese pirates. It was very difficult for Nodachi to cut off the cyst because it had hard branches and steel claws attached to it.  The picture above depicts the appearance of Yuanangjin, which has three different types of arrangements depending on the tactical situation and terrain. The soldiers of Yuanyangjin were trained to fight by cooperating and assisting each other according to the role assigned to each. In the case of Yuanangjin, which is small in size, there were cases where it consisted of five people. Yuanyangjin's fighting style (including the captain) is as follows. A) One Nang player is next to one of the back losers and protects the back losers by tying the Japanese and his weapons together using a Nangseon. B) Two Jang Chang-soo stabs the enemy with a spear so that Nang is not exposed to the attack. C) Armed with curved roads and backplates, soldiers protect Jang Chang-soo in case he cuts his spear too deep and is exposed to enemy attacks. D) Partisans support from the rear. Soldiers in the Zhejiang and Bokgunseong areas, trained with the Zhejiang Military Law invented by Cheok Gye-gwang, participated in the Imjin War and showed great performance when recapturing Pyongyang, which was occupied by Konishi Yukinaga. When Zhejiang soldiers crossed the Yalu River, they saw shields, Nangseon, Jangchang, and Dangpa for the first time in Korea, and Myeonggun entered Pyongyang, fired artillery first, and then fired Hwajeon to defeat the Japanese. Myeong-gun mobilized soldiers who used jangchang and partisan units according to their operation methods, but if the enemy rushed first, the Nangseon unit was concentrated on standby, and if the enemy did not move, the back losers advanced with their back plates and the enemy was greatly defeated. The Japanese army's organs overwhelmed the Joseon army with a close-up battle in which they were not afraid of death after overcoming the opponent with consecutive shots by the rifle unit at a distance. The Japanese army's successive victories in the six battles were the course of superiority in tactics and weapons systems. However, the Zhejiang soldiers overwhelmed the Japanese army's artillery unit at a distance, and in the close-up battle, they overwhelmed the Japanese soldiers who were strong in the close-up battle with various weapons systems.  In Byeonghakji Namyeon, a Byeongseo compiled in the late Joseon Dynasty, the power of Wonangjin is described as this. After Ming troops entered Pyongyang, they fired artillery first, followed by slash-and-burn fire, and smoke. The Japanese invaders were finally discouraged. When the enemy rushed first, they concentrated the Nangseon unit and waited, and if the enemy did not move, the back losers advanced with their back plates, and the Japanese lost and ran away. It's invincible."