Qualla: Battle of Noryang https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:39 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Noryang https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang Battle of Noryang: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang/ "We are about to win the war. Keep beating the war drums. Do not announce my death." With those words, spoken as a stray arquebus bullet lodged near his armpit, Admiral Yi Sun-sin became immortal. It was just past dawn on December 16, 1598, in the narrow waters of the Noryang Strait off the southern Korean coast. The seven-year Japanese invasion of Korea was ending, and the man most responsible for turning the tide at sea would not live to see the peace he had fought for.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/4/y/battle-of-noryang-wp/wy4y-battle-of-noryang-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Noryang: The Trap at the Strait https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang/ By late 1598, the Japanese invasion of Korea was collapsing. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who had launched the campaign in 1592, died unexpectedly at Fushimi Castle in September, and the Council of Five Elders ordered a full withdrawal. But retreating from a foreign war is its...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/4/y/battle-of-noryang-wp/wy4y-battle-of-noryang-the-trap-at-the-strait.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Noryang: Cannon, Arquebus, and Burning Wood https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang/ The allied fleet waited on the western end of the strait. Yi commanded 82 panokseon warships with 8,000 sailors, while Chen Lin led six large war junks, 57 lighter vessels, and 7,600 Ming fighting men. They were outnumbered by more than three to one, but their ships carried heavi...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/4/y/battle-of-noryang-wp/wy4y-battle-of-noryang-cannon-arquebus-and-burning-wood.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Noryang: The Admiral's Last Command https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang/ By dawn, the allied fleet held the upper hand. Half of Shimazu's ships were sunk or captured. Shimazu himself reportedly clung to wreckage in the icy water before being pulled to safety. As the Japanese remnants fled eastward along the south coast of Namhae Island, Yi ordered an ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/4/y/battle-of-noryang-wp/wy4y-battle-of-noryang-the-admirals-last-command.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Noryang: The Silence After the Drums https://qualla.com/battle-of-noryang/ Of Shimazu's 500 ships, perhaps 200 made it back to Busan; some Korean records claim as few as 50 survived. Konishi Yukinaga slipped out of his fortress on December 16 by sailing around the southern end of Namhae Island, bypassing the strait entirely. By December 24, the last Jap...

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