Talk:Battle of Ch'ungju

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All I can say is that.... whoever wrote this article makes F on his history grade.

Sin Lip led a rag-tag army? It was the prominent cavalry division in the north.

Entirely cavalry. Imagine that. He was a very good general, and had many successes against the Mongolians in the North.

I'm sure that the last edition was written by a Japanese. No way.

Anyway, one must remember that Sin Lip tried to set up a defense in that valley, but it was too steep for his men. Also, his cavalrymen could easily run away from being disheartened by the sound effects of the guns.

Therefore, Sin Lip decided to line up his men along the river. Fight the enemy or drown. Simple. It's a classic Chinese tactic.

It was a great battle, an unfair one. Being outnumbered by 8,000 to 17,000.

(edit) i posted my sources at the bottom of the article. Here's my signature. (Wikimachine 02:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC))

oops. you are right. the korean soldiers weren't trade at all. (Wikimachine 04:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC))

We must keep in mind that Sin Lip was not a great general like Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Prior to the war, Sin Lip was very casual and treated the likelyhood of a Japanese invasion very lightly. Although Sin Lip was a good general fighting Jurchens, he performed badly during the Seven Year War and soon killed himself. It was also his responsiblilty to defend Choryang Pass, which he failed to do. If he had defended Choryang Pass, the Japanese might have been stopped from capturing Seoul.

Sin Lip has a famous quote "Even if they [the Japanese] have muskets, they can't hit anything with them."

It wasn't a great battle. The Koreans were massacred because they had no idea what Japanese arquebuses were. It is also true that the entire garrison at Chungju castle was a cavalry division besides a few archers, spearmen, etc etc. Good friend100 03:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)