Sin Rip
General who made a back-to-the-river stand at Tangeumdae, Chungju, early in the Imjin War and died when routed by Konishi Yukinaga
Passing the military examination under Seonjo, he made his name on the northern frontier of Hamgyeong and in 1583 drove back the Jurchen incursion led by Nitanggae. When the Imjin War broke out in 1592 he was made commander for the three southern provinces and went to stop the Japanese advance. Abandoning the narrow Joryeong pass, he deployed his cavalry on the open ground before Tangeumdae in Chungju with the Namhan River at his back, and was routed. The defeat opened the road to Hanyang, sent Seonjo fleeing north and exposed the weakness of the jeseung bangnyak defence system.




