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Yang Hao

Ming commissioner who led the Ming army in the Jeongyu War and besieged Ulsan castle

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2 related events

  1. 1
    1597Battle of Jiksancommander

    Ming troops stopped the Japanese advance through Chungcheong at the Sosa plain near Jiksan. The Japanese gave up the road to Hanyang and fell back south.

  2. 2
    1597 – 1598Siege of Ulsancommander

    Over 50,000 Joseon and Ming troops besieged the castle Kato Kiyomasa was building at Ulsan. The garrison ran out of food and water, but the allies withdrew when a Japanese relief force arrived.

People who appear alongside

  • Gwon Yul1537 – 1599

    Joseon general who routed the Japanese at Haengju and became commander-in-chief

  • Kato Kiyomasa1562 – 1611

    Commander of the second Japanese division; captured two Korean princes in Hamgyeong and held Ulsan castle in 1597–98