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==Second Invasion (Keichô no eki)==
==Second Invasion (Keichô no eki)==
The breakdown of peace negotiations with the Joseon Court led to Hideyoshi launching a second invasion in 1597. Some 140,000 warriors were sent to Korea in 1597/2.<ref name=akamine61>Akamine, 61.</ref>
The breakdown of peace negotiations with the Joseon Court led to Hideyoshi launching a second invasion in 1597. Some 140,000 warriors were sent to Korea in 1597/2.<ref name=akamine61>Akamine, 61.</ref>
The royal court ordered Yi Sun-shin to lead the Korean navy against this Japanese invasion, but Yi refused to attack in that way at that time, recognizing it as a Japanese trap. For this defiance of orders, he was stripped of his post and imprisoned for over a month. Admiral [[Won Gyun]] then led Korean forces to an embarrassing defeat at the [[battle of Chilcheonnyang]] on 1597/7/7, after which Yi was restored to his position as naval commander of the three southern provinces. Despite being equipped with only a small fleet of less than twenty ships, he famously turned the tide of the war yet again, defeating a fleet of some 133 Japanese ships at the [[battle of Myeongyang]] on 9/16.
In [[1598]], a Shimazu force of several thousand defeated a Ming force ten times its size in the [[battle of Sacheon]]. Later that year, Shimazu forces played a prominent role in the naval [[battle of Noryang]], in which the Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin was killed.<ref name=shimazu/> Nevertheless, the invasion was ultimately terminated and abandoned following the death of Hideyoshi, who had remained in Japan throughout, in 1598/8. Japanese troops were completely withdrawn from Korea by the end of that year.<ref name=akamine61/>
In [[1598]], a Shimazu force of several thousand defeated a Ming force ten times its size in the [[battle of Sacheon]]. Later that year, Shimazu forces played a prominent role in the naval [[battle of Noryang]], in which the Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin was killed.<ref name=shimazu/> Nevertheless, the invasion was ultimately terminated and abandoned following the death of Hideyoshi, who had remained in Japan throughout, in 1598/8. Japanese troops were completely withdrawn from Korea by the end of that year.<ref name=akamine61/>