Zilong (Deng Zilong), a native of Nanchang. Be brave and good at fighting. Be able to do your best. Also a famous player. There is only one bias in existence. Repeatedly attacked by those who speak. The world is not good enough to accommodate Nail. Agarwood is a mercy and prophet. May it be a good companion. ——(Zhu Guozhen "Yongdang Sketch")
Deng Zilong, Ziyunqing, alias Wuqiao, alias Huguan Daoren, was a native of Maoxi Deng Village, Luoxingqiao, Fengcheng, Jiangxi (present-day Dushi Town, Fengcheng, Jiangxi). In the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing (1560), 30-year-old Deng Zilong was a martial artist in high school. At that time, there were many thieves in Jiangxi, Deng Zilong was summoned by the government to organize the Ming army to recruit and suppress thieves, with his outstanding martial arts, Deng Zilong quickly eliminated the thieves in Jiangxi, and Deng Zilong was also promoted to Guangdong General (intermediate officer) because of his battle merits. Later, Deng Zilong participated in the war against bandits many times and made many combat merits.
In February of the eleventh year of Wanli (1585), the Burmese Mubang Tusi invaded the Yunnan border, and the Wanli Emperor urgently summoned Ming troops from all over the country to attack the Burmese army on the Yunnan border, and Deng Zilong participated in this military campaign and led troops to garrison Yongchang (present-day Baoshan, Yunnan). The Burmese army attacked Yongchang many times, but was repelled by Deng Zilong, Deng Zilong also organized the Ming army to counterattack the Burmese army, invaded Burma, directly smashed the nest of the Burmese army, killed thousands of Burmese soldiers, captured a large number of Burmese army generals and soldiers, Deng Zilong also became famous in the war, and was promoted to deputy general after the war.
After the war against Burma, Deng Zilong was framed because of a dispute in the official field, left the military circle, and was idle at home. In the 26th year of Wanli (1598), the War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea entered the final decisive stage, and the Wanli Emperor recruited elite Ming troops from all over the country to fight in Korea, preparing to deliver the final blow to the Japanese army entrenched in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The so-called "hearing the drums of war, Si Liang general", the Wanli Emperor reactivated Deng Zilong, who was idle at home, restored Deng Zilong to the post of deputy general soldier, assisted Chen Xuan, the governor of the Guangdong Naval Division, and led the 15,000 Ming troops of the Guangdong Naval Division to go north to Korea to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army.
At that time, Deng Zilong was 70 years old, and when he heard of the imperial court's call, Deng Zilong was very excited, and prepared a coffin for himself to put on his flagship to show his determination to fight to the end. Inspired by Deng Zilong, the morale of the Ming army was high, and the Japanese army defeated the Japanese army several times in Korea, compressing the Japanese army to several isolated strongholds near Pusan in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula, relying on sea supplies to resist.
In order to completely defeat the Japanese army and expel all the Japanese troops from the Korean Peninsula, in April Bingchen of the 26th year of Wanli (1598), Deng Zilong and the famous Korean naval general Yi Sunchen (mainly Deng Zilong, Li Sunchen played a more role in assisting Deng Zilong) led the Ming Dynasty and Korean combined fleet and the Japanese naval division to fight a decisive battle at the Luliang Sea near Pusan. In this battle, Deng Zilong's command had 15,000 people, Li Shunchen more than 1,000 people, and more than 100 large and small warships; The Japanese naval division was led by Yoshihiro Shimazu, a famous naval general who was a pirate, with more than 30,000 troops and more than 300 warships. The ratio of the strength of the two sides is roughly 1:2, and the number of warships is 1:3, which can be described as the enemy is outnumbered. In the face of a large number of Japanese troops, Deng Zilong did not have the slightest fear, he personally led warships to rush into the Japanese military position, disrupted the deployment of the Japanese army, and at the same time gave full play to the advantages of the Ming Dynasty's large warships and many artillery to violently ram and bombard the Japanese warships.
Under Deng Zilong's brave and fierce play, the Japanese army quickly could not parry, but Shimazu Yoshihiro keenly discovered the flagship where Deng Zilong was, Shimazu Yoshihiro concentrated all the artillery of the Japanese army to bombard Deng Zilong's flagship, and soon Deng Zilong's flagship caught fire, Deng Zilong refused to escape, sank with the flagship, and was martyred. Li Shunchen, who was next to him, saw that Deng Zilong's warship was on fire and hurriedly came to the rescue, but unfortunately, he was also shelled by the Japanese army and died a heroic martyrdom. The death of the two commanders Deng Zilong and Li Shunchen not only did not collapse the Ming army and the Korean army, but inspired the determination of the Ming army and the Korean army to take revenge on the commander, and the Ming Dynasty coalition army attacked the Japanese army more frantically, and under the blows of the Ming Dynasty coalition army, the Japanese army completely collapsed, and Shimazu Yoshihiro fled back to Japan with only more than 5,000 remnants of the defeated army, and the rest were all annihilated in the Luliang Sea.
The defeat of Shimazu Yoshihiro's division completely lost sea cover and supplies in the Pusan area, becoming a group of turtles caught in the urn, and soon after, the commander of the Ming army, Magui, commanded all Ming and Korean troops to capture Pusan, completely annihilate the Japanese army, and recover the entire Korean Peninsula, and the seven-year War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea ended with a complete victory for the Ming Dynasty and the Korean side. After the war, the Wanli Emperor held a grand prisoner sacrifice ceremony at the noon gate of Beijing, and also rewarded meritorious soldiers, for the death of Deng Zilong, the Wanli Emperor felt very sorry, and personally wrote a "memorial speech" for Deng Zilong, the full text is as follows:
Guowei Qinbu, Shang Qin's thoughts of drumming; Armed equipment and diligent repair, the choice of eternal heavy dry city. The local deputy general military offices in Yongchang, Eryunnan, and other places all commanded the envoy Deng Zilong, who was brave and skillful; Rong Xing was shaken, and saw that the wise man Wu was not in a uproar; Military and political cultivation is clear because of the good manners. Donating one's life for the country can be described as loyalty. Celebrate the celebration, it is advisable to be warm; With Qin En, the left army is the governor of Shangzhuguo, Jin Zi Guanglu Daifu, and the order of Xi. Yu play! The name of the shogunate, only accept the rest of life, rely on the light of the heavenly family, do not replace the labor.