The War Diary of Yi Sun-sin

Commander Once More

Part 4, Chapter 5, I Still Have Twelve Ships

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Early on the morning of August 3, 1597, the royal messenger Yang Ho comes to a thatched house at Wongye in Jinju. He has walked here to hand a royal edict to Yi Sun-sin, who is serving as a common soldier.

What the edict contains is an appointment: Supreme Naval Commander of the Three Provinces. It is the very post the court took from him a few months ago.

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