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 2 KOREAN HISTORY. discover how large the Japanese force might be. It was de- termined that there must be about 20,000 Japanese troops in the city. What reply the Japanese gave to the Emperor's demands is not told, but that it was a negative one seems sure from what followed. The Chinese army of counter-invasion lay just beyond the Ya-lu River. It was an enormous host and, as armies went in those days, it was a thoroughly efEcient one. In connec- tion with this army was an official who held the rank of "Military Adviser," bj' the name of Song Kuno-ch'ang. The office carried no active power in the field but it seems to have been a sort of check upon the commander-in-chief, for the duties of the office were to keep the Emperor informed of what was going on at the seat of war. The actual General- in-chief was Yi Yu-song. Under him were three generals, of the right, left and center respectively. The General of the Left was Yang Vun and under him were Generals Wang Yu- jung. Yi Yu-n;a, Yi Yo-o. Yang So, Sa Ta su. Son Su-ryum, Yi R' ling and Kal Pong-ha. The General of the Center was Yi Yu-bak and under him were Generals Im Cha-yang. Yi Pang- jin, KoCh'ak, Cb.o.i Su-jong, Ch'iik Keum, Chu Hong-mo, Pang Si-whi, Ko Seung and Wang Mun. The General of the Right was Chang Se-jak and under him were Generals Cho Seung-hun, O Yu-ch'ung, Wang P'il-jiik, ChoChi-mok, Chang Eung-eh'ung, Nak Sang-ji, Chin Pang ch'iil, Kok Su and Yang Sim. The rear guard was under the command of Gen. Pang Si-ch'an and the engineering corps was com- manded by Generals Yu Whang-sang and Wun Whang. The main arn)y was composed of 43.000 troops, while in the rear was a reserve force of 8,000. This army crossed the Ya-lu on the twejity-fifth of the twelfth moon, the dead of winter. It is said that when on the march this army stretched along the road a thousand li (tliree hundred miles and more) and that the .sound of their drnmis was continuous along the whole line. General-in-chief W YT-song, dressed in crim.^on robes and riding in a crimson chair, arrived in Eui-jii and immedi- ately sought an interview with the king. The latter said, "I have governed this country badly. The Emperor hr.s been put to a grtat deal of troublt t)n my account and all these