in august 1597, the japanese navy was ordered to occupy the jeolla. after the joseon navy gave a damage japan navy in the battle of myeongnyang, withdrew north of the korean peninsula. jeolla was finally occupied by the japanese navy, and the became the captive. remnants of the korean navy led by yi sun-sin joined the ming chinese fleet under chen lin's forces and continued to attack japanese supply lines. towards the end of the war, as the remaining japanese tried to withdraw from korea, they were beset by korean and chinese forces. to rescue his comrades, shimazu yoshihiro attacked the allied fleet. at the battle of noryang, shimazu defeated chinese general chen lin. and the japanese army succeeded in escape from the korean peninsula yi sun-sin was killed in this action.