08-07-2006, 07:15 AM
Quote:His fleet had sailed to conquer China in 1592 landing in Korea with 130,000 Samurai, but the campaign soon became bogged down.
a good book about this subject is:
Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War 1592 -1598
Quote:Exactly how many samurai could be fielded at a time in battle? Was the entire Japanese fighting force made up of samurai?
Japanese armies could be very big but towards the 15/16th century a large part of the army was made of ashigaru
gr,
Jeroen Pelgrom
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