 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo yeImjin, Yi akashanda seCentral Commandant 중위장; 中衛將 muAdmiral Yis yekutanga mushandirapamwe. Kubvira ipapo, aigara ari pamberi semutungamiri mukuru 전부장; 前部將. Akatungamirira boka rokutanga ndokunyengedza mauto eJapane. Mushure mehondo yeHansando Admiral Yi Sun-sin, uyo akanzwa urombo kuti mupiro wake hauna kuzivikanwa, akakurudzira kuhurumende kukwidziridzwa kwake uye akazopedzisira akwidziridzwa kuJeolchung 절충; 折衝, wechitatu wepamusoro uye akagadzwa Mutungamiriri weNaval weChungcheong Province. Zvisinei, akadzingwa basa nekuda kwekushandiswa kwakasimba kwemutemo wechirango uye akaderedzwa kuva Associate Commander weGoryang. Muna 1597, pakatanga hondo yechipiri yeJapan, akagadzwa semutungamiriri weNavy weRight Gyeongsang Province kuti atsive Bae Seol uyo akatiza kubva kuHondo yeChilcheollyang. Gare gare, akashandazve saCentral Commandant pasi paAdmiral Yi Sun-sin. Yi Sun-sin paakaurayiwa nemabara omuvengi muHondo yeNoryang, akatungamirira mauto ehondo aJoseon. 