Report on the Defenses of Gyeongsang陳慶尙道防守形勢狀
今日形勢反復商度雖設百險於他處而若嶺南不能支撑則江原兩湖奠非次第受兵之地而大事去矣蓋賊之所忌憚者。天兵今若令劉摠兵之軍進住於大丘淸道之境左右顧眄遮蔽慶州及中路內侵之勢又使駱參將等軍進屯於固城泗川之境遮遏賊兵西犯之路且連三道舟師水陸合勢以壯聲成而從海道自順天運湖南之糓以爲軍食使風一日而可至以省陸輸之獘因令我軍臨鼎津而設機固守無使賊舟得渡三處連亘且戰且守則賊勢自歛不敢肆意衝突矣
Weighing today's case over again: though a hundred strong positions were set up elsewhere, if Yeongnam cannot hold out, then there is no part of Gangwon, Hoseo, or Honam that would not in turn be ground to suffer the ravages of war, and the great business would be lost.
In general what the enemy fears is the Ming army. Now let the troops of Regional Commander Liu (劉摠兵) be moved forward to stay within the bounds of Daegu and Cheongdo, looking to left and right and screening against a thrust inward by way of Gyeongju and the middle road; let the troops of Assistant Commander Luo (駱參將) and the others be moved forward to camp within the bounds of Goseong and Sacheon, to block the road by which the enemy would invade westward; and let the navies of the three provinces be joined to them, so that water and land combine their strength and make their noise and show of force great.
And if the grain of Honam were shipped by sea from Suncheon to serve as army provision, it could arrive in a day with a fair wind, and the ills of hauling it overland would be spared. Then let our own troops take post at Jeongjin (鼎津), set up works there and hold it firmly so that the enemy's boats cannot cross; and if the three places stretch out in a line and fight and hold, the enemy's strength will shrink of itself and they will not dare come butting at us as they please.
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癸巳九月
The ninth month of the Gyesa year.
The source text has 江原兩湖奠非次第受兵之地, but 奠 is taken as an error for 莫 and read as "there is no part that would not."