Conflict6–9 January 1593(Lunar)
Recapture of Pyongyang
Ming relief forces under Li Rusong and Joseon troops retook Pyongyang, and Konishi Yukinaga's army fell back south.
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The Japanese had taken Pyongyang in the sixth month of 1592. Ming first sent Zu Chengxun, who was defeated in the seventh month, then sent Shen Weijing to talk peace and buy time. In the twelfth month Li Rusong crossed the Yalu with over 40,000 men. In the first month of 1593 the allies surrounded Pyongyang and battered its gates with cannon, joined by the monk soldiers of Hyujeong and Yujeong. Konishi abandoned the city by night. The victory turned the tide, but Li, pursuing south, was defeated at Byeokjegwan and thereafter leaned toward negotiation.
