Siege of Pyongyang (1593)

The siege of Pyongyang was a military conflict fought between the allied Ming-Joseon army and the Japanese First Division under Konishi Yukinaga. The battle ended in victory for the allies but a successful retreat from Pyeongyang by the remaining Japanese in the night of 8 February 1593.

For other Battles of Pyongyang, see Siege of Pyongyang (disambiguation).
Siege of Pyongyang
Part of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598)

Chinese cavalry and infantry attacking the walls of Pyongyang in 1593, from a Chinese painted screen in the Hizen-Nagoya castle museum
Date6–8 February 1593
Location
Pyongyang
Result

Ming China -Joseon korea victory

  • Japanese retreat from Pyeongyang
Belligerents
Japan Ming dynasty
Joseon
Commanders and leaders
Konishi Yukinaga
Matsuura Shigenobu
Sō Yoshitoshi		 Ming
Li Rusong
Li Rubai
Song Yingchang
Zhang Shijue
Yang Yuan
Zu Chengxun
Wu Weizhong
Luo Shangzhi
Zha Dashou
Joseon
Yi Il
Hyujeong
Gim Eungso
Strength
15,000–30,000 Ming
43,000
200+ cannons
Joseon
10,000
4,200 monks
Casualties and losses
1,300–1,700 killed in combat
5,000 died from fires
6,000 drowned		 Ming
796 killed
1,492 wounded
Joseon
600+
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