The Ming Emperor sends a large force…
February 1593 CE
The Ming Emperor sends a large force in January 1593 under the two famous Generals Song Yingchang and Li Rusong.
The Ming army, well armed with artillery pieces, has a prescribed strength of one hundred thousand, made up of forty-two thousand from five northern military districts and a contingent of three thousand soldiers proficient in the use of firearms from South China.
A large combined force of Chinese and Korean soldiers attacks Pyongyang in February and drives the Japanese into an eastward retreat.
Li Rusong personally leads a pursuit with over twenty thousand troops, along with a small force of Koreans, but ...