[3] Konishi Yukinaga informed Ming military advisor Shen Weijing of Kato's intent to attack and told him that it was merely a face-saving gesture rather than a new offensive.

[7][8] To the west were Konishi Yukinaga with 26,000 men, and to the north were Kato Kiyomasa with 25,000 while Ukita Hideie and Kikkawa Hiroie commanded the reserve of 17,000.

At the same time, the samurai advanced under their wooden shields to be stopped by Korean fire arrows, cannonballs, and arquebuses.

[3][11] On 25 July, under a flag of truce, Ukita sent a messenger to Kim, telling him that the Japanese would slaughter 10,000 Korean peasants whom they had taken prisoner if Jinju did not surrender at once.

Hwang Jin survived two shots in the chest but kept fighting until he succumbed to his wounds, crumbling the defenders' morale.

The Nam River ran red with blood as thousands attempted to swim across it, only to be cut down by the samurai waiting on the other side.

The Japanese celebrated their victory the same evening at the Ch'oksŏngu Pavilion on a nearby hill, offering the best view of the "hellish scene" below them.

[15] Toyotomi Hideyoshi was well satisfied that he had avenged the defeat of 1592 at Jinju, though Turnbull argued that to lose so many men to take a town only for symbolic reasons was wasteful.

[15] The chronicler of the Kato clan noted: "All the Chinese were terrified of our Japanese blades and jumped into the river, but we pulled them and cut off their heads.