[3] Namwon was garrisoned by 3,000 Ming soldiers and 1,000 Koreans under Yang Yuan and I Boknam.
[5] On the night of 26 September, the Japanese bombarded Namwon for two hours while their men climbed the walls and used fresh straw to create a ramp to the top.
Unable to burn the moist rice stalks, the defenders were helpless against the Japanese onslaught and the fortress fell.
[5] Yang Yuan managed to break the Japanese encirclement and escape with 100 men.
The Ming commander assigned to the city's defense, Chen Youyuan, not only ignored the call for help Yang had sent him, but fled the moment news of Namwon's fall arrived.