Following the capture of Kaesong following the Battle of Imjin River, the Japanese invasion armies split up into three groups.

Initially successful, the Koreans managed to kill several hundred of the enemy before the Japanese realized what was happening.

However, at the riverbank, the Korean army found that their boats were gone, the boatsmen having fled on hearing Japanese gunfire.

Suspecting a trap, Konishi and Kuroda sent scouts to a nearby hill to confirm before entering the empty city.

[4] The Japanese occupation of Pyeongyang would not be contested until Ming general Zhao Chengxun arrived with 6,000 men on 23 August 1592.