Battle of Byeokjegwan

Battle of Byeokjegwan
Part of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
Date27 February 1593
Location
Byeokjegwan, a postal station on the road to Hanseong
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japanese Sixth Division and reinforcements Ming dynasty army and Korean allies
Commanders and leaders
 Li Rusong
Zha Dashou
Go Eonbaek
Yang Yuan
Zheng Wenbin
Li Rumei
Li Yousheng
Strength
<41,000[1][2] ~5,000[3]
Casualties and losses
Sources:[4][5]
Japanese: a few hundred
Wu Weishan: 120
Yun Geun-su: 300
Yi Deokhyeong: 500-600

Sources:[4][5][6]
Japanese: 6,000–10,000
Li Rusong: 264 killed, 49 wounded, 276 horses
Wu Weishan: 1,500
Yun Geun-su: 300
Yi Deokhyeong: 500–600

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Battle of Byeokjegwan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese碧蹄館之戰
Simplified Chinese碧蹄馆之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBītíguǎn zhī zhàn
Korean name
Hangul벽제관 전투
Hanja碧蹄館戰鬪
Japanese name
Kanji碧蹄館の戦い
Transcriptions
RomanizationHekiteikan no tatakai

The Battle of Byeokjegwan was a military engagement fought in the winter of 27 February 1593, between the armies of the Ming dynasty led by Li Rusong and Japanese forces under Kobayakawa Takakage. It resulted in a Japanese victory and Ming retreat.[8]

  1. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 314-316.
  2. ^ "A critique of Samuel Hawley's the Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China — Part 1: The first invasion | Great Ming Military". 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference blog was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 明清论叢 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ "The Battle of Byeokjegwan — Part 2: Aftermath and analysis | Great Ming Military". 28 March 2018.
  7. ^ http://sillok.history.go.kr/popup/viewer.do?id=wna_12602019_012&type=view&reSearchWords=&reSearchWords_ime= 朝鮮王朝実録 "上曰: "天兵之死者, 其數幾何?" 德馨曰: "與賊, 死傷相當, 幾至五六百矣。"
  8. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 314.