Li Rusong, on this sortie to chase down the enemy, led fewer than ten thousand men, and accounting for earlier losses, he now had just over seven thousand left, with chariots, firearms, and cannons all available.
As for reinforcements, the elite troops of nine regiments, including Tokugawa, Uesugi, Hidetada, Ukita, Mori, Liusheng, Tachibana, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's forces, numbering nearly twenty thousand, appeared at Pyongyang almost like gods and demons, which was almost beyond belief!
Li Rusong made a snap decision, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese pirate reinforcements had not yet encircled him and the cover of the dark rainy night, he sent riders on fast horses to break through the encirclement and seek help from Pyongyang.
