Person1549 – 1598

Li Rusong

Ming general who led the relief army and retook Pyongyang with Joseon forces

Where they went

1
1592Ming Enters the Warcommander
Ming sent troops at Joseon’s request. Zu Chengxun’s first force was beaten at Pyongyang in July; while Shen Weijing bought time, Li Rusong crossed the Yalu with over 40,000 men in December.
2
1593Recapture of Pyongyangcommander
Ming relief forces under Li Rusong and Joseon troops retook Pyongyang, and Konishi Yukinaga's army fell back south.
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1593Recapture of Hanyangcommander
Having lost Pyongyang and been checked at Byeokjegwan and Haengju, the Japanese left Hanyang under the peace talks. On the 20th of the fourth month Ming and Korean troops entered the capital after a year.

King Seonjo1552 – 1608
Fourteenth king of Joseon; fled to Uiju and asked Ming for help
Zu Chengxun
Ming general who led the first Ming relief force and was defeated at Pyongyang in July 1592
Shen Weijing1597
Ming negotiator who conducted the peace talks with Konishi Yukinaga, deceiving both courts; executed when they failed
Konishi Yukinaga1558 – 1600
Led the first Japanese division from the Busan landing up to Pyongyang
Hyujeong (Seosan Daesa)1520 – 1604
Buddhist master who, as supreme commander of monks, raised monk soldiers across the country in the Imjin War and joined the recapture of Pyongyang
Yujeong (Samyeong Daesa)1544 – 1610
Hyujeong's disciple who led monk soldiers in the Imjin War and after the war went to Japan to negotiate and bring captives home
Ryu Seong-ryong1542 – 1607
Chief State Councillor who directed the war effort during the Imjin War, proposed the Hullyeon Dogam, and wrote the Jingbirok

Imjin War1592 – 1598
From the Japanese invasion to the Battle of Noryang — the righteous armies, Yi Sun-sin at sea, and Ming intervention
Pyongyang194 BC – 2007
From Wanggeom-seong of Gojoseon to the inter-Korean summits — capital of Goguryeo, Western Capital of Goryeo, the great city on the Taedong