Battle of Byeokjegwan

Battle of Byeokjegwan
Battle of Byeokjegwan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	碧蹄館之戰
Simplified Chinese	碧蹄馆之战
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bītíguǎn zhī zhàn
Korean name
Hangul	벽제관 전투
Hanja	碧蹄館戰鬪
Japanese name
Kanji	碧蹄館の戦い
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Hekiteikan no tatakai

Battle of Byeokjegwan
	Part of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
Date	27 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
Kobayakawa Takakage; Sayo Masakatsu; Awaya Kagenao; Inoue Kagesada; Tachibana Muneshige; Takahashi Munemasu; Kikkawa Hiroie;	Li Rusong; Zha Dashou; Go Eonbaek; Yang Yuan; Zheng Wenbin; Li Rumei; Li Yousheng
Strength
<41,000	~5,000
Casualties and losses
Sources:; Japanese: a few hundred; Wu Weishan: 120; Yun Geun-su: 300; Yi Deokhyeong: 500-600	Sources:; 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

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.