It was known as the legendary battle that led weak Shimazu army to victory despite the great difference in the size of the armies, but there were various theories depending on sources that the Ming army number ranged from thirty-seven thousand to two hundred thousand soldiers, and the number of casualties ranged from several thousand to eighty thousand soldiers.
圧倒的な戦力差があるにも関わらず、劣勢な島津軍が勝利した伝説的な戦いとして知られているが、その時の明軍の数が3万7千から20万と諸説あり、明軍の死者の数も数千から8万と資料ごとにかなりの開きがある。