Therefore, together with despoliation by troops of Ming, even Pyeongan Province, in which no Japanese troops entered, went to pot and could not feed the population just before the commencement of the war and the population decreased drastically.
そのため、明軍の略奪と合わせて日本軍が一歩も足を踏み入れていない平安道も荒廃して開戦当初の人口を養いきれずに人口が激減した。