In response to the sudden invasion by the Japanese army, the Ming army was prepared to abandon the capital in Hancheng, but the Ming army accountant Yang Hao decided to resist, and the troops of Ming's commander Kaisei, and the troops of Nagamasa engaged in an encounter battle (the Battle of Shokuzan) in Shokuzan of Chungchong-do.
日本軍の急激な侵攻を受けて、漢城では明軍が首都放棄も覚悟したが明軍経理の楊鎬が抗戦を決意し、派遣された明将の解生の軍と長政軍が忠清道の禝山で遭遇戦(禝山の戦い)を行った。