Urgent Report on Enemy Strength馳。啓賊形勢狀
唐兵出來時無定報傳聞二十日間或晦間出來擺撥兒數十名以探候賊形事方在順安往來報變賊倭近日連出平壤城外四散搶掠見我軍來輒奔避入城其氣頓衰而黃州中和之賊亦聞盡捲還歸雖其賊謀難測而大槪似欲還尋歸路若能處處設伏邀遮勦捕則中興之期似亦不遠
Of the time when the Ming army will come out there is no fixed word; by report they say it will come out about the twentieth, or else about the last day of the month. Several dozen post-runners are now at Sunan on the business of observing the enemy's strength, going back and forth to give notice of any change.
The Japanese enemy have lately come out beyond the walls of Pyongyang one after another and scattered on every side to plunder, but on seeing our troops come they at once flee and take shelter within the walls, so that their spirit has suddenly declined. It is heard that the enemy at Hwangju and Junghwa have also gathered up all they had and gone back; and though the enemy's designs are hard to fathom, in general they seem to be seeking once more a road of return. If ambushes could be set in place after place to block the passes and cut them down, the promised day of our restoration might not be far off.