 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1592, apo Hondo yeImjinzvakaitika, Yi akanga ari Mobile Border Commander. Musi waApril 24, 1592, Yi akarwa neJapan paHondo yeSangju. Yi akaronga boka ravarwi vanenge 800 asi vakanga vasina kurongwa. Yi akatanga kurovedza nevamwe vavo musi wa25 April. Vakakundwa neJapan yakamirirwa. Yi akanga atizira kuChungju ndokusangana naShin Rip. Shin Rip akaedza kuuraya Yi achitora mutoro wokukundwa, asi Yi haana kuurawa nokuti Kim Yeo-mul akamisa Shin Rip. Yi akapinda muHondo yeChungju naShin Rip uye akakundwa ndokudzokera kuPyongan Province zvakare. Yi akabatsira kutorazve Pyongyang nemauto eMing nekukunda Siege yePyongyang musi wa 8 Ndira 1593. 