▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁caval ry ▁approached . ▁Min ye ▁Ky aws wa ▁moved ▁four ▁reg iments ▁( 4 0 0 0 ▁men , ▁ 3 0 0 ▁horses , ▁ 2 0 ▁ele ph ants ) ▁of ▁the ▁army ▁near ▁the ▁S ink han ▁forest ▁outside ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁A va ▁army ▁then ▁amb ushed ▁the ▁larger ▁Chinese ▁army ▁as ▁they ▁came ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁forest . ▁The ▁Chinese ▁army ▁was ▁driven ▁back . ▁Five ▁Chinese ▁command ers , ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁troops ▁and ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁horses ▁were ▁taken ▁prisoner . ▁The ▁sie ge ▁last ed ▁one ▁more ▁month ▁until ▁ ▁November ▁ 1 4 1 2 ▁when ▁M ink ha ung ▁called ▁back ▁Min ye ▁Ky aws wa ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁face ▁off ▁Raz ad ar it ▁who ▁had ▁just ▁re open ed ▁the ▁southern ▁front ▁by ▁attack ing ▁P rome . ▁ ▁P rome ▁( 1 4 1 2 – 1 4 1 3 ) ▁Min ye ▁Ky aws wa ▁immediately ▁sa iled ▁down ▁from ▁A va ▁to ▁P rome ▁with ▁about ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 6 0 0 0 ▁troops . ▁His ▁father ▁had ▁already ▁left ▁for ▁P rome ▁with ▁an ▁army ▁consisted ▁of ▁seven ▁reg iments . ▁When ▁Min ye ▁Ky aws wa ▁arrived , ▁the ▁father ▁and ▁son ▁tried ▁to ▁break ▁the ▁Han th aw addy ▁lines . ▁They ▁made ▁no ▁meaning ful ▁progress ▁until ▁after ▁about ▁four