The Wonshan detachment concentrated artillery fire on the outermost base in the northwest outside the Peony Terrace, the fortress was destroyed, and the Qing army was forced to retreat at 6:50. Soon, the second base was also abandoned under Japanese attack. At 7:15, after the Yuanshan detachment occupied the second base outside the northwest of Peony Terrace, it ended the Jiziling position defended by the Qing army under Jiang Zikang's department, and went straight to the bottom of Peony Terrace. When the Yuanshan detachment attacked the second fort in the northwest outside Mudan Terrace, the Shuoning detachment also launched an attack on the second fort in the northeast. The Japanese general immediately saw that Naowen first sent two squadrons of infantry to storm the northeastern fortress. The Qing army held the fortress and fought until about 7:30, when the Qing army abandoned the fortress.

In this way, the remaining other fortress in the northeast of Peony Terrace is in an isolated and helpless position. The Japanese mountain artillery grenades frequently exploded on the forts, but the Qing troops still fought in strong positions and resisted strongly, and fought until 8 o'clock before withdrawing from the fortress. At this point, the four fortresses of the Qing army and the positions of the Jiziling Tomb that covered the Peony Terrace and Xuanwu Gate from the outside all fell into the hands of the Japanese army. The two detachments of the Japanese army, Yuanshan and Shuoning, combined their forces to outflank Mudantai from the east, north, and west, and carried out a three-sided joint attack on the defenders of Mudantai. Mudodae is the commanding height of Pyongyang City, according to the victory of the whole city, Peonydae was lost, and the whole city was threatened, so the Japanese army had already paid attention to this, so they concentrated the forces of the two detachments of Sonyong and Wonsan in an attempt to capture it in one fell swoop. After the Japanese occupied the outer fortress, they immediately used platoon artillery to concentrate on bombardment of the Peony Tai stronghold to cover the infantry attack. The Qing army, under the command of Zuo Guigui, refused to defend against all odds, and persevered with all its might, fiercely returning fire at the attacking Japanese infantry with rapid-fire guns, and the Japanese army fought quite difficult.

In order to support the infantry charge, the little devils concentrated artillery fire and bombarded Peony Terrace, the outer city of Peony Terrace was shot one after another, the chest wall of the fortress was destroyed, the rapid-fire guns were also damaged, and the Qing army suffered heavy losses. The little devils swarmed up like ants, and although our defenders resisted desperately, they were finally defeated and retreated because they were outnumbered, and at 8:30 the Peony Terrace fell.

After the Japanese army captured the Peony Terrace, they immediately lined up artillery on the fortress and bombarded the Xuanwu Gate. Zuo Guigui, who was supervising the battle at Xuanwu Gate, saw the fall of Peony Terrace, knew that the general trend had gone, and still insisted on commanding the battle. Wearing a yellow coat to command the battle, Zuo Guigui was given priority care by the little devil's artillery fire, and Zuo Guigui was shot twice, but he still insisted on not retreating and commanded calmly. The last criminal shell accurately landed on Zuo Guigui's side, and the violent explosion took away a wisp of heroic soul, and Zuo Guigui, the chief soldier of Gaozhou Town, died heroically! When the bad news came, the government and the opposition were shocked! The Qing court decreed: "...... Zuo Gui wrote according to the example of the death of the Admiral, and gave mercy to him. During his tenure, he was punished, and he was given a blessing, and he was enshrined in the Zhaozhong Temple. All the traces of the battle and the shape of the death will be passed on to the National History Museum. It is allowed to establish a special shrine in the province of meritorious service. "And ordered Li Hongzhang to find out Zuo's precious heirs and allow him to come to Beijing to wait for his grace." This is a matter of no further aside.

After Zuo Guigui was martyred, under the fierce bombardment of the Japanese artillery, the Xuanwu Gate tower was also destroyed, only four pillars remained, standing at the head of the city, and the firepower of the Qing army was weakened. The Japanese army took advantage of the situation and sent a small group of soldiers to sneak into the city, and ascended from the side of the Xuanwu Gate with a rope ladder, and the Qing Dynasty defenders were scattered. The Japanese army seized the Xuanwu Gate and advanced into the city, where they were sniped by the Qing army in the city. The Japanese army did not know the truth, and its general immediately saw that Shang Wen saw that it was difficult to attack the inner city for a while, so he sent a flying cavalry to order the troops entering the Xuanwu Gate to withdraw to the high ground north of the city to observe the movement of the Qing army. In this way, the battle of Xuanwumen immediately stopped.

In the battlefield southwest of the city, the Japanese army attacking this line was the headquarters of the 3rd Division led by Katsura Taro. At 7 a.m., the unit arrived at the mountain and river caves southwest of Pyongyang and immediately fired at the Qing troops on the hills. and dispatched infantry to charge the Qing fortress, but failed to succeed. The Qing army twice sent horse teams to counterattack, but was also repulsed by the Japanese who occupied favorable terrain. The Qing cavalry attacked twice, killing 273 horses and more than 130 soldiers. Due to the large number and fortification of the Qing army forts on this line, the Japanese mountain artillery was powerless to destroy them. By noon, the two armies were in a de facto truce. Seeing that the battle was unfavorable, the Qing army relied on the fortress to hold on, making it difficult for the Japanese army to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

The heavens were moved by the tragedy of the Qing army, and it began to rain. The rain forced the Japanese troops on all fronts to stop their offensive. After several hours of fierce fighting, although the northern battlefield, Peony Terrace and Xuanwu Gate were lost one after another. However, the Japanese army had not yet entered the city, and for the Qing army, the war was still promising. Because the ammunition of the Qing army at that time, grain and grass were enough to support more than a month, and the Japanese army's ammunition and grain were about to run out. In addition, it was raining heavily at that time, and the Japanese army was sleeping in the rain, and the situation was extremely difficult. If the Qing army is determined to hold on, the tide of the battle is likely to turn around.

However, the loss of Peony Terrace and Xuanwu Gate and the death of Zuo Guigui frightened Ye Zhichao, the commander of the Qing army. He consulted with the generals and decided to abandon the city and flee, saying: "The throat of the north gate is lost, the ammunition is not complete, the transport is not passable, and the army is frightened. If you abandon Pyongyang temporarily, make him proud, raise my ambition, and try to make a big move, I will succeed in one go. At that time, only Ma Yukun spoke out against it, but Ye Zhichao resolutely refused to listen.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of September 15, 1894, the Qing army began to retreat. Ye Zhichao had already secretly spread the word to each battalion, lightly armed and armed, and retreated at night. Because of the hurried incident, it was not known, and the heavy rain poured, and the Qing soldiers braved the rain to form groups, or swarmed out from the Seven Star Gate and the Jinghai Gate, or climbed over the city wall; Or take the Yongsan Avenue and go to the coast, or run north from the Euiju Avenue. The Japanese Wonsan detachment was ambushed on the Uiju Avenue, and the main force of the 3rd Division was ambushed on the Yongsan Avenue to intercept the retreating Qing army. From 8 o'clock in the evening of the 15th to dawn the next day, the Qing soldiers were in an endless stream, rushing straight ahead, but when they came to the ambush circle, they were attacked by Japanese guns and artillery.

It was overcast and raining heavily. The Qing soldiers abandoned the city in the rain and fled, like frightened birds, regardless of the path, and rushed straight in groups. The Japanese army had already set up an ambush, and the mountain passes were tightly guarded, and the momentum was like a net on the ground, and the Qing troops rushed several times, and there was no gap to enter. Moreover, the front army was attacked by the enemy, so it had to turn back and backward; In order to escape for their lives, the soldiers only rushed forward. The advancing and retreating soldiers were suddenly huddled together, and the night was dark, and there was no distinction between north and south. In the end, the Qing soldiers did not ask the enemy or me, put their guns and knives, and killed each other in chaos, deeply pitiful. The soldiers who marched forward, who were both shot by the enemy and hit by their own artillery, trampled on each other, suffered heavy casualties, and unjustly died under their own artillery fire. At this time, looking for the father and the son, calling the brother and the brother, the ghost crying the god, shaking the field. Those who are a little familiar with the people and the land, looking for the Korean natives to guide the way, have all been off the net, frightened and helpless, not to drown in the water, then lead the blade to kill themselves, and even look for stones to meet, people and forests hang their necks. Dead bodies are everywhere, blood is in a canal, miserable and sad, unspeakable! In one night alone, more than 1,500 Qing troops were killed and 683 taken prisoner. The Qing army was captured by the Japanese army with countless munitions, ammunition, food, and other materials. Before that, the Qing army fought fiercely in Pyongyang for a day, and the losses were only a few hundred people.