Toshizo calmly judged the circumstances and calmed his men down by telling them that "if our enemy really wished to surround us they would hide all noises so that we will not notice them."
これに対し歳三は「本当に包囲しようとするなら、音を隠し気づかれないようにする。」と冷静に状況を判断し、部下を落ち着かせた。