Although this anecdote is a fiction written in later years, it seems that the story mock the real story that Ujimasa sent his army to the same battle line over and over again in the confrontation against the Satake clan.
この逸話は後世の創作だが、氏政が佐竹氏との対立などで同じ戦線に何度も陣を重ねたことへの揶揄がもとにされていると思われる。