In the meantime, OTOMO no Fukei who was on the side of the Prince Oama planned to seize the control of the enemy's troops by breaking into the City of Yamato with a small number of soldiers.
しかし、大海人皇子にくみした大伴吹負は、少数で乗り込んで敵軍の指揮権を奪取する計略を立てた。