"When the soldiers of the Nitta forces, which were defeated in the Battle of Hakone, tried to cut the bridge over the Tenryu River, Yoshisada said 'Even if we cut the bridge, it would be easy to reconstruct it. We would be shamed if it were said that the Nitta forces cut the bridge because they were in a rush to escape' and ordered soldiers to withdraw asking local people to take care of the bridge.
“箱根の戦いに負けた新田軍の兵士が天竜川にかかる橋を切り落とそうとした際、「橋を落としてもまた架けるのはたやすい。新田軍は橋を切り落とし慌てて逃げたと言われるのは末代までの恥となる」と言い、土地の者に橋の番を頼んで兵を引いた。