Ieyasu got flustered and said that he would go to Kyoto and follow Nobunaga to the grave in Honno-ji Temple, but he was convinced by his vassals and tried to go back to his territory.
家康はうろたえ、一時は京に行き本能寺で信長に殉じるとまで言ったが、家臣に説得され帰国を図る。