However, the Province of Mino, which the messengers had to pass through, was the first region seized by Prince Oama, and his troops closed Fuwa-no-seki checking station located on the border with the Province of Omi.
使者の通過点にあたる美濃国は大海人皇子がまっさきに押さえたところで、近江国との境にある不破関はその兵力で封鎖されていた。