During the combat against Masachika MATSUDA, a general of the Akechi side, Yoshiharu HORIO, the first squad went up the mountain and then Hidemasa was about to follow, but his retainer Shichirobe HORI said as follows:
明智の将、松田政近との戦の際、第一陣の堀尾吉晴がまず山を登る、その後秀政が続いて登ろうとしたとき、家臣の堀七郎兵衛が次のように諌めた。