At the time of a siege in the Tanabe-jo Castle (Tango Province) (the Battle of Tanabe-jo Castle) in the Battle of Sekigahara, he got a secret order to be a messenger to the Imperial Palace and escaped from the Tanabe-jo Castle (Refer to 'Jinzaemon NAKAMURA as a messenger from a siege in the Tanabe-jo Castle').
関ヶ原の戦いにおける田辺城(丹後国)籠城（田辺城の戦い）では、皇居への使いという密命を受け田辺城を脱出した（「中村甚左衛門田辺御籠城御使者一件」参照）。