On the way to Nara, he got the information of the enemy's large-scale advance from Kawachi, so he gave SAKAMOTO no Takara three troops which was formed of hundreds of soldiers each and sent him to the west.
途中、河内から敵の大軍がくるとの情報を得た吹負は、坂本財らに兵力各数百の三部隊を委ねて西方に分派した。