Being helped by people, including Yoshinobu NATSUME, who were killed instead of him, Ieyasu himself narrowly escaped back to Hamamatsu-jo Castle, and it is even said that he defecated on his horse on the occasion.
夏目吉信に代表される身代わりに助けられて、命からがら浜松城に逃げ帰った家康自身も、馬上で脱糞したとさえ言われている。