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Everybody agreed with his proposal promptly. Then, the Sumera-mikoto commanded soldiers of the army to cease the fight and not to advance any more. The opposite army did not dare to pursue after the retreating royal army. In safety, they returned to Kusaka-no-tu, where, yelling out war cry with raising their shields up, they enhanced their spirits.
Then, the Sumera-mikoto decided to make his army retreat temporarily suggesting weakness and to try to pray heavenly and earthy deities seeking for their divine protections. He proposed an idea before the army that if they fought with the sun in the background, the opposite army must have to loose in battle without shedding any blood.
今日も、ちゃぽちゃんは忙しいそうです。
「うん。ちゃぽ、忙しいんだ。」
Being worried the wound of his brother deeply, the Sumera-mikoto analyzed that this misfortune must have be occurred because his force fought against the sun, though he was a descendant from the sun goddess. For the Sumera-mikoto, this behavior meant a deviation from the way of the Heaven. In the Kojiki, these words were to be said by Ituse-on-mikoto himself.
Unfortunately, during the battle with the army of Nagasune-hiko, Ituse-no-mikoto, who was elder brother of the Sumera-mikoto, happened to injure his elbow by a stray arrow. Because of his wound, the royal army could not help ceasing from the battle unavoidably.
When the troops of the Sumera-mikoto appeared on the mountain side of Ikoma, Nagasune-hiko, who was the chief of the opposite force, was informed that they were in a critical situation. Hearing this report, Nagasune-hiko was assured that the reason why the descendant of the deities from the Heaven came up to his area must have been in order to usurp his nation. Thus, both of whole armies began a combat and fought fiercely at Kusae-no-saka.
ちゃぽちゃんは、今日は、とって～も忙しそうです。”うん！ちゃぽ、とって～も忙しいの。”
On 9th of April of this summer, the royal army managed to prepare for armaments and marched towards Tatuta. Because the road leading to Tatuta was too steep to line up two files, they decided to turn back halfway and advance into inside of the opposite nation over the Mt. Ikoma.
