Hearing the poem of the Sumera-mikoto, perhaps satisfying their hunger with fishes, the force recovered their spirits. Thus, as previously having been arranged, the selected troops went across over Sumi-saka and attack the enemies on both flanks. Finally, the Sumera-mikoto ruined Takeru-E-shiki.
The poem of the Sumera-mikoto is as follows; we are now hungry, because we fought against the enemies with watching them and hiding ourselves among the leaves of trees on the Mt. Isasa. Oh, please come and help us, our friends, cormorant fishermen! Cormorant fishermen, called U-kai in Japanese, are experts who make cormorants get fishes without swallowing them.
The Sumera-mikoto appreciated the ingenious stratagem of Shiine-tu-hiko exceedingly. In accordance with the indicated procedure, the Me-no-Ikusa was dispatched to Oshi-saka firstly. The enemies were so frightened by the Me-no-Ikusa, who looked as like a large force indeed, that they could not fight against it severely.
Shiine-tu-hiko continued talking his plot, “While our Me-no-Ikusa and the troops of the enemy be fighting on Oshi-saka violently, we shall send our selected troops to the Sumi-saka immediately and make them put out fire that the enemy have build for defensive purpose by water drawn up from the Uda-river. They will surprise at the sudden attack and be caught napping! Perchance, we shall defeat them thoroughly.”
As the exhortation to peace by Oto-shiki had failed, Shiinetu-hiko recommended the Sumera-mikoto to carry out the following stratagem. He said, “Now, we shall send Me-no-Ikusa,” who had been subordinates of Yaso-takeru formerly, “to Oshi-saka. Then, E-shiki will concentrate his hand-picked troops on the fight on Oshi-saka.”
Accepting the recommendation of the generals, the Sumera-mikoto sent Oto-shiki to E-shiki in order to explain advantages and disadvantages attendant on his subjection. In spite of endeavors of Oto-shiki, E-shiki, who had held silly wiles, was not complied with his exhortation to peace.
The generals counseled the Sumera-mikoto, “Your Majesty, E-shiki is so wily that you should send the younger brother, Oto-shiki, to persuade him in the first place and E-kuraji and Oto-kuraji to exhort him at the second place. It won’t be too late for you that you decide to dispatch our army to him even after having done these steps.”
Because the Sumera-mikoto realized that E-shiki was eager to wage war against him, he convened his generals and asked them, “Now, E-shiki seems to have strong intention to fight against us. He was bold enough to reject my invitation. What should we do, my friends!”
Oto-shiki, guided by Yata-no-karasu, visited the encampment of the Sumera-mikoto and informed him, “Having heard that you had came here, my elder brother E-shiki tried to fight against your force by increasing armaments and calling soldiers called Yaso-takeru. We should prepare for the fight immediately. Your, Majesty!”
