"Oh Hachiman Mahasattva! Stop! The Samurai and the fleet, halt! Form defensive formations!…"
"Misunderstanding! There must be a misunderstanding… Send out an Envoy, explain our purpose, show goodwill to the Shandan Chief!…!"
"Where are the gifts? Zou Jirou, bring those three sets of Silk Clothes! Yes, send them all, including my Vestment robe! Only precious Silk Clothes are worthy of such a powerful Shandan Chief!…"
As the sun rose to its zenith, the two armies stood across the Korobetsu River, both setting up defensive formations at the river's estuary. Trading such large quantities of gold involved enormous wealth. With no sufficient trust and constraints, each trade required the pulling out of military forces, setting up a scene of war.
