The Asakura Clan commanders, Yamazaki and Makara face off with Hideyoshi’s forces of 3,000 men with an army of 20,000. Part of the Hideyoshi forces stay behind at Kanegasaki Castle in order to slow them even more. The Asakura Clan immediately begin their attack, but Hanbee’s plan was already in effect.
we, the three thousand men of the Oda 
army rearguard, will hold the enemy back!
سنصدّ نحن، ساقة جيش أودا بالثلاثة ألف رجل، هجوم العدو
werden wir, die 3.000-Mann-starke Nachhut
der Oda-Armee, den Feind zurückhalten!
saremo noi, la retroguardia di tremila uomini 
degli Oda, a trattenere il nemico!
Nós, os três mil fortes da retaguarda
dos Oda, vamos segurar o inimigo!