Both sides approached the peace talks with extreme caution, primarily out of fear that the other might set an ambush, as the matter of negotiation itself held little new—after all, the real bargaining had already been settled on the battlefield.
The main reason Toya Hongtong sought a face-to-face meeting was to see Nozawa with his own eyes, and judge his character personally.
After a day's communication, at dawn the next day, Toya Hongtong, Asahina Taisuke, and Yakai Chiyomoto brought twenty attendants to a flat area near the center of the battlefield, slightly to the east. At the same time, Nozawa set out from the breach in the Yang Wall with Ah Man, Ah Qing, and twenty followers.
