In October, while Nobunaga was dispatching troops to Settsu Province to put down Miyoshi Sanninshu (three chief retainers of the Miyoshi clan) and Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple (the Battle of Noda-jo Castle and Fukushima-jo Castle), Yoshikage departed for the front by himself and invaded Sakamoto in Omi Province in the territory of the Oda clan in cooperation with the Azai army.
9月、信長が三好三人衆・石山本願寺討伐のために摂津国に出兵（野田城・福島城の戦い）している隙をついて、義景は自ら出陣し、浅井軍と共同して織田領の近江坂本に侵攻する。