Yoshiaki commanded Shingen TAKEDA of Kai Province, Terumoto MORI of Aki Province, Nagamasa AZAI of Omi Province, Yoshikage ASAKURA of Echizen Province, Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple in Settsu Province and others to hunt down and kill Nobunaga and organized an anti-Nobunaga network.
義昭は甲斐国の武田信玄や安芸国の毛利輝元、近江国の浅井長政や越前国の朝倉義景、摂津国の石山本願寺などに信長追討令を下し、信長包囲網を結成した。