Gathering most of the daimyo who had been engaged in the fighting to defeat the Uesugi clan, Ieyasu declared that he would change the direction of their movements of the forces, saying that 'We should defeat Mitsunari who is a cunning retainer of the Imperial court and does ill to Lord Hideyori.'
家康は、上杉氏征伐に従軍していた諸大名の大半を集め、「秀頼公に害を成す君側の奸臣・三成を討つため」として、上方に反転すると告げた。