First, Hideyoshi broke into Harima, reducing the Kodera clan, the Akamatsu clan in Okishio, and the Akamatsu clan in Tatsuno to obedience, and destroyed the opposing Akamatsu clan in Sayo, to consolidate its dominance.
秀吉はまず播磨国に進出し、小寺氏・屋塩赤松氏・龍野赤松氏を服従させ、反抗する佐用赤松氏を滅ぼし、支配を固めた。