It is true that Katsutoyo was actively wooing the people around him to join the eastern forces because other Tokaido feudal lords, particularly the older generation, were losing power since Kazuuji NAKAMURA was near death and Takauji's father, Yoshiharu HORIO, was seriously injured after an attack by a would-be assassin.
ただし東海道筋の他の大名である中村一氏が死の床にあり、同じく忠氏の父堀尾吉晴も刺客に襲われて重傷を負うなど老練な世代が行動力を失っているなかで周辺の勢力が東軍につくよう一豊が積極的にとりまとめていたことは事実である。