However, in the early morning on June 13, Nobunaga led those 3,000 troops at the front-line and attacked the 15,000 strong Hongan-ji Temple army that had besieged the Tennoji Fort.
しかし信長は5月7日早朝、その3,000人の軍勢を率いて自ら先頭に立ち、天王寺砦を包囲する本願寺軍1万5,000人に攻め入った。