Following Nobunaga ODA's order, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI concentrated on an attack against Miki-jo Castle where Nagaharu BESSHO was besieged (the Battle of Miki), so Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI requested Katsuhisa AMAGO and his vassals to withdraw from Kozuki-jo Castle.
豊臣秀吉は織田信長の命により、別所長治が籠る三木城攻略に専念することとなり（三木合戦）、尼子主従に上月城からの撤退を要請した。