Mitsuhide put Kyoto under control, but Fujitaka HOSOKAWA and Junkei TSUTSUI, to whom Mitsuhide had asked for cooperation, did not answer his request as he had expected.
京都を押さえた光秀だったが、協力を求めた細川藤孝や筒井順慶の光秀への対応は期待に沿うものではなかった。