Shingen therefore planned to confront Nobunaga in either the Mikawa-Owari area or Mino after he limited Nobunaga's forces in the Kinki region by deploying the troops of Nagamasa AZAI and Yoshikage ASAKURA as well as the followers of the Ikko sect of Hongan-ji Temple, so that Nobunaga would have a limited force to move to the east (the anti-Nobunaga network).
そこで信玄は近畿圏において浅井長政・朝倉義景及び本願寺一向衆等の各勢力により織田家の兵力を拘束し、東方へ向ける兵力を限定させた上で三河・尾張若しくは美濃で織田と決戦するという戦略を立てていた（信長包囲網）。