However, on July 1570 Nobunaga faced off against the Azai and Asakura allied forces at the side of the Ane-gawa River in Omi Province with the Tokugawa army in order to defeat Nagamasa AZAI.
対して信長は浅井長政を討つべく、元亀元年（1570年）6月、近江国姉川河原で徳川軍とともに浅井・朝倉連合軍と対峙する。