However, most of the family members, who attached themselves to the former family head Iechika, agreed on the alliance with Oda and thus the family head Motochika MIMURA decided to turn against the Mori clan.
しかし、前当主・三村家親を慕う一族の大勢は織田方につくことで一致し、当主三村元親は毛利家離反を決定した。