To counterattack it, Hongan-ji Temple encircled the fleet with small ships in Tannowa (now Misaki Cho, Osaka Prefecture) and attacked with guns and flaming arrows.
本願寺はこれを迎え討つべく、淡輪（現大阪府岬町）でこの船団を小船で取り囲み、鉄砲や火矢で攻撃した。