Takakage planned to break into Wakasa Province by joining forces and carrying out operations with his vassals and also with Nobutaka TAKEDA, who had taken refuge with the Asakura family.
朝倉氏に身を寄せていた武田一族の武田信孝、朝倉家臣と共同で若狭乱入を企て、朝倉軍も同時行動の動きを見せる。