Moreover, receiving the report from Raishu SHIMOTSUMA who rushed back to Yamashina Hongan-ji Temple, Rennyo asserted that Jitsugen of Chosho-ji Temple just followed the order from hoshu and that those who opposed the order were the traitors to hoshu, and gave orders under the name of Shonyo to Chosho-ji Temple and the followers throughout the country that Gashu Sanka-ji Temples be subjugated.
更に急遽山科本願寺に戻った下間頼秀の報告を受けた蓮淳は超勝寺実顕の行為はあくまでも法主の命令に従ったものであり、その命に逆らうものは法主への反逆であるとして超勝寺と全国の門徒に対して賀州三ヶ寺の討伐命令を証如の名で発したのである。