Yoshinao ISSHIKI and Shigeyori TOKI were on his side and furthermore, when Masahiro OUCHI was pardoned on the advice of Sadachika in the same year, Katsumoto Hosokawa, who was against OUCHI's pardoning, stood up for Yoshikado, opposing Sadachika.
すると一色義直、土岐成頼らも義廉に味方するようになり、さらに、同年に貞親の助言で大内政弘が赦免されると、これに反対していた細川勝元までもが反貞親として義廉の味方となる。