In any event, the capital faction, with Hideyasu FUJIWARA as the general in command, decided to meet the shogunal army in battle, and consequently sent more than 17,500 riders out into Mino Province (now part of Gifu Prefecture).
とりあえず、藤原秀康を総大将として幕府軍を迎え撃つこととして、1万7500余騎を美濃国へ差し向ける。