Yodo-dono (Lady Yodo; Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's concubine and the mother of Hideyori, the heir to the Toyotomi clan) was surprised to hear of this treachery and dispatched an envoy to Takatsugu's wife (Yodo-dono's younger sister Hatsu/Joko-in was at Otsu-jo Castle as she was Takatsugu's lawful wife) to call for a truce and surrender, but the Otsu side never accepted it.
この出来事に大坂城の淀殿は驚き、高次夫人に使者を遣わして（淀殿の妹である初（常高院）は高次の正室として城中にあった）、停戦・降伏を求めるが大津側は断固として拒否。