Yoshikage ASAKURA dispatched troops led by one of his clans Kagetake ASAKURA as supreme commander to Oda troops that were coming up to Odani-jo Castle which was the base of the Aｚai clan.
浅井氏の本拠である小谷城へ迫る織田軍に対して朝倉義景は一族の朝倉景健を総大将とする兵を派遣した。