When Nobunaga ODA was killed in the Honnoji Incident in July, Hideyoshi kept the incident secret, quickly made peace with the Mori clan, and returned to the Kinai region to search out and destroy Mitsuhide AKECHI (Chugoku Ogaeshi [a quick return from the Chugoku region]).
6月に本能寺の変が起きて織田信長が死去すると、秀吉は明智光秀討伐のため、毛利方に本能寺の変を秘したままで急ぎ和睦を結び、畿内へ取って返す（中国大返し）。