When in October of that same year he was informed that the allied armies of the Asai and Asakura clans had marched out, he led a sortie from Usayama-jo Castle in an effort to impede their advance, deploying his troops in Sakamoto in order to block their way forward.
同年9月、宇佐山城に在った可成は浅井氏・朝倉氏の連合軍出撃の知らせを受けて進軍を妨害する為に宇佐山より出撃して坂本に陣取り街道を封鎖。