Mitsunari perceived their scheme and fled with his chief vassal Kiyooki SHIMA (also known as Sakon SHIMA) to the residence of his ally Yoshinobu SATAKE (Ukyo no daibu).
しかし三成はそれを察知し盟友・佐竹義宣(右京大夫)の屋敷に重臣・島清興（左近）らとともに逃れた。