Although Katsuie SHIBATA, who visited Kyoto, was surpassed by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, Hideyoshi was reconciled with the also confronted Mori clan and achieved Chugoku Ogaeshi (reaction to Honnoji Incident by Hideyoshi HASHIBA, in which he rushed back to Bichu even though he was in a battle with Mitsuhide AKECHI in Yamazaki which is near the boundary between Settsu Province and Yamashiro Province when he learnt the news).
上洛した柴田勝家も豊臣秀吉に先を越され、同じように対峙していた毛利氏と和睦して中国大返しを成し遂げた秀吉とは明暗が分かれた。