While Motoharu KIKKAWA and his son Motonaga KIKKAWA, who received the news of Nobunaga's death, insisted on searching out and destroying Hideyoshi, Takakage insisted that 'it is immoral to pursue someone while the blood on the written oath is still wet, and it is a misconduct to take advantage of Nobunaga's death,' and the Mori army reserved the pursuit of the Hashiba army.
信長の死を知り、秀吉を追撃するべきとする吉川元春・吉川元長父子に対し、隆景は「誓紙の血が乾かぬうちに追撃するのは不義であり、信長の死に乗ずるのは不祥である」と主張したため、毛利軍が羽柴軍を追撃しなかった。