However, Yorinari gained Nobuhide ODA's support and became and ally of Masayori, who had been banished and was under the protection of Kagetaka ASAKURA (the tenth master of the [ASAKURA] family); with the help of the ASAKURA and ODA clans, Yorinari and Masayori invaded Mino Province under the excuse of returning to Mino.
しかし織田信秀の後援を得た頼芸は、先に追放され朝倉孝景(10代当主)の庇護を受けていた政頼と連携を結ぶと、両者は、美濃復帰を大義名分に掲げて朝倉氏と織田氏の援助を背景として、美濃へ侵攻した。