At this time as soon as Hideyoshi, who was in the battle of flooding Bicchu Takamatsu Castle, knew this incident, he immediately concluded a peace with Terumoto MORI on the condition of Seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) of Muneharu SHIMIZU, a lord of Takamatsu Castle and had his troops go back to Kyoto (Chugoku Oogaeshi).
このとき、備中高松城を水攻めにしていた秀吉は事件を知ると、すぐさま高松城城主・清水宗治の切腹を条件にして毛利輝元と講和し、京都に軍を返した（＝中国大返し）。