He won Kiyohide NAKAGAWA, Ukon TAKAYAMA and Tsuneoki IKEDA, who were warlords in Settsu Province to his side here, and merged with Nobutaka ODA and Nagahide NIWA, who were in Sakai City for dispatching troops to Shikoku.
ここで摂津の武将中川清秀・高山右近・池田恒興を味方につけ、さらに四国出兵のため堺市にいた織田信孝・丹羽長秀と合流した。