As the Ichijo army provoked the enemy by attacking villages east of the Shimanto-gawa River and the castle town of the Nakamura-jo Castle, Motochika CHOSOKABE arrived on the east bank of the Shimanto-gawa River with the army 7,300 strong after a mere three days.
一条方が四万十川以東の集落や中村城の城下町を襲って挑発すると、長宗我部元親はわずか3日後に7300の軍勢を率いて四万十川東岸に現れた。