Having received this news, Nobunaga ODA sent Naokatsu FUKUTOMI, Nobumori SAKUMA, and, on December 11, 1578, made Mitsuhide AKECHI, Yukan MATSUI and Hideyoshi HASHIBA to visit Ariake-jo Castle.
この報に接した織田信長は福富直勝、佐久間信盛を派遣し、更に同年11月3日に明智光秀、松井友閑、羽柴秀吉を有明城に向かわせた。