However, the Oda's troops were fighting with Yoshikage ASAKURA, with Nagamasa ASAI, and with Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple, and in addition, were being attacked by Takeda's troops in the area up to Iwamura-jo Castle in Mino Province.
しかしながら、織田軍も当時は朝倉義景、浅井長政、石山本願寺と抗争状態にあり、さらには美濃国・岩村城までを武田軍に攻撃されていた。