Masamoto HOSOKAWA's army seemed to keep Yosazaemon JINBO as Joshu (castellan), but braced for possible attacks by Hisanobu HATAKEYAMA's army making the armies of Motokazu YAKUSHIJI and Nagatada YAKUSHIJI brothers, and Motonaga KOZAI and the Naito clan (Tanba line) enter the castle.
細川政元軍は神保与三佐衛門を城主としていたようだが、薬師寺元一、薬師寺長忠兄弟、香西元長、内藤氏内藤氏（丹波系）軍も入城させ、畠山尚順軍からの攻城戦に備えた。