In response, Yoshihiro declared that he had formed an alliance with the Kanto (the kubo, or shogunal representative of Kanto, Mitsukane ASHIKAGA) to remonstrate with the shogunate's policies, and to go now to Kyoto would violate the terms of that alliance, but said he would be marching on Kyoto together with Mitsukane on the second day of the following month.
これに対して、義弘は政道を諌めるため関東（関東公方足利満兼）と同心しており、ここで上洛すれば約束を違える事になる、来月2日に関東とともに上洛すると言い放った。