Tadakuni who firstly hesitated to attack Gisho fell under both pressures of the repeated orders of Yoshinori and subordinates who were discontent with Tadakuni's disobedience to the shogunate, Tadakuni finally ordered his senior vassals, including Tadahisa YAMADA and Tadaomi NIIRO to put Gisho down.
当初は義昭討伐を渋っていた忠国も度重なる義教からの命令と幕命違反に不満を抱く家中の意見双方の圧力に屈する形で、重臣の山田忠尚・新納忠臣らに義昭討伐を命じたのである。