Hideyoshi held a thorough cover-up of the fact that Nobunaga had died, trying not to let the Mori clan know that Hedeyoshi had no backing after Nobunaga's death.
秀吉方は信長落命によって秀吉が後ろ盾を失った状態であることを毛利方に知られないように徹底的に信長落命の事実を隠匿した。