On the other hand, Hideyoshi, who was frustrated with the delayed visit by Ujimasa, regarded Ujimasa's attitude not to visit and serve Hideyoshi as the rejection of the subordination to the Toyotomi family; issued a formal order to those daimyo to search out and destroy Ujimasa on December 23 (old calendar).
未だに上洛を引き延ばす氏政の姿勢に業を煮やした秀吉は、氏政の上洛・出仕の拒否を豊臣家への従属拒否であるとみなし、12月23日、諸大名に正式に追討の陣触れを発した。