Because the Toyotomi family could not expect the backup of daimyo (feudal lords), they collected ronin (masterless samurai) and sent an envoy to Nobushige in Kudoyama to give 200 pieces of gold and 30 kan (a unit of weight, with one kan equaling approximately 3.7 kg) of silver.
大名の加勢が期待できない豊臣家は浪人(武士)を集める策を採り、九度山の信繁の元にも使者を派遣し、黄金200枚、銀30貫を贈った。