As a strategy to lift the morale, Nobushige requested that Hideyori TOYOTOMI himself depart for the front, but he was prevented from doing so by Hideyori's close advisers and mother Yodo-dono (Lady Yodo).
信繁は士気を高める策として豊臣秀頼自身の出陣を求めたが、側近衆や母の淀殿に阻まれ失敗する。