A war council was convened in Takatsuki City on June 12, where Hideyoshi recommended Nagahide, and then Nobutaka, as the supreme commander, but conversely Hideyoshi himself became the virtual leader at the request of the two (nominally Nobutaka became the supreme commander).
12日に高槻市で軍議を開き、秀吉は長秀、次いで信孝を総大将に推したが、逆に両者から望まれて自身が事実上の盟主となった（名目上、信孝が総大将となった）。