Although Mitsuhide's troops were ordered to attack the Mori clan in Bicchu Province by his lord Nobunaga ODA, he suddely changed his path saying that his enemy was Nobunaga himself in Honnno-ji Temple and headed towards Honnno-ji Temple in Kyoto.
主君の織田信長より備中国の毛利氏を攻めるように命じられていた光秀の軍勢は、討つべき敵は本能寺にいる信長であるとして急に進路を変え、京都の本能寺に向かう。