Nagamori MASHITA got very angry and advised Mitsunari to defeat Yoshisato, but Mitsumari did not accuse him because 'if I defeat Yoshisato, public opinion in the Omi Province will be affected.'
増田長盛はこれに激怒し、義郷を討ち果たすべきと三成に進言したが、三成は「義郷を討てば近江の民心が離れる」との理由で義郷を咎めなかった。