Meanwhile, the Oda clan received a request from Tsugutura CHO for reinforcement as Katsuie SHIBATA and so on, was on the way to Kaga Province with an advance party of 30,000 soldiers, and a main force of 18,000 soldiers led by Nobunaga.
一方、長続連の援軍要請を受けていた織田氏は、柴田勝家らの先発隊3万、信長率いる本隊1万8000が加賀国に向かっていた。