It is not known whether it was for blocking the supply route or destroying castles for signal fire, but, according to "Shinchoko-ki," Nobunaga ODA got angry and said "It is an outrageous thing to do the act without permission" and sent troops to Rokko mountains, Kannoji-jo Castle and Jurinji-jo Castle.
補給路を断つためか、烽火城を潰すためかは不明だが、『信長公記』によると、「御断わりも申し上げず曲事」と織田信長は激怒し兵を六甲山中や神呪寺城、鷲林寺城に向けた。