At this time he was confronted with MORI troops of which commanders are Terumoto MORI, Motoharu KIKKAWA and Takakage KOBAYAKAWA, and asked Nobunaga to deliver reinforcements.
このとき、毛利輝元・吉川元春・小早川隆景らを大将とする毛利軍と対峙し、信長に援軍を要請している。