However, because he gave shelter to the monks of Mount Hiei (who had been burnt out by Nobunaga) and the exiled Shogun, Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, he earned the wrath of Nobunaga and from 1578, Nobunaga ordered his forces, comprised of Yusai HOSOKAWA and Mitsuhide AKECHI, to attack him.
しかし、信長が焼き討ちした比叡山の僧侶や追放した将軍・足利義昭を匿ってしまったため、信長の怒りを買って1578年から信長の命を受けた明智光秀と細川幽斎率いる織田軍に攻められることとなる。