Caught up in battles with the Ikko Buddhist sect (Battles of Ishiyama) in the Kinai (areas around Kyoto and Nara) and Hokuriku regions and battles with the Mori clan in western Japan, the Oda clan was unable to send its army to areas to the east of its territory for a while.
織田氏は畿内や北陸における一向宗との戦い（石山合戦）や西の毛利氏との戦いに忙殺されていたため、しばらく軍を東へ向けることはなかった。