Huge numbers of troops totaling more than 30,000, crossed the Seto Inland Sea and landed from two directions, at Miyoshima and Sawatsu in Nii County (both of them are situated in what is now Niihama City), and, after destroying the castles there, the troops proceeded to Kaneko-jo Castle, which was dominated by Motoie KANEKO, the commander general in Nii County.
総勢3万余の大軍が瀬戸内海を渡り新居郡内の御代島・沢津（共に現新居浜市）の二手に分かれて上陸し現地の城を破り進軍、新居の総大将金子元宅率いる金子城を目指す。