Hideyoshi had been confronting with the enemy near Takamatsu-jo Castle in Bicchu Province, which would have been surrendered to Hideyoshi on June 4 with Muneharu SHIMIZU committing jijin (suicide by the sword), as this arrangement had been accepted by Hideyoshi.
秀吉は備中高松城で対峙していたが、清水宗治の申し出を受諾し、6月4日には備中高松城は宗治の自刃によって開城されるはずであった。