When Yoshihisa mobilized daimyo (Japanese feudal lords) from various provinces and got close to the Kannonji-jo Castle, the headquarter of the Rokkaku clan, the father and the son Hisayori and Takayori Rokkaku moved to the Koka-jo Castle to avoid a direct confrontation.
義尚が諸国の大名を動員して六角氏の本拠観音寺城に迫ると、六角久頼・六角高頼父子は直接対決を避けて甲賀城に移動した。