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In the 8th month Haruhisa's main force departed Izumo and advanced into the vicinity of Motonari's Yoshida-Koriyama Castle and established a headquarters at [[Kazagoshimayama]] [風越山].  Haruhisa's principal commanders included [[Kamei Hidetsuna]] [亀井秀綱], [[Kikkawa Okitsune]] [吉川興経], [[Kokushou Hisazumi]], [黒正久澄], [[Misawa Tameyuki]] [三沢為幸], [[Takahashi Mototsuna]] [高橋元綱], [[Takao Hisatomo]] [高尾久友], [[Yonehara Tsunahiro]] [米原綱寛] and [[Yubara Munetsuna]] [湯原宗綱].  Meanwhile, Motonari evacuated over 5,000 of Yoshida's citizens inside the walls of Koriyama.  The castle's walls were defended by around 3,000 soldiers.  Urgent requests for aid were dispatched to the Ôuchi in Suo Province.

In the 8th month Haruhisa's main force departed Izumo and advanced into the vicinity of Motonari's Yoshida-Koriyama Castle and established a headquarters at [[Kazagoshimayama]] [風越山].  Haruhisa's principal commanders included [[Kamei Hidetsuna]] [亀井秀綱], [[Kikkawa Okitsune]] [吉川興経], [[Kokushou Hisazumi]], [黒正久澄], [[Misawa Tameyuki]] [三沢為幸], [[Takahashi Mototsuna]] [高橋元綱], [[Takao Hisatomo]] [高尾久友], [[Yonehara Tsunahiro]] [米原綱寛] and [[Yubara Munetsuna]] [湯原宗綱].  Meanwhile, Motonari evacuated over 5,000 of Yoshida's citizens inside the walls of Koriyama.  The castle's walls were defended by around 3,000 soldiers.  Urgent requests for aid were dispatched to the Ôuchi in Suo Province.

Two days after arriving, the Amako launched an attack on Koriyama that ended in failure.  The Amako then burned Yoshida and various other structures around Koriyama.  Motonari responded by sending out a small picked force to engage the enemy and then retreat.  The Amako chased the raiders, only to fall into an ambush Motonari had laid out.  In the course of the ensuing struggle, Takahashi Mototsuna was slain.  In a further action at the end of the month, the so-called [[Battle of Ikenouchi]] [池の内の戦い], Môri general [[Awaya Motoyoshi]] led a sortie out of Koriyama and killed Yubara Munetsuna.

Two days after arriving, the Amako launched an attack on Koriyama that ended in failure.  The Amako then burned Yoshida and various other structures around Koriyama.  Motonari responded by sending out a small picked force to engage the enemy and then retreat.  The Amako chased the raiders, only to fall into an ambush Motonari had laid out.  In the course of the ensuing struggle, Takahashi Mototsuna was slain.  In a further action at the end of the month, the so-called [[Battle of Ikenouchi]] [池の内の戦い], Môri general [[Awaya Motoyoshi]] [粟屋元真] led a sortie out of Koriyama and killed Yubara Munetsuna.

On the 11th day of the 10th month Motonari decided to risk a general engagement with the Amako over the objections of his retainers. Kodama Narimitsu [児玉就光], Kunishi Motosuke [国司元相] and [[Watanabe Kayou]] [渡辺通; the reading of his given name may also be Touru] were placed in one ambush with 500 men and Katsura Motozumi [桂元澄] and Awaya Motozane [粟屋元真] were established in another with 200.  Motonari himself led the main part of the army and directly engaged the Amako in a hard-fought struggle.  The ambush troops then emerged on either side of the Amako and threw them into disorder.  The Mori chased the Amako back to their headquarters and caused them significant damage, including the death of Misawa Tameyuki.

On the 11th day of the 10th month Motonari decided to risk a general engagement with the Amako over the objections of his retainers. Kodama Narimitsu [児玉就光], Kunishi Motosuke [国司元相] and [[Watanabe Kayou]] [渡辺通; the reading of his given name may also be Touru] were placed in one ambush with 500 men and Katsura Motozumi [桂元澄] and Awaya Motozane [粟屋元真] were established in another with 200.  Motonari himself led the main part of the army and directly engaged the Amako in a hard-fought struggle.  The ambush troops then emerged on either side of the Amako and threw them into disorder.  The Mori chased the Amako back to their headquarters and caused them significant damage, including the death of Misawa Tameyuki.

The Ôuchi relief army, consisting of 10,000 men led by [[Sue Harukata]], finally departed Suo Province in the 11th month, pausing on [[Miyajima]] at offer prayers for victory at the Itskushima Shrine before landing in Aki and marching for Koriyama.  They arrived outside Koriyama on the 3rd day of the 12th month, four months after the siege had begun.  A series of skirmishes ensued between the opposing armies.  Combat intensified in the following month, the 1st of 1541, and largely to the detriment of the Amako.  By this time the Amako force that had threatened the Shishido arrived and became heavily engaged in an attack by the Môri and Ôuchi on the Amako's headquarters on Tenjinyama [天神山].  In this action Amako Hisayuki was killed by an arrow and the Amako suffered heavy losses.  In the wake of this, the Amako retainers, noting the army's dwindling supplies and poor morale, elected to retreat.  The Môri and Ôuchi duly pursued but were hindered by snow.

The Ôuchi relief army, consisting of 10,000 men led by [[Sue Harukata]], finally departed Suo Province in the 11th month, pausing on [[Miyajima]] at offer prayers for victory at the Itskushima Shrine before landing in Aki and marching for Koriyama.  They arrived outside Koriyama on the 3rd day of the 12th month, four months after the siege had begun.  A series of skirmishes ensued between the opposing armies.  Combat intensified in the following month, the 1st of 1541, and largely to the detriment of the Amako.  By this time the Amako force that had threatened the Shishido arrived and became heavily engaged in an attack by the Môri and Ôuchi on the Amako's headquarters on Tenjinyama [天神山].  In this action Amako Hisayuki was killed by an arrow and the Amako suffered heavy losses.  In the wake of this fight, the Amako retainers, noting the army's dwindling supplies and poor morale, elected to retreat.  The Môri and Ôuchi duly pursued but were hindered by snow.