The Mōri clan's battles with this larger allied force occupied it to such an extent that Yamanaka Yukimori and Amago Katsuhisa, as part of their arrangement with the Ōtomo, were able to take Izumo province, some distance away on Honshū, and that the Mōri became pressured into abandoning Tachibana.
The Mōri clan's prolonged battles with a larger allied force so dominated the situation that Yamanaka Yukimori and Amago Katsuhisa were able to gain control of Izumo province, located on Honshū, which led to the Mōri being forced to surrender Tachibana.