Although his fiery temperament allowed him to achieve remarkable feats on the battlefield, he ran away because he was criticized for his violation of military command such as his carrying out Ichiban-yari (a person who instigates the war) in the battle of Komaki-Nagakute even if he was a general of an army as well as the murder of his vessel who reported his misconducts to Tadashige, and he received a hokokamae (virtual prohibition of working for other families, as a punishment) by his father.
気性が激しいだけに戦場での働きはめざましかったが、小牧・長久手の戦いの際に一軍の大将でもあるにも関わらず自ら一番槍を挙げるなどの軍令違反を咎められたことや、さらに自らの不行状を忠重に報告した家臣を斬ったことで出奔し、父によって奉公構え（事実上の他家への仕官禁止）となる。