Taking advantage of the situation, the troops of Todo marched to crush the troops of Chosokabe, but Morichika took up a position beside an embankment of the river and made the warriors hold spears in their hands, rushed at once when the troops of Todo came close to them.
勢いに乗じて藤堂隊は長宗我部隊を叩き潰そうと軍を動かしたが、盛親は川の堤防に陣を敷き、藤堂隊が近づいたところで一気に槍を構えた兵を突撃させた。