Yoshinaga defended well with mercenaries, but in the end he gave up Konomine-jo Castle and fled to the Nagato Katsuyama-jo Castle of his chief vassal Takayo NAITO.
義長は寡兵で良く防戦したが、結局は高嶺城を放棄して重臣内藤隆世の長門且山城へ敗走する。