However, his forces were severely defeated by Sanada's forces that used dexterous tactics, and with reinforcements of the Uesugi clan arriving as well, were forced to retreat (the first Battle of Ueda).
しかしながら、真田軍の巧妙な戦術の前に大敗を喫し、さらに上杉氏の援軍が来たこともあって、撤兵を余儀なくされた（第一次上田合戦）。