During this time, upon skirmishes against reinforcements of the Uesugi Army and news of additional reinforcements, Ieyasu delivered reinforcements (5000 soldiers led by Naomasa II (some troops joined the battle from the beginning), Yasutaka OSUGA, and Yasushige MATSUDAIRA) while ordering a temporary retreat, and as a result, Tokugawa's army retreated from Ueda on October 21.
この間に上杉勢援軍との小競り合いや更なる増援の報に接し、家康は援軍（井伊直政（一部部隊は当初より参陣）、大須賀康高、松平康重の5000）を出すと共に一時撤退を下令、これを受け徳川軍は28日に上田より撤退した。