However, according to one opinion, if Kagetora won the battle, Kagekatsu would be surrounded by the Hojo forces and pro-Hojo forces in a crescentic shape, and therefore it was not a mistake to form alliance with Kagekatsu.
しかし、もし景虎が勝利した時は北条・親北条勢力に三日月状に囲まれることになることから景勝と結んだことは間違いではないという意見もある。