From the description of "Sanetaka koki" (The Sanetaka's Diary) that 'they fled under cover of the downpour started during the night,' there was an opinion that the two sides might have confronted each other once but fled under cover of the heavy rain and darkness.
また、『実隆公記』によると「夜大雨になったのを利用して走った」という記述を見受けられるため、両陣営は対峙したが、夜陰の大雨にまぎれて逃げ去ったという説もある