Completely outwitted Takeda's forces fought back using a crane-wings-shaped battle formation (soldiers were placed in the formation of the wings-spread shape of a crane, to enclose the enemy forces entirely), however they were in bad shape, with Nobushige TAKEDA, Shingen's younger brother, Kansuke YAMAMOTO, Torasada MOROZUMI, and Gengoro HAJIKANO killed in action.
武田軍は完全に裏をかかれた形になり、鶴翼の陣（鶴が翼を広げたように部隊を配置し、敵全体を包み込む陣形）を敷いて応戦したものの、信玄の弟の武田信繁や山本勘助、諸角虎定、初鹿野源五郎らが討死するなど、劣勢であった。