However, Nagahide NIWA, which arrived by ship across Lake Biwa with reinforcements, took the offensive by joining the Kuwayama army that was vacating the fort around sunset, and Morimasa failed to capture the fort of Shizugatake.
しかし、琵琶湖を渡って船で上陸した丹羽長秀が増援として現れ、日没頃より砦から退去を桑山隊と合流し攻勢に出た為に賤ヶ岳砦の確保に失敗。