At that time, although aristocrats Terusuke HINO and Nagasuke TAKAKURA, along with associates of Yoshiaki Sadaoki ISE and Fujihide MITSUBUCHI, were positioned to defend Nijo Castle, they surrendered without a fight when surrounded by Nobunaga's army.
このとき、二条城には公家の日野輝資と高倉永相、義昭の側近の伊勢貞興と三淵藤英が守備のため置かれたが、信長軍に包囲されると一戦も交えず降伏した。