The Imagawa army got control of the fortress of the Oda army one after another by placing the Mikawa army, led by Motoyasu MATSUDAIRA (later Ieyasu TOKUGAWA) as the Mikawa Province spearhead.
今川軍は三河国の松平元康（後の徳川家康）率いる三河勢を先鋒にして、織田軍の城砦は次々と陥落していった。