However, his losing battle didn't seem to turn around due to the shortage of drinking water in the castle, the inappropriate design of Gifu-jo Castle to be besieged and Terumasa IKEDA in the West Army who was the lord of Gifu-jo Castle.
しかしながら、元々岐阜城は水の手に乏しく籠城向きの城でなく、東軍にかつて岐阜城主だった池田輝政がいたことや兵力の不足もあって敗勢は覆いがたかった。