However the warlords of the Shoni clan side (such as Iekane RYUZOJI and Yorichika BABA) fought bravely and Red bear force led by Kiyohisa NABESHIMA played an important role in making invading Okitsura run away.
しかし、少弐方の諸将（龍造寺家兼や馬場頼周など）が奮戦し、鍋島清久率いる赤熊軍団の活躍もあって、遠征してきた興連を敗走させた。