Norimune lost the battle and held up in Shirahata-jo Castle which was then encircled by 村国 and, when Norimune was just on the verge of capitulating, family members started fleeing and abandoning him.
則宗は戦いに敗れ白旗城に篭城したが、村国の包囲で落城寸前になり、一族のものまでが則宗を見捨てて落ちのびようとするにいたった。