Naomasa fought 16 battles in his life, and it is said he was never defeated (the Ii Akazonae [red arms] were defeated by the Akazonae of Nobushige SANADA in the Osaka Fuyu no Jin [The Winter Siege of Osaka]).
一方で生涯に参加した戦は16回であり、いずれの戦でも直政が負けたことは一度もないと言われている（井伊の赤備え自体は大坂冬の陣で真田信繁率いる赤備えと戦って敗北している。