For this reason, the Akechi army was expected to have the advantage (from the uncertain commitment of the leadership and supporting forces of the Niwaka alliance's Hashiba army) if the battle were prolonged; and the Hashiba army could not be optimistic.
そのため戦況が拮抗し合戦が長引けば、明智軍にとって好ましい影響（にわか連合である羽柴軍の統率や周辺勢力の去就）が予想され、羽柴軍にとって決して楽観視できる状況ではなかった。