Kakuju KURITA and Takeda's troops of 3,000 soldiers to support Kurita entrenched themselves in Asahiyama-jo Castle (located in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture), and Kagetora built Katsurayama-jo Castle (located in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture) to contain the forces in Asahiyama-jo Castle and as an advance base site of his troops.
栗田鶴寿と武田氏の援軍兵3000は、栗田氏の旭山城（長野県長野市）に篭城、景虎は旭山城を封じ込めるため、そして前進拠点として葛山城（長野県長野市）を築いた。