Although Noritane's actions at that time are not well known, it is said that he took advantage of the confusion of the fall of the castle to disappear and he returned to his father's base Iwahashi Village, Into-sho (present-day Shisui Town, Inba District, Chiba Prefecture).
この時の孝胤の行動については定かではないが、落城の混乱にまぎれて行方をくらまし、父輔胤の拠点であった印東庄岩橋村（現在の千葉県印旛郡酒々井町）に戻ったとされる。