Nobutada was besieged there after he allowed Prince Sanehito and others to flee to the Imperial Palace; even though he fought desperately with the surrounding Akechi army Nobutada, Sadakatsu and over 60 others died in the battle, and Nijo Shin-gosho and the adjacent Myokaku-ji Temple were reduced to ashes.
信忠は誠仁親王らを禁裏御所に避難させた上でここに籠城し、これを攻囲する明智勢と奮戦するが、信忠を始め貞勝ら60余名が討ち死にし、二条新御所も隣接する妙覚寺と共に灰燼に帰した。