Takatsune had Yoshisada's younger brother Yoshisuke WAKIYA as the court's side commander before him from 1339 and faced an uphill battle, meaning he had to run away from Echizen to Kaga Province for a time.
暦応2年/延元4年（1339年）からは義貞の弟脇屋義助が宮方の大将として立ち塞がり、一時は越前から加賀へ落ちるなど苦戦を味わった。