A theory suggests that Asai and Asakura troops, which were outnumbered by Oda's, provoked a night attack against Oda troops and were backing away from them, but they made the enemy retreat with the back-up troops from Tokugawa and Yokoyama-jo Castle.
数に劣る浅井・朝倉軍が織田軍に対して夜襲を仕掛け浮き足立っていたが徳川や横山城からの救援により敵軍を撤退させたという説。