However, Masatora could not fight actively due to heavy damage to the troops at the Battle of Kawanakajima and had to withdraw (Obatake Monjo (documents of the Obata family) in the Cabinet Library).
しかし川中島における軍勢の被害が甚大であり積極的に戦うことができず撤退する（内閣文庫所蔵・小幡家文書）。