The both armies were jumbled and the battle was so fierce that Masamune DATE and Sanai OKA fought face-to-face with each other in the river, but the Uesugi forces were destroyed and ran away to the Fukushima-jo Castle.
両軍入り乱れ、伊達政宗と岡左内が川中で太刀打ちを行うほどの大激戦になったが、上杉方はしだいに追い崩されて敗走、散々になり福島城へ逃げて行った。