Nobunaga honed in so persistently that the Asakura army was caught up with the Oda army at Tonezaka Slope on their retreat and received critical damage.
信長の追撃は厳しく、朝倉軍は撤退途中の刀根坂において織田軍に追いつかれ、壊滅的な被害を受けてしまう。