Though some soldiers were frozen to death in a heavy snowstorm and his troops were forced to circumvent due to the persistent attack by the Ashikaga side, he finally entered Kanegasaki-jo Castle in Echizen Province (Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture).
折からの猛吹雪で凍死者を出したり足利方の執拗な攻撃に大迂回を余儀なくされたりしながらも越前国金ヶ崎城（福井県敦賀市）に入る。