However, Nobutada judged that Mitsuhide's troop must have surrounded and were executing inspection and gave up to run away and left the Myokaku-ji Temple which was not suitable for defense.
しかし信忠は光秀軍は包囲検問をしているだろうからと逃亡をあきらめて、守りに向かない妙覚寺を離れた。