With Kageie KAKIZAKI, a bold military commander, as the spearhead, Masatora's forces attacked Takeda's forces in the battle formation of "Kuruma-gakarino-jin" (in which soldiers were placed in the formation like spokes of a wheel, and made attacks successively).
政虎は、猛将・柿崎景家を先鋒に、車懸りの陣（車輪のスポークのように部隊を配置し、次々攻撃する陣形）で武田軍に襲いかかった。