Actually, it is considered that the Murakami navy of Noshima and Innoshima were too late for the battle and the Nomi navy and the Kodama navy made a decision in haste out of the wish be rewarded with merits, and suffered a major defeat.
実際には能島・因島村上水軍は本合戦に間に合わず、乃美・児玉水軍が功に焦って大敗したと思われる。