At this point Kazuyoshi showed some backbone, considering it too great a humiliation to surrender to someone of such low status as Hidenari and therefore thoroughly committing himself to armed resistance; only after bloodying the enemy (in the Battle of Sagaseki) did he agree to surrender his castle to Josui (another name for Yoshitaka), with whom he had long been close.
一吉はこのとき、小身の秀成に降伏することを恥辱として、秀成とは徹底交戦し損害を与えた後（佐賀関の戦い）、かねてから親交があった如水に城を明け渡すという意地を見せている。