However, even though they got reinforcements, the Sakaikubo army needed to spare more than half of its troops to protect Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA who located in Sakai, so the number of the troops was not really enough to face the Takakuni army, and in consequence, the Sakaikubo army relied much on the ability of Motonaga (the Battle of Nakajima).
しかし、増派軍を加えたとはいえ、堺に鎮座する足利義維を守るための戦力を半数以上も割かねばならぬ為、純粋に高国軍と対峙するには少なく、元長の手腕に依存するところが大きかった（中嶋の戦い）。