However, because the Oda army had power to spare--despite the defeat by Kenshin UESUGI in the Battle of the Tetori River--Hisahide was soon driven into a corner by the Oda army, which used the strategy of defeat one by one.
しかし、織田軍は手取川の戦いで上杉謙信に敗北していたものの十分な余力を残していたため、久秀は各個撃破の戦略を採った織田軍にあえなく追い詰められた。