When the Hashiba army occupied the key point of Mt. Tennozan to decide the tide of the battle, however, there were only a few of Nobunaga's former vassals on the side of Mitsuhide, who had killed the monarch, and they were unable to overcome the other side's superior numbers.
しかしながら羽柴軍が山崎の要衝天王山を占拠して大勢を定めるや、主君信長を殺した光秀に付く信長旧臣は少なく、兵数差を覆す事ができずに敗れた。