In addition, because of the worsening war situation by not having prevented these forts from being built and stratagems of Nobunaga in accordance with this, many powerful vassals such as Yoshitsugu MAEBA and Nagashige TOMITA of the Asakura family switched to the Nobunaga side.
また、これらの砦の構築を阻害しなかった事による戦況の悪化と、それに伴う信長方の調略によって、朝倉家では前波吉継や富田長繁ら有力家臣の多くが信長方に寝返ってゆく。