As for the reason why so many military commanders were killed, Kazunori HISHINUMA assumes that the Minamoto clan first took Hiyodorigoe, which was the closest fortress to Owada no Tomari, and therefore, the military commanders who were at Ichinotani and Ikuta, failed to escape.
多くの武将が討ち取られたことについては、大輪田の泊に最も近い鵯越口が最初に陥落したために生田・一ノ谷にいた将兵が逃げ遅れたことが原因ではないかと推測している。