After Hidemitsu was surrounded by the Hidemasa HORI's force and then handed over his treasures to the besieging army, he stabbed Mitsuhide's wife and children to death and set the castle on fire to kill himself.
堀秀政軍に城を囲まれた秀満は、財宝を包囲軍に渡した後、光秀の妻子を刺し殺し、城に火を放って自害したとされる。