However, he was finally defeated that November when the armies of Shigeyori TOKI and Myochin SAITO were entrusted to the West forces and combined with Takayori's army.
しかし、11月になると西軍に属した土岐成頼、斎藤妙椿らの軍が高頼軍へと加わり、最後は敗れる。