However, the Kagetaka's army defended against the Mongolian forces by staying in Hinotsume-jo Castle which was tsume-no-shiro (the castle that guards the back of the main castle and serves as a retreat point when the main castle can no longer be defended) of shugosho (provincial administration) because they had no chance of defeating the Mongolian forces which consisted of significant number of soldiers and could shoot arrows as far as about 216 meters.
しかし大勢で押し寄せ矢が二町（約216m）ほども射程がある蒙古軍にかなうはずもなく、景隆らは守護所の詰城である樋詰城に立て籠もって防戦した。