The armies of Miyoshi and Saito were defeated before Nobunaga arrived because of the reinforcements of Nagamasa AZAI and Katsumasa IKEDA and the hard fighting of Mitsuhide AKECHI.
もっとも、浅井長政や池田勝正の援軍と明智光秀の奮戦により、三好・斎藤軍は信長の到着を待たず敗退していた。