Nagamasa asked Yoshikage for reinforcements, and Yoshikage quickly came leading 20,000 troops, however, when the Oda troops began to capture the castle in Kitaomi, he started withdrawing to Echizen before properly engaging the Oda army.
長政は義景に援軍を要請、義景は2万の軍で駆けつけるが織田の軍勢が北近江の城を落とし始めるとまともに交戦もしないうちに越前に撤退を始めた。