Yoshihisa employing a tactic called 'Tsuri-Nobuse' (a tactic using three forces in which one lets the enemy advance (tsuri) while the rest two hide lying low on both sides (nobuse), which will eventually come out and surround the enemy) against the marauding Otomo forces, who were attacking in disarray from across the river, sent wave after wave of troops to lie in ambush for the Otomo marauders, eventually wiping them out.
無秩序に攻めてくる大友軍を相手に義久は「釣り野伏せ」という戦法を使い、川を越えて追撃してきた大友軍に伏兵を次々と出し、大友軍を壊滅させた。