However, the ruling situation was not quite centralized, and during the Nagamasa's reign, many of the retainers among the ex-hereditary vassals of the Kyogoku clan seceded from the Azai clan, when the battle against Nobunaga ODA prolonged.
だが集権的とは言いがたく、長政の代に織田信長との戦いが長期化すると元京極氏家臣団の中からは浅井氏を離反するものが多く現れた。