On the side of the Yamaguchi force, Munenaga's son, Ukyo no suke, Nagahiro took the initiative to defend and fight back making an ambush near the Castle, but Nagatoku YAMAMZAKI, a spearhead of the Maeda force, found it.
守る山口軍も宗永の子右京亮修弘が城近くに伏兵を潜ませて迎撃の指揮をとったが、前田勢の先鋒山崎長徳に発見されてしまった。