Yoshisada recovered power in the summer of that year, defeating Takatsune SHIBA in the Battle of Sabae, occupying the government office of Echizen and recapturing Kanegasaki-jo Castle.
同年夏になると義貞は勢いを盛り返し、鯖江合戦で斯波高経に勝利し、越前府中を奪い、金ヶ崎城も奪還する。