the taira family gave up yashima and fled by boat , but after they noticed that yoshitsune had only a small military force , a fierce battle with bows and arrows ensued . 平家は屋島を捨てて船で逃げ出すが、義経が意外な寡兵と知って激しい矢戦となった。
under such situations , as a large military force was dispatched , troops around nobunaga were not many and nobunaga and ieyasu moved around with a small military force in kinai in an open atmosphere under just before unification of the whole country especially after downfall of the takeda clan . その一方で、多くの兵力を派遣していたため信長周辺の軍勢は手薄であり、武田家滅亡後は天下統一目前という開放的な雰囲気で、畿内では信長、家康とも小勢で移動していた。