When the Jito (a landlord) office of Kokufu (a provincial capital) was informed about the raid at around six in the afternoon, Sukekuni SO, who was both the Jito of Tsushima Province and the substitute of Shugo (a military governor), Kagesuke SHONI, left for Sasuura through rocky mountains in the dark, with more than 80 horse soldiers.
6時頃に国府の地頭所に連絡があり、対馬の地頭で守護少弐景資の代官でもある宗助国は、80余騎を率いて岩山の夜道を佐須浦へ馳せ向かった。