It is also considered that some auxiliary troops from the bakufu betrayed their allegiance, due to a report that states that Takauji ASHIKAGA destroyed Rokuhara tandai (Kamakura bakufu's administrative and judicial agency at Rokuhara, Kyoto).
恐らく足利高氏による六波羅探題滅亡の報が到達しており、幕府軍の増援隊の寝返りなどがあったのではないかとも考えられる。