On August 10, while the troops were marching, KI no Ahemaro and the others learned that OTOMO no Fukei was defeated at Mt. Nara (Nara city), and they immediately sent OKISOME no Usagi with a thousand of horse soldiers.
行軍中の7月9日、紀阿閉麻呂らは及楽山（奈良市）で大伴吹負が敗れたことを知り、置始菟に騎兵一千をもって急行させた。