In response to this, Takauji and Yoshiakira defected to the Southern Court in the guise of departing for battle to establish the Shohei Itto (Shohei unification) and issue an order to hunt down and kill Tadayoshi.
これに対して尊氏・義詮は出陣と称して南朝に降り、正平一統が成立して新たに南朝から直義追討令が出る。