Leading an army, Moromoto headed Kyushu but Chizai Tandai had been seized by various gokenin (an immediate vassal of the shogunate in the Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods) including Sadatsune SHONI and Sadamune OTOMO and, with Imperial Prince Takayoshi taking the lead, those gokenin were dealing with the post war matters in Dazaifu.
師基は軍を率いて九州へ向かうが、鎮西探題は既に少弐貞経、大友貞宗ら九州の御家人によって5月25日に陥落しており、大宰府において尊良親王を中心として戦後処置が行われていた。