Later, he surrendered to Yoritomo, and distinguished himself in battle by hunting down and killing MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, fighting the Battle of Ichinotani, fighting against the Oshu-Fujiwara clan, hunting down and destroying the Hiki clan, and so on.
後に頼朝に降伏して、源義仲追討や一の谷の戦い、奥州藤原氏との戦い、比企氏追討などで武功を挙げた。