There was a rumor that Michinobu KONO changed sides to the MINAMOTO clan and the TAIRA family tried to slay him by Michimori and Noritsune, who were brothers, but Michinobu merged forces with Jiro NUMATA of AKI Province and entrenched in the NUMATA castle.
伊予国の河野通信が源氏に寝返ったとの噂があり、平家は通盛・教経兄弟にこれを討たせようとしたが、通信は安芸国の沼田次郎と合流して沼田城に立て篭もった。