However, according to "Heike Monogatari" that depicts the details of "sakaotoshi," Yoshitsune did not divid his troops but instead executed "sakaotoshi" from Hiyodorigoe to Ichinotani with his three thousand cavalrymen.
ところが逆落しを詳細に記述している『平家物語』では義経は兵を分けず3000騎で鵯越から一の谷へ逆落しをかけている。