And so, the Kamakura bakufu dispatched Takaie NAGOE, a member of the Hojo clan, and Takauji ASHIKAGA, the influential gokenin in Shimotsuke Province, as the commanders of the large army to the western provinces.
幕府はさらに北条一族名越高家と下野国の有力御家人、足利高氏（足利尊氏）に大軍を率いさせて西国に派遣する。