In May, Hokusei-gun which failed to recover Kyoto returned to Ano; at this time, they abducted some royalties of the Northern Court side (the Emperor Kogen, Emperor Suko, and Imperial Prince Naohito) and furthermore confiscated the Three Sacred Treasures of the Imperial Family of the Northern Court (which the Southern Court claimed were fake).
5月、北征軍は京都を回復することができずに賀名生に帰ったが、この時北朝方の皇族（光厳天皇、崇光天皇、直仁親王）を拉致し、さらに北朝の三種の神器（南朝は偽器と主張）を押収した。