With the loss of its leader, the government fell into such confusion that it did not send any troops, and Mitsusuke and Noriyasu AKAMATSU were able to return to the Province of Harima but on August 6, 1441, the Akamatsu family was destroyed after being sought out and killed by Mochitsune HOSOKAWA and Sozen YAMANA (the Akamatsu family later on re-built itself after the Kinketsu Incident).
主を失った幕府は混乱し討手を差し向けることもなく、満祐・教康父子は播磨に帰国するが、同年7月11日、細川持常・山名宗全に追討されて赤松氏は滅亡する（その後、禁闕の変の功で再興）。