Starting the next month (December) the search-and-destroy tactics escalated, but hard-fought battles still continued in Omi, the search-and-destroy army was blocked in the front by the rebel army and they were harassed from the rear by groups of priests from Onjo-ji Temple and Enryaku-ji Temple.
翌12月から追討が本格化するが、近江で早くも反乱軍に行く手を阻まれ、園城寺・延暦寺の大衆に後方を攪乱されるなど苦戦が続いた。