Upon learning the plan, Nakamaro let his son FUJIWARA no Kusumaro to raid Yamamura-O on his way back, and tried to recapture Imperial Seal and ekirei (a bell).
これを知った仲麻呂は子の藤原訓儒麻呂に山村王の帰路を襲撃させて、玉璽と駅鈴の奪回を図った。