In November of the next year, however, he was defeated by the army of the Southern Court (Japan) in the Battle of Chojabaru and made a retreat to Suo Province asking Hiroyo OUCHI for help.
しかしその翌年10月、長者原の合戦で南朝(日本)軍に敗れ、大内弘世を頼って周防国に退く。