Noriyori led fifty-six thousand Ote army cavalrymen (the army attacking the front line), Yoshitsune led ten thousand cavalrymen of Karamete troops (the force attacking the rear of an enemy force or castle), and they left Kyoto heading for Settsu Province.
範頼が大手軍5万6千余騎を、義経が搦手軍1万騎を率いて京を出発して摂津へ下った。