After Yoshinori was assassinated in the Kakitsu War, Mochitsune, who was a confidential of Yoshinori, dispatched troops to Harima Provicne for the subjugation of Mitsusuke AKAMATSU.
義教の信任厚い持常は、嘉吉の乱で義教が暗殺された後、赤松満祐征伐のため播磨国に出兵する。