Daisho (Major Captain) of kyogata, Kawachi no jo (judge, magistrate) FUJIWARA no Hidezumi (younger brother of FUJIWARA no Hideyasu, the ringleader of kyogata) had a stupid stunt of dispersing their army with a small number of soldiers, and Shigetada advised an aggressive strategy to gather the force, control the situation, attack the provincial capital of Owari Province, defeat the army of bakufu and go to Kamakura, but coward Hidezumi did not adopt that strategy.
京方の大将の河内判官藤原秀澄（京方の首謀者・藤原秀康の弟）は少ない兵力を分散する愚策をとっており、重忠は兵力を集中して機制を制して尾張国府を襲い、幕府軍を打ち破って鎌倉まで押し寄せる積極策を進言するが、臆病な秀澄はこれを取り上げなかった。