In the meantime Sadamasa OGIGAYATSU, hating the Dog Warriors and their master, the Satomi family, raised an army to defeat the Satomi family in cooperation with Akisada YAMANOUCHI and Nariuji ASHIKAGA.
そのころ犬士たちと彼らが仕える里見家を恨む扇谷定正は、山内顕定・足利成氏らと結び、里見討伐軍を発していた。