Sakamoto-jo Castle, being a shugosho (provincial administration), was not robust enough as a place of fort and on 27th, Mitsusuke abandoned the castle and moved to Shiroyama-jo Castle (present-day Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture).
守護所の坂本城は要害の地とは言えず、3日になって満祐は城を棄てて城山城（兵庫県たつの市）へ移る。