He soon received a report that Sadamori was uniting his power with Oryoshi of Shimonotsuke Province, FUJIWARA no Hidesato, and that they were gathering an army of 4,000 men.
間もなく、貞盛が下野国押領使の藤原秀郷と力をあわせて兵4000を集めているとの報告が入る。