However, as Yoshitsune left the residence in secret, Hidehira reluctantly gave up trying to restrain him and later soon dispatched the Sato brothers to help Yoshitsune.
しかし義経は密かに館を逃れ出て旅立ったので、秀衡は惜しみながらも留める事を諦め、追って佐藤兄弟を義経の許に送った。