When Takechi no Miko in Otsu-kyo came to know the rising of his father, Oama no Miko, he escaped from the capital, went over Kafuka and joined Oama no Miko and his party in Tsumue yamaguchi on July 28.
大津京にいた高市皇子は、父の大海人皇子の挙兵を知って京を脱出し、6月25日に鹿深を越えて積殖山口で大海人皇子の一行に合流した。