When Yoritomo moved to subjugate Yukiie in August, he formed an alliance with Yoshitsune, who had been in a dispute with Yoritomo since the Battle of Dan no Ura, and after rallying the anti-Yoritomo forces in October, he was ordered by Retired Emperor Goshirakawa to pursue and subjugate Yoritomo.
8月、頼朝が行家討伐を計ると、行家は壇ノ浦の戦い後に頼朝と不和となっていた義経と結び、10月に反頼朝勢力を結集して後白河院から頼朝追討の院宣を受ける。