On one occasion Nagai's steward Sanemori prevailed upon the warrior priests, explaining his predicament: after this the Yogawa priests lay in wait in the vicinity of Ryugegoe, whereupon the warrior priests fired a barrage of arrows at them.
一度は長井別当実盛が僧兵を説き伏せ、窮地を脱したものの、今度は横川（よがわ）の法師達が龍華越のあたりで待ち構えており、僧兵が弓矢を射掛けててきた。