In May of the same year, Yorimasa and Prince Mochihito prepared a message to all the Minamoto clan samurai as well as main temples and shrines throughout the whole country to call for a battle against the Taira clan.
同年4月、頼政と以仁王は諸国の源氏と大寺社に平氏打倒を呼びかける令旨を作成し、源行家（為義の子）を伝達の使者とした。