In the next year, 1437, when Mochiuji made a plan to dispatch troops to Shinano Province again, the rumor spread that Mochiuji dispatched the troops to kill Norizane, therefore, Norizane's side also gathered troops and this caused a state of tension.
翌1437年に持氏の信濃再出兵が企画されると、出兵は憲実誅伐のためであるとする噂が流れ、憲実方にも武士が集まり緊迫状態が生じる。