At the Higashikido of the Ikuta fortress entrance, Shigehira who was the second in command, leading eight thousand cavalrymen, headed to the Yumeno fortress entrance (hilly section of the city) to rescue the Taira clan who was in crisis because of the attack from Yoshisada YASUDA and Yukitsuna.
生田口の東城戸では副将の重衡が8000騎を率いて安田義定、多田行綱らに攻められ危機に陥っている夢野口（山の手）の救援に向かった。