At the end of February, the troops of MINAMOTO no Noriyori, a local governor under MINAMOTO no Yoritomo who had destroyed Yoshinaka, and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune were dispatched to pursue and subjugate the Taira clan.
正月末に義仲を滅ぼした源頼朝の代官源範頼・源義経の軍勢が平氏追討に向かう。