In August, a general INUKAI no Ikimi, who was supporting Otomo no Miko (Prince Otomo who has been called Emperor Kobun since the Meiji era), gave IOI no Kujira two hundreds selected soldiers to attack Fukei's main camp at Naka-tsu-michi Road (Naka-no-michi Road), one of the old roads of Yamato Province.
7月、大友皇子（弘文天皇）側の将、犬養五十君は、廬井鯨に200の精兵を与え、大和の古道中つ道に置かれた吹負の本営を急襲させた。