As a countermeasure, the ritsuryo government dispatched a large-scale corps headed by OTOMO no Tabito as daishogun (commander in chief), and the Hayato people were suppressed by the next year.
これに対して律令政府は大伴旅人を大将軍として大規模な軍を派遣し、翌年までかかって鎮圧した。