Defeated by the Taira family and having escaped to the Kanto region, they encountered followers of the fallen priest Yokokawa who were hunting for fleeing stragglers at Ryugegoe, Mt Hiei.
平家に敗れて関東へ落ち延びる際、比叡山の龍華越で落ち武者狩りの横川の悪僧の一群と遭遇する。