Zenka HAGA, who was a Kozuke no Shugodai (the acting Military Governor of Kozuke Province) and also a vassal of Ujitsuna UTSUNOMIYA, infuriated by the movement and tried to attack Noriaki in Kozuke but Motouji repulsed it in Nigabayashino, Musashi Province and headed to subjugation of Utsunomiya.
この動きに激怒し、憲顕を上野で迎撃しようとした宇都宮氏綱の家臣で上野守護代の芳賀禅可を、基氏は武蔵国苦林野で撃退したうえ、宇都宮征伐に向かう。