Takauji left Yoshiakira in Kyoto to be in charge of the negotiations with the Southern Court, and took forces to attack Tadayoshi, and in 1352, he defeated Tadayoshi at battles in Mt. Satta, Suruga Province (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture) and Hayakawariji, Sagami Province (Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture) and chased him into Kamakura, where Tadayoshi surrendered.
尊氏は義詮を京に残して南朝との交渉を任せて直義追討のために出陣し、翌1352年（正平7年/観応3年）には直義を駿河国薩埵山（埵は漢字では土へんに「垂」、静岡県静岡市）、相模国早川尻（神奈川県小田原市）などの戦いで破って鎌倉に追い込み、直義を降伏させる。