Using Shigeyoshi TAGUCHI as an advance guard, Shigehira broke through the defenses built up on the Hannya Slope by the monks residing in the zendo to protect Hannya-ji Temple, and won a crushing victory by setting fire to Nanto.
重衡は田口成良を先兵とし、般若寺のある般若坂の守りを固める大衆の守りを突破、南都を焼討ちにし大勝した。