Chikafusa shifted his headquarters to Seki-jo Castle, where Munesuke SEKI and Munemasa SEKI of the Southern Court army were based, while Akikuni KASUGA, in service to Imperial Prince Okiyoshi, moved to Daiho-jo Castle, where the Shimozuma clan, a family belonging to the Oyama clan, was based.
親房は南朝方の関宗祐・関宗政親子の拠る関城、春日顕国は小山氏の一族下妻氏が拠る大宝城に興良親王を奉じてそれぞれ移った。宝城が関東における南朝方の拠点となった。