On the way to Odawara, Kagetora took over Kogagosho(residence of Koga-kubo), which was a hometown of Kanto-kubo and regarded as the center of Kanto region, later expelling Yoshiuji ASHIKAGA (Kogakubo (descendants of one of the Ashikaga families that held the office of the Kanto district administrator)), who was a puppet of the Hojo clan, and instead reinstated Fujiuji ASHIKAGA (original legitimate Kogakubo).
また小田原へ向かう途上には、関東公方の在所で当時は関東の中心と目されていた古河御所を制圧し、北条氏の傀儡であった足利義氏(古河公方)を放逐のうえ足利藤氏（本来の正統な古河公方）を替りに古河御所内に迎え入れた。