Tomomasa OYAMA, the head of a powerful family in Shimotsuke, at first pretended that he had agreed with Yoshihiro and remained in Nogimiya in Shimotsuke Province (the present-day Nogi-machi, Tochigi Prefecture).
下野の有力豪族小山朝政は始め偽って義広に同意の姿勢を見せて下野国野木宮（現栃木県野木町）に籠もっていた。