Although Yoshinaka assigned major warriors to various positions to guard the capital as soon as he arrived in Kyoto he could not control the entire army; this was because Yoshinaka happened to be the most powerful one among his army which was just a patchwork of warriors who rose in revolt in various places.
義仲は上洛してすぐに、主立った武士達に都を守護する配置を決めて警備に当たらせたが、元々義仲の軍勢は諸国で蜂起した武士たちの寄り合い所帯であり、その中で義仲がもっとも有力だっただけで全体の統制が出来る状態になかった。