Takauji departed Hakata with KO no Moronao, passed through Tomonoura of Bingo Province, joined forces with fleets commanded by the Hosokawa clan, Toki clan and Kono clan, and proceeded east by sea.
尊氏は高師直らと博多を発ち、備後国鞆津を経て、四国で細川氏・土岐氏・河野氏らの率いる船隊と合流して海路を東進した。