In the same year, however, KO no Morofuyu, a vassal of the Ashikaga clan, had successfully managed to split the Southern Court army, which led one of its most powerful warriors, Haruhisa ODA, to switch sides and join the Northern Court faction.
しかし同年、足利氏の家臣・高師冬の切り崩しにより南朝方の有力武将・小田治久が北朝方に下ってしまった。