Yoshitsune, who escaped from persecution, was protected by the anti-Kamakura nobles as well as priests of temples and shrines, hid in the vicinity of Kyoto, but the next year, in May 1186, his uncle Yukiie was defeated and killed by the Kamakura side in Izumi Province, and other family members and vassals, who were hidden in various places in the country, were discovered and killed one by one.
逃れた義経は反鎌倉の貴族、寺院勢力に匿われ京都周辺に潜伏するが、翌年の文治2年（1186年）5月に和泉国で叔父・行家が鎌倉方に討ち取られ、各地に潜伏していた郎党達も次々と発見され殺害される。