On the sixth day, the main shogunal force, 100,000 riders advancing up the Tokaido under the command of Yasutoki and Tokifusa, crossed Owari river; when they attacked the enemy encampment at Sunomata, they found it completely empty, and only Shigetada YAMADA offered any fierce resistance at Kuise river, making the engagement a complete rout for the capital faction, who had been dealt a crushing defeat.
6日に泰時、時房の率いる主力の東海道軍10万騎が尾張川を渡河し墨俣の陣に攻めかかった時にはもぬけの殻、山田重忠のみが杭瀬川で奮戦するが、京方は総崩れになり、大敗を喫した。