On October 18, the government army arrived at Suruga Province and confronted the rebel at Fuji-gawa River, where an army of one thousand soldiers faced several tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, and Tadakiyo figured he was losing ground, proposing to Koremori to draw off.
10月18日、追討軍は駿河国に達して富士川で反乱軍と対峙するが、数万の敵兵に対して官軍はわずか千騎という有様で、忠清は形勢不利と判断して維盛に撤退を進言する。