The capital became unsettled, and on November 13, a rumor of Yorimori's flight spread, causing a disturbance (see the entry for the same day in the "Gyokuyo" and the "Hyakuren sho" (History book from the Kamakura period)).
都は極めて不穏な情勢となり、10月20日、頼盛逐電の情報が流れて騒ぎとなった（『玉葉』『百錬抄』同日条）。