While the Amago clan were massacring the Shinguto faction, Motonari spread the rumor that Fusahide ERA, who was a resourceful retainer of Harukata (Takafusa's new name) SUE and who had fought many wars with him, 'was planning to rebel.'
尼子氏が新宮党を粛清の最中、陶晴賢（隆房より改名）の家臣で、知略に優れ、元就と数々の戦いを共に戦った江良房栄が「謀反を企てている」というデマを流した。