When Takeshige was fitting in Kanto region, Takeshige's younger brother, Taketoshi KIKUCHIT attacked Sadatsune SHONI at Dazaifu (local government office in Kyushu region) and killed him, while Sadatsune's son, Yorinao SHONI, was in present Shimonoseki City to meet Takauji, who fled from Kyoto and sought refuge in Kyushu.
武重が関東で戦っているころ、京都を追われた尊氏が九州に逃れ少弐貞経の子の少弐頼尚が尊氏を下関市に迎えに出た隙に、武重の弟菊池武敏は大宰府の貞経を攻めて滅ぼした。