At the time of Kyoto Kanko (the Emperor coming back to Kyoto), he received a secret order, went to the Hokuriku region with Imperial Prince Tsuneyoshi, Yoshisada NITTA, and Yoshisuke WAKIYA and tried to find another chance for the court's side ("Jinno Shotoki" (A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns)), but, here again, the war situation was not favorable and he eventually left the battlefield giving up halfway and entered Yoshino.
天皇の京都還幸の際、密命を受けて恒良親王・新田義貞・脇屋義助らとともに北陸地方に赴き宮方の再挙を謀った（『神皇正統記』）が、ここでも戦況は芳しくなく、結局途中で戦地を離れて吉野に入った。