If we follow the "Gyokuyo," the Minamoto clan merely had one to two thousand cavalrymen as opposed to the Taira clan's several thousand cavalrymen, so the Minamoto clan was facing an overwhelming disadvantage.
『玉葉』に従えば、平氏は数万騎であるのに対して源氏は1～2千騎程度の僅かな軍勢しかいない圧倒的に不利な状況にあったことになる。