However, he was defeated by a punitive force led by Commander-in-Chief ONO no Azumahito and finally captured in Matsuura-gun District, Hizen Province and executed in Karatsu of the same province (called the Rebellion of FUJIWARA no Hirotsugu).
しかし大野東人を大将軍とする追討軍に敗走し、最後は肥前国松浦郡で捕らえられ、同国唐津にて処刑された（藤原広嗣の乱）。