However, the Taira clan army had firmed up their battle formation by digging trenches around them and constructed several layers of Sakamogi (fence made of thorny or steeple branches to prevent the entry of an enemy) fences, and commenced to wait.
しかし、平氏は壕をめぐらし、逆茂木を重ねて陣を固めて待ちかまえていた。