Then Yoshitsune and Yoshikane managed to escape and barricaded themselves in the Yamamotoyama-jo Castle, but on January 9, the castle was attacked and captured by TAIRA no Tomomori and TAIRA no Sukemori.
義経・義兼は逃れて山本山城に篭るが、12月15日に知盛・平資盛の軍勢に攻められて落城。