FUJIWARA no Tadafumi, the general of the army assigned to hunt TAIRA no Masakado, returned to Kyoto without fighting a battle in the eastern part of Japan, because the battle had already been settled before his arrival at the battle scene.
平将門追討の将軍であった藤原忠文は、東国到着以前に乱が決着したためそのまま帰京した。