Yoshinaka raised his army to "search out and destroy Heishi" (of the Taira clan) by the order of Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa but he was greatly defeated in Bicchu Province (the Battle of Mizushima).
義仲は後白河法皇の命で平氏追討のために出兵するが備中国で大敗を喫してしまう（水島の戦い）。