Even in the Shikoku region, which belonged to the sphere of influence of the Taira family, provincial officials of Awa Province and Sanuki Province clandestinely consorted with the Minamoto clan and attacked, with more than ten boats, the camp of Norimori, Michimori, and Noritsune, father and sons, who were in the Shimotsui region, Bizen Province.
平家の足もとの四国でも阿波国、讃岐国の在庁官人が源氏に通じ、備前国下津井にいた教盛、通盛、教経父子の陣へ兵船10余艘で攻めかかった。