The Retired Emperor Toba then appointed two bushi (warriors), Yoshiaki MIURA and Hirotsune KAZUSA, to shogun (generals), and also appointed the sorcerer ABE no Yasunari to the strategist, and dispatched a force with over 80,000 soldiers to the Nasuno district.
三浦義明と上総広常という武士を将軍に、陰陽師・安部泰成を軍師に任命し、8万余りの軍勢を那須野へと派遣した。