The Omi forces holed up in Yamamotoyama-jo Castle, the base of Yoshitsune YAMAMOTO, which fell by the attack of TAIRA no Tomomori and Sukemori on January 10 ("Gyokuyo," see the details in Offense and Defence in Omi Province).
近江勢は山本義経の本拠である山本山城に篭城するが、12月16日に知盛・平資盛に攻められ落城(『玉葉』詳細は近江攻防)。