In his time as Kanrei, Yoriyuki had ordered hs brother Yoriari to recruit local lords and samurai as Hosokawa retainers and now called on their services to defeat the Kawano clan and the Masauji HOSOKAWA, the son of the late Kiyouji HOSOKAWA.
頼之は管領時代に弟の頼有に命じて国人の被官化に務めており、これらの力をもって河野氏や細川清氏の遺児の正氏らを破った。