Informed that Prince Mochihito had taken refuge in Nara and that it was uncertain whether he was dead or alive, TAIRA no Shigehira and Koremori attempted to invade Nanto, or Nara, but Tadakiyo stopped them, saying, 'thought is needed as to heading for Nanto in the evening: the young never know the details of military operations,' according to "Sankaiki," a diary of Tadachika NAKAYAMA.
以仁王の生死は不明で奈良に逃げ込んだという情報も流れたことから、平重衡・維盛は南都に攻め込もうとするが、忠清は「晩に臨みて南都に着くの条、思慮あるべし、若き人々は軍陣の子細を知らず」（『山槐記』）と制止した。