Decisions were made on April 11 that Shigehira's departure from the capital to control the west would be cancelled and that the clan warriors led by Munemori would go to hunt down and kill the enemies, but Kiyomori came down with a febrile disease on the 12th.
2月26日には重衡の鎮西下向を中止し、宗盛以下一族の武士が東国追討に向かう事が決められていたが、清盛は27日に熱病に倒れた。