Kiyouji moved to the Sanuki area and Yoshiakira ordered Kiyouji's cousin Yoriyuki HOSOKAWA, who was shugo (military governor) of Awa Province to hunt down and kill him; however, Kiyouji made alliances with Nobutane SASAKI of Shodo-shima Island and the Shiwaku marines of the Shiwaku-shoto Island Chain, set up a sea-blockade and fought Yoriyuki using Shiramine Castle and Takaya Castle (present day Sakaide City and Utazu-cho Ayauta-gun, Kagawa Prefecture) as bases.
清氏は讃岐へ移り、義詮から清氏追討を命じられた阿波守護で、清氏の従弟にあたる細川頼之に対しては、小豆島の佐々木信胤や塩飽諸島の塩飽水軍などを味方に付けて海上封鎖を行い、白峰城（高屋城とも、現香川県綾歌郡宇多津町、坂出市）を本拠に宇多津の頼之勢と戦う。