At the Battle of Ichinotani, which took place on February 5, 1184, MINAMOTO no Noriyori led an Ote army (an army that attacks from the front side) and marched toward his enemy (probably the main force of this army was 30,000 soldiers led by Noriyori at the battle of Uji-gawa River), at the same time, MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune led troops to the rear gate with 10,000 soldiers.
寿永3年（1184年）2月5日に始まった一ノ谷の戦いでは、源範頼は大手軍を率いて進軍し（宇治川の戦いで率いた3万の兵士を基幹としたと思われる）、また源義経は1万の搦手軍を率いて進軍した。