Takanori went to Sugisaka, the border of Harima and Mimasaka Provinces, to catch up the Emperor and the escort, but they already almost reached Innosho (today's Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture) by that time, and his troops were dispersed like mist because of this wrong strategy.
高徳は天皇一行を播磨・美作国国境の杉坂まで追うものの、その時既に天皇一行は院庄（現・岡山県津山市）付近へ達しており、完全な作戦ミスの前に軍勢は雲散霧消してしまった。