Other troops of TAIRA no Norimori (a younger brother of Kiyomori) approached the dairi, and was drawn inside through the gate opened by a mole; the dairi was occupied by Taira's army.
平教盛（清盛の弟）の別動隊が内裏に迫るや内応者が門を開けて引き入れ、内裏は平家方に占拠されてしまった。