In December, a report of a serious defeat of the punitive force in the Battle of Fujigawa reached Fukuhara, and Yorimori and Norimori were reappointed as Togoku-tsuitoshi (a general appointed to liquidate rebels in Togoku) (see the entry for November 16 in the "Sankaiki").
11月には富士川の戦いで追討軍が大敗したという報告が福原に届き、頼盛と教盛が新たに東国追討使となっている（『山槐記』11月16日条）。