Yoshitsune who led three thousand cavalrymen (after the battle of Mikusayama, Yoshitsune had given seven thousand cavalrymen to Sanehira DOI, ordering him to take separate action) divided his force, taking seventy cavalrymen and led them to a rear mountain in the Ichinotani region.
3000騎を率いる義経（三草山の戦い後に7000騎を土肥実平に与えて別行動を取らせている）が兵を分けて70騎を率いて一ノ谷の裏山に向かった。