In September of the same year, Yoshinaka's forces left by Sanyo-do Road to attack the Taira clan, but Yoshinaka's forces lost to the Taira clan forces led by TAIRA no Shigehira at Mizushima in Bichu Province (the Battle of Mizushima) in October.
同年9月、義仲軍は平氏追討のため山陽道へ出立して閏10月に義仲軍は備中水島で平重衡率いる平氏軍に敗れる（水島の戦い）。