On the other hand, Hidetake attempted to attack Sanehira from behind by urging troops to be raised byIehira, younger paternal brother of Sanehira and Kiyohira, younger stepbrother (a child by a previous marriage of Iehira's mother) of Sanehira, who had always been displeased with Sanehira as Hidetake himself had.
一方、秀武は自らと同じく日ごろから真衡に不満を持っていた真衡の異母弟の家衡・異父異母弟（家衡の母の連れ子）の清衡に挙兵を促して、真衡の背後を突かせようとした。