On March 27, a battle with bows and arrows was commenced and fierce battles were repeated, but Yoshitsune made a surprise attack of charging downhill from the rear of Ichi-no-tani (There is a different view.), and the Taira clan was thrown into confusion and started flight toward the sea.
2月7日に矢合わせとなり激戦が繰り返されるが、義経が一ノ谷の背後から逆落しの奇襲をしかけて（異説あり）、平氏は大混乱となり海に向かって敗走を始めた。