With the most careful attention, Yoritomo wrote back to Noriyori promising he would send food and ships to him and told him not to be hated by local samurais, to bring Emperor Antoku, TAIRA no Tokiko and the Three Sacred Treasures of the Imperial Family safely and to value samurais from the Kanto region.
それに対して頼朝は食料と船を送る旨と、地元の武士などに恨まれない事、安徳天皇・平時子・三種の神器を無事に迎える事、関東武士たちを大切にする事など、細心の注意を書いた返書を送っている。