In the same year, he joined forces with Takauji who had come to assist him without the emperor's permission and the two of them launched an eastward offensive in Tokaido to retake Kamakura from the rebellion forces.
同年、天皇に無断で来援した尊氏と合流して東海道を東へ攻勢に転じ、反乱軍から鎌倉を奪還する。