Norimune took an active role as the captain who led the Akamatsu squad in the territory of the Yamana clan of the Western squad such as in Hoki province and Inaba no kuni in the vicinity of Harima province and, moreover, in Rakuchu (inside the capital).
則宗は勢力基盤である播磨周囲の伯耆国・因幡国などの西軍山名氏の領国で、さらには洛中で赤松軍を率いる主将として活躍した。