Attempting to recover quickly from his exile, and to rebuild his army, Minamoto no Yoritomo sent out messengers to recruit other families onto his side. As he continued through the region below Fuji-San and into Suruga Province, he planned a rendezvous with the Takeda clan and other families of the provinces of Kai and Kotsuke, to the north. These allies arrived just in time to fight off the chasing Taira army. Supposedly, in the night, the Taira mistook the sound of a flock of birds for that of a Minamoto surprise attack, and fled, with no actual battle taking place.
References
Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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