However, in the end of same year, during the purge of former Joi supporters, Shinsaku TAKASUGI and others rallied various troops, and raised an army at Chofu Kozan-ji Temple.
しかし長州藩内で旧攘夷派の粛清が続くなか同年末、高杉晋作らが諸隊を糾合し長府功山寺にて挙兵（功山寺挙兵）。