A plan was made to raise an army in Ikuno by Hirano who together with the feudal retainers Yasushi NOMURA of the Choshu Domain and Masata MATSUDA of the Tottori Domain joined, Kitagaki who was very popular in Tajima.
平野は長州藩士野村靖、鳥取藩士松田正人らとともに但馬で声望の高い北垣と結び、生野での挙兵を計画。