Later, HIJIKATA departed for the domain of Shonai and a battery of former retainers of shogun, including Keisuke OTORI, went to Sendai to fight, but SAITO remained in Aizu and continued to fight against the new government army outside the castle with feudal retainers of the Aizu domain.
その後、土方らは庄内藩に向かい、大鳥圭介ら旧幕臣の部隊は仙台に転戦したが、斎藤は会津に残留し、会津藩士とともに城外で新政府軍への抵抗を続けた。