On March 29, although he recruited many peasant soldiers in a village near his home, he heard sounds from the Battle of Koshu Katsunuma at Higashi Yamanashi District and hid at his mother's parental home at Fuefuki City making it back to the group even though he wished to do so.
3月6日、故郷近在の村にて農兵を多数募集するも、東山梨郡にて甲州勝沼の戦いを聞き、帰隊を志すも果たせず、笛吹市にある母方の実家へ隠れる。