The Tokugawa shogunate side had heated debates on advocacating war and attacking Satsuma; then the army of the Tokugawa shogunate acting on "the statement to the Emperor to avenge Satsuma" tried to go to the capital, Kyoto.
薩摩を討つべしとの主戦論が沸騰し、「討薩表」を携えた幕府軍が上京を試みることなった。