Ando and others fought bravely against a fierce attack by Sonno Joi (slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) extreme royalists who struggled to run away, but were defeated.
しかし、逃げ狂う過激尊皇攘夷志士の猛攻を喰らった安藤らは、奮戦するも尊攘志士に敗れてしまう。