On March 8th, these deserting troops fighting with 'the expeditionary force to the east' at the Yanada in Shimotsuke Province (The current location is in Yanada-cho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture) were defeated (Later, Furuya formed the "Shohotai" unit with Nobuo IMAI, serving in the Tohoku and Hakodate Wars.).
3月8日には下野国簗田（栃木県足利市梁田町）で東征軍と戦って敗れた（古屋はのちに今井信郎らと衝鋒隊を結成し、東北戦争・箱館戦争に従軍する）。