Tenguto judged that it was difficult to win a battle against the punitive force and arrive at Kyoto through Nakasen-do Road, and they circumnavigated to the north and proceeded.
これらの討伐軍を打ち破り中山道を進んで京都に至る事は困難と予想されたので、天狗党は中山道を外れ北方に迂回して京都へ向って進軍を続けた。