It is said that on the way, he attacked a jinya (regional government office) of Koyo Chinbutai (Shinsengumi [literally, the newly selected corps, referring to a special police force for the Tokugawa regime]) in Nagareyama City, and made the Shinsengumi's leader Isami KONDO surrender.
途中、流山市で甲陽鎮撫隊（新選組）陣屋を襲って、局長近藤勇を出頭させたと言われている。