Around that time, the new government sent its Tosando army (the army in charge of the Tohoku region and a part of Chubu region) to the northern part of Kanto region, and while issuing the order on April 3 (表記の変更) to the domains in the region to control the uprisings in cooperation with the army, the government itself formulated a plan to support the operation.
その頃、新政府の東山道軍が北関東に進出したが、3月11日諸藩に対して共同で一揆の取締を命じるとともに新政府軍もこれを支援する方針を立てた。