At this point, the Tenchu-gumi had already been destroyed and Kuniomi insisted on scrapping the plan to raise an army, however he was overpowered by hard-liners who insisted on avenging the Tenchu-gumi and embarked on building an army.
この時点で天誅組は壊滅しており、国臣は挙兵の中止を主張するが、天誅組の仇を討つべしとの強硬派に押されて挙兵に踏み切った。