Tenchu-gumi returned to the headquarters in Ten no Tsuji; Tadamitsu suggested that they go to Shingu in Kii Province and from there go to Shikoku and Kyushu to recruit soldiers, which however YOSHIMURA and others did not follow; Tadamitsu broke away from YOSHIMURA and others and went on separate ways.
天誅組は天の辻の本陣へ戻り、忠光は紀伊国新宮へ打って出て船で脱出して四国、九州で募兵することを提案するが、吉村らはこれに従わず、忠光は吉村らと別れて別行動をとった。