Therefore, he had no intention in compromising with any of his opponent's staff on conditions in the treatment or custody of Yoshinobu and the armed forces of the Tokugawa family, until the arrival of Saigo from Kyoto to the Kanto.
切り札である慶喜の身柄や徳川家の軍装に関して、西郷の再東下より前に妥協するつもりはなかったためである。