Other corps later joined as well, including Kiheitai, and in March 1865 they ousted the leader of the moderate faction, Tota MUKUNASHI, and seized power in the clan.
後に奇兵隊ら諸隊も加わり、元治2年（1865年）3月には俗論派の首魁椋梨藤太らを排斥して藩の実権を握る。