Additionally, Isami KONDO and Toshizo HIJIKATA of the Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate) formed an army unit under the name of "Koyo Chinbutai" and advanced this army on to Koshu-kaido Road.
また、新選組の近藤勇・土方歳三らも甲陽鎮撫隊と称して、甲州街道を進撃した。