At noon of the following day, the Shinsen-gumi returned to their base in Mibu Village. (If they had returned to their base at night, they might have fallen into an ambush, so they took a rest in the city until dawn.)
翌日の正午（夜のうちに帰ったのでは闇討ちの恐れがあるため夜が明けるまで休息をとっていた）、新選組は壬生村の屯所に帰還した。