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Tokugawa troops further retreated about 5 kilometers.
It was about halfway point of Kyoto and Osaka.


"We will hang on here.
And we will launch a counterattack."
Tokugawa military leaders decided so.
But everyone ignored it.

Front-line soldiers began to retreat in Osaka.

・・・・・・・・・

Opposite shore of Lake Biwa.
Northeast of Kyoto．
There was Hikone.
　

Here's lord was prestigious of Tokugawa regime.
Previous lord named ”Ii Naosuke”.
He became dictator of the Tokugawa.

　
He was executed national policy at only his discretion.
(It may have been a situation compelled to do so.)　
　

But at the same time he clamped down on his opponents.
Many people were executed.
　
Choshu samurai named ”Yoshida Torajiro”.
He was a master of Takasugi’s group.
He was also executed.

Then, Naosuke was assassinated by Mito samurai.　
(Mito was Yoshinobu's hometown.)　
This troublous times began in earnest at this time.
　
This Hikone.
They took part in the new government troops.