finally , samurai from totsugawa area in nara defected from tenchu-gumi , and tenchu-gumi lost the substantial fighting capability . 遂には十津川郷士たちも離反し、天誅組は実質的な戦闘力を失った。
yoshinaga ouchi , who had lost decent fighting capability , fled into katsuyama-jo castle in nagato province which was protected by takayo naito . まともな戦闘能力を失った大内義長は内藤隆世の守る長門国且山城に逃亡。
since swift horses were used on the front lines , a konidatai was a troop with inferior mobility and fighting capability that carried provisions on daba (packhorses ) and carts by ashigaru (common foot soldiers ) and laborers (servicemen ) levied from farming villages . 優れた馬などは最前線にて用いられたために、小荷駄隊は足軽及び農村から徴発された人夫（陣夫）が駄馬や荷車に兵糧などを載せて引率するという機動性・戦闘力いずれも劣る部隊である。
