you were a beast of a hashira so muzan and the upper moons were trying to kill the hashira before you arrived

Kokoshibo akaza & douma: we gotta kill them and fast!

Mitsuri obanai sanemi & gyomei: c'mon we gotta hold them off until she gets here we can't lose!

Muichiro tengen rengoku & giyuu: we can't die yet we must hold them off until she gets here!

Shinobu: c'mon we got this!

Muzan: the slayers will perish!

Gyokko hantengu & nakime: fighting the hashira