Since about that time cannon shootings from the south to the sogamae of Osaka-jo Castle went into full swing, bakufu's shiyori approached near to the moat, Tadaakira Matsudaira troop 20 to 30 ken (one ken equals to about 1.8 meters) and Todo troop 7 ken.
この頃より大坂城総構への南方からの大砲射撃も本格化し、幕府方の仕寄は堀際まで松平忠明隊は20から30間、藤堂隊は7間に近接している。