Then, Kirino commanded from the headquarters in Hitoyoshi for a while, but after judging that the war situation was deteriorating, he went to Miyazaki to reorganize the troops and on May 28, he renamed the Miyazaki branch office to the bureau of military affairs as their base.
以後しばらく桐野は人吉本営で指揮していたが、戦況が不利と見て、軍を立て直すべく宮崎に赴き、5月28日、宮崎支庁を軍務所と改称して根拠地とした。