The troops breaking through consisted of 300 to 500 elite soldiers; the front troops were led by Shuichiro KONO and Jurota HENMI, the middle troops by Kirino and Murata, and the rear troops by Takehiko NAKAJIMA and Kiyoshi KIJIMA, and Ikenoue and Beppu led about 60 soldiers in order to protect Saigo.
突囲軍は精鋭300～500名で、前軍は河野主一郎・辺見十郎太、中軍は桐野・村田、後軍は中島健彦・貴島清が率い、池上と別府が約60名を率いて西郷を警護した。