The army attempting to break through was about three to five hundred soldiers, and the first army was lead by Shuichioro KONO and Jurota HENMI, the middle army was lead by Kirino and Murata, and the last army was lead by Takehiko NAKAJIMA and Kiyoshi KIJIMA, and Ikegami and Beppu led sixty soldiers to guard Takamori SAIGO ("Daisaigo Totsui Senki (war chronicles of the Great Saigo breaking through the besieging armies)".
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名を率いて西郷隆盛を護衛した（『大西郷突囲戦史』に依る。