As soon as Shuichiro KONO of Konoseguchi and FUCHIBE of Onoguchi, both of whom stayed in Hitoyoshi, heard that the Satsuma army was routed and crisis was impending over them in Hitoyoshi, they rushed towards Hoo-bashi Bridge across the Kuma-gawa River.
また神瀬口の河野主一郎、大野口の淵辺はともに人吉にいたが、薩軍が敗績し、人吉が危機に陥ったことを聞き、球摩川に架かる鳳凰橋に向かった。