The council was divided between the plan urged by IKEGAMI to 'deploy part of the army in Kumamoto to defend the region and to make the main force head east' and the plan urged by those including SHINOHARA to 'storm Kumamoto Castle by the whole army', and finally, the latter plan was adopted.
軍議では池上が主張する「熊本に抑えを置き、主力東上」策と篠原らが主張する「全軍による熊本城強襲」策が対立したが、強襲策が採用された。