In order to cope with this, siege of the Kumamoto-jo castle was left to Ikegami, Nagayama was to control the coast line, Shinohara (with six platoons) proceeded to Tabaru, and Murata and Beppu (with five platoons) to Kidome.
これに対処するために、熊本城攻囲を池上にまかせ、永山に海岸線を抑えさせ、篠原（六箇小隊）が田原に、村田・別府（五箇小隊）が木留に進出した。