On the other hand, since the government army was unaware of the main force of the Satsuma army heading north, it judged that the Satsuma army in front of them was not dominating over them and took the formation as below.
これに対し官軍は、薩軍主力の北進を知らず、前面の薩軍が未だ優勢でないとの判断にもとづき、次のように部署を定めた。