Then, chasing the retreated Satsuma army, the government army advanced its right flank from Tanokuchi and Inokoishigoe to Mikiminami and Tsutsumidori, and advanced its main body and left flank from the Takanomura-kaido Road.
続いて、退いた薩軍を追って、右翼を田野口・猪子石越から三木南・堤通に進め、本体・左翼を高野村街道から進めさせた。