First, on January 13th Yoshinobu ordered the head of his infantry to guard Sunpu (current, Shizuoka City); on January 14th, Yoshinobu ordered Toshitomo DOI (the lord of the Koga Domain) to guard Kanagawa (currently, Yokohama City).
慶喜はひとまず13日歩兵頭に駿府（現静岡市）警備、14日には土井利与（古河藩主）に神奈川（現横浜市）警備を命じた。