The main force of the Satsuma army tried to build the battlefronts in Ohata and other places in cooperation with the Raigeki-tai troop in the Oguchi area to prevent the government army from further advancing southward, but failed and retreated to Iino over the Horikiri-toge Pass.
薩軍本隊は大畑などで大口方面の雷撃隊と組んで戦線を構築し、官軍のさらなる南下を防ごうとしたが失敗し、堀切峠を越えて、飯野へと退却した。