However, the battle situation became to allow the government army to make a pincer attack on Kiyama, where the headquarters of the Satsuma army was located, from Otsu in the right-most flank and from Mifune in the left-most flank.
しかし、官軍は最右翼の大津と最左翼の御船から薩軍本営の木山を挟撃する情勢になった。