On the way there, Saigo was hit and committed suicide with the beheading assistance of Beppu in front of the residence of Okichi Hisayoshi SHIMAZU, which Kirino and others saw through on their knees, and then marching further, they occupied a fort in Iwasakiguchi and fought there, but they were shot down, stabbed or killed themselves one by one.
途中で西郷が被弾し、島津応吉久能邸門前にて別府の介錯で自決すると、跪いて西郷の自決を見届けた桐野らはさらに進撃し、岩崎口の一塁に籠もって交戦し、相次いで銃弾に斃れ、刺し違え、或は自刃した。