On May 6, the government army attacked the 4th company of the Hoyoku-tai troop, and the Satsuma army counterattacked it and succeeded in driving off the government army to Sashiki once.
5月6日、官軍が材木村の鵬翼隊四番中隊を攻めたので、薩軍はこれを迎え撃ち、一旦は佐敷に退却させることに成功した。