At the war council held at the headquarters, there was a conflict between Kirino and Shinohara, who insisted on attacking the castle as a single force, and Shiro IKENOUE (a feudal retainer of the Satsuma clan), Oshisuke NOMURA, and Kohe SAIGO, who insisted on attacking separately; while the council dragged on, the first brigade (Shizuo NOZU) and the second brigade (Shigeomi MIYOSHI) of Government army started going south.
本営軍議で桐野・篠原らが主張する全軍攻城論と池上四郎(薩摩藩士)・野村忍介・西郷小兵衛らが主張する分進論が対立し、軍議が長引いている間に、政府軍の第一旅団（野津鎮雄）・第二旅団（三好重臣）の南下が始まった。