That tactics allowed the Satsuma army to save the several hundreds of soldiers besieging the northeastern and western areas of the castle, but it turned out to be more advantageous to the garrison because it could saved the soldiers defending the west part of the castle.
この策によって薩軍は城の東北及び西部を守る兵を数百名節約できたのであるが、鎮台にとっては城の西部を守る兵が節約できたので、さらに好都合であった。