Although having been defeated in the left flank as described above, the Satsuma army-gun was always in an advantageous state in Nagamine, Hotakubo, and Kengun in the right flank throughout the 'battle of Joto'.
このように「城東会戦」では、薩軍は左翼では敗れたものの、右翼の長嶺・保田窪・健軍では終始優勢な状況にあった。