In the night of February 21 when all the battalions had successively arrived at Kawajiri, the Satsuma army, having been unexpectedly attacked by Kumamoto Garrison, held a council of war.
熊本鎮台からの攻撃を予想していなかった薩軍は、相次いで大隊が川尻に到着した21日夜、川尻で軍議を開いた。