After that, he had to deal with the situation that the Southern Government army and Government army were suspected to have landed, and the Kumamoto Chindai, thus, he left the seige of Kumamoto castle to Ikegami and had Yaichiro NAGAYAMA control the shoreline, and sent the shotai platoon separately with Kunitomo SHINOHARA (Rokka-shotai platoon) to Tahara, meanwhile Murata and Beppu (Goka-shotai platoon) were at Kitome, and Kirino (Sanka-shotai platoon) was at Yamaga, thus they tried to attack the Government army from both sides and capture Takase.
これより、南下政府軍、また上陸してくると予想される政府軍、熊本鎮台に対処するために、熊本城攻囲を池上にまかせ、永山弥一郎に海岸線を抑えさせ、篠原国幹（六箇小隊）は田原に、村田・別府（五箇小隊）は木留に、桐野（三箇小隊）は山鹿に分かれ、政府軍を挟撃して高瀬を占領することにした。