However, it became almost impossible for the Satsuma army to reverse the state of the war, when the Satsuma army had Miyakonojo, a military base fit for defense, seized by the government army.
しかし、この守備に適した都城という拠点を官軍に奪取された時点で、戦局の逆転はほぼ絶望的となってしまった。