After curing the would, on August 21, he was appointed to the deputy commander of the government general (the anti-shogunate army) by Saigo's recommendation, and dispatched to Fujiwara gate (Nikko gate) leading soldiers from the Kagoshima and Utsunomiya domains.
この傷を養ったのちの8月21日、西郷の推挙によって大総督府直属の軍監に任じられ、鹿児島・宇都宮の2藩兵を率いて藤原口（日光口）に派遣された。