While the Sanada brothers Nobuyuki and Yukimura face off at Ueda Castle, and Kagekatsu Uesugi and Kanetsugu Naoe take on Masamune Date and Kojuro Katakura at Aizu, the curtain is drawn on the Battle of Sekigahara. With the overwhelming numerical advantage created by Yukimura's stalling of Hidetada's forces and a formation that fully utilized his geographical superiority, Mitsunari takes the upper hand in the early going.
Kobayakawa's unit still hadn't moved,
ووحدة كوباياكاوا لا زالَتْ لم تتحرّك
Kobayakawas Einheit rührte sich
noch immer nicht vom Fleck,
Las tropas de Kobayakawa 
aún no entraban en acción,
Las tropas de Kobayakawa 
aún no habían entrado en acción,
Les troupes de Kobayakawa
restaient immobiles.
L'unità di Kobayakawa era ancora ferma,
A unidade de Kobayakawa 
ainda estava parada,