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.
and those begging for mercy,
والتوسُّل للرحمة
und denen, die um Gnade bitten,
d’autres implorent la clémence.
e quelle che implorano il suo perdono,
e vozes que pedem por misericórdia,