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.
Kanetsugu, too, was in the midst of
كان كانيتسوغو أيضاً في خِضَمّ
befand sich Kanetsugu ebenfalls inmitten
Kanetsugu también luchaba contra
 Date Masamune de Oshu al norte de Aizu.
Kanetsugu también luchaba contra
 Date Masamune de Oshu al norte de Aizu.
une lutte sans merci
se livrait au nord d’Aizu
anche Kanetsugu stava affrontando
Kanetsugu estava no meio de outra