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.
The Eastern Army had begun their advance,
لقد بدأ الجيشُ الشرقي بتقدُّمِه
Die Ost-Armee hat
ihren Angriff begonnen,
Los cañonazos del Ejército del Oeste alteraron
 al Ejército del Este que acababa de avanzar.
Los cañonazos del Ejército del Oeste alteraron
 al Ejército del Este que acababa de avanzar.
L’armée des Tokugawa
s’était mise en marche,
L'armata ad est iniziò ad avanzare,
O Exército do Leste 
havia começado a atacar,