<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishida_Mitsunari" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ishida Mitsunari">Ishida Mitsunari</a>'s Western Army commences the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fushimi_Castle" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Fushimi Castle">Siege of Fushimi Castle</a>, which is lightly defended by a much smaller <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_clan" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tokugawa clan">Tokugawa</a> garrison led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii_Mototada" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Torii Mototada">Torii Mototada</a>.<sup about="#mwt28" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_27#cite_note-3" id="mwPw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwQA">[3]</span></a></sup>
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