Siege side, Western Army 40,000 vs. Besieged side, Torii Mototada 2300: Sekigahara Outpost Battle, Battle of Fushimi Castle

With the disappearance of Toshiie Maeda, the lord of one million koku, one of the Five Elders, a friend of Hideyoshi, and to whom Hideyori had been entrusted, there was no longer anyone who could manipulate Tokugawa Ieyasu, the leader of the Toyotomi government. Ieyasu wanted to rebel against Kagekatsu Uesugi, and went to conquer Aizu with his generals. Taking this opportunity, the Osaka side impeached Ieyasu and expelled him from Osaka Castle. Besieged Fushimi Castle. Torii Mototada, who was with him when he was a hostage in Suruga, led the defense of Fushimi Castle. His final service pinned down the Western Army for nearly two weeks. As a result, the western army\'s eastward advance and deployment to Mino and Owari were delayed, helping Ieyasu and the military commanders who favored Toyotomi to reverse their course. Most of the Fushimi siege troops, including the garrison Mototada Torii, were destroyed. Thanks to their strength, unity, stubbornness, and loyalty to Ieyasu, people realized that the Mikawa samurai were still alive and well even after moving to Edo (Kanto).