Sekigahara 1600 - Assault against Ishida Mitsunari

Around 8:30AM, Kuroda Nagamasa led several other eastern generals and their troops in a direct assault against Ishida Mitsunari's command post. Mitsunari position's, however, was guarded by the men of Gamo Bitchu and Shíma Sakon. These units had taken cover …

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Around 8:30AM, Kuroda Nagamasa led several other eastern generals and their troops in a direct assault against Ishida Mitsunari's command post. Mitsunari position's, however, was guarded by the men of Gamo Bitchu and Shíma Sakon. These units had taken cover behind some hurriedly constructed palisades and fought well even though outnumbered. Supported by blanketíng fire of the eastern arqueb usiers, Nagamasa redoubled his effort, but Mitsunari's men refused to pull back.

Sekigahara, Mino Province, Japan

The Battle of Sekigahara was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period. This battle was fought by the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu against a coalition of Toyotomi loyalist clans, several of which defected before or during the battle, leading to a Tokugawa victory. The Battle of Sekigahara was the largest and most important battle of Japanese feudal history, and led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Tokugawa Ieyasu took three more years to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the various daimyō, but Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for another two and a half centuries until 1868.

Wikipedia: Battle of Sekigahara

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