He exterminated the West squad, who was on the way from Ogaki-jo Castle to Gifu-jo Castle, at the Godo-gawa River together with Nagamasa KURODA and Takatora TODO, when he was capturing Gifu-jo Castle before the Battle of Sekigahara.
関ヶ原の合戦前の岐阜城攻略では黒田長政・藤堂高虎と共に大垣城から岐阜城へ向かう西軍を河渡川で殲滅した。