Therefore, they had a feeling of obligation to Ieyasu: For example, Masanobu HONDA was one of Ieyasu's brains until Ieyasu's later years, and Yoshinobu NATSUME was killed in place of Ieyasu in the Battle of Mikatagahara.
彼らは家康に恩を感じ、本多正信は家康の晩年までブレーンとして活躍し、夏目吉信は三方ヶ原の戦いで家康の身代わりになって戦死した。