Aside from existing infantry that was comprised of heifu, the system of corporative musket units was established, under which each hatamoto was obliged to consolidate a musket unit according to his rokudaka, and several musket units were combined to organize platoons or battalions.
従来の兵賦による歩兵隊のほか、旗本に禄高ごとに銃隊を整備させて、数家分を組み合わせて小隊や大隊級の銃隊を編成する組合銃隊の制度も施行された。