The Hidetada's troops at that time consisted of Tozama daimyo in Shinano Province and Fudai daimyo (hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa family) who had their territory along the Uesugi Nakasendo Road, according to a custom of troops which went through the road.
この時の秀忠隊は信濃の外様大名と、上杉・中山道に対処する部隊としての慣例により隣接地に封地を持つ譜代大名で構成していた。