Kagekatsu stationed Kanetsugu NAOE at Yonezawa Castle to play a pivotal role with 300 thousand koku (including foot soldiers; in this connection, some say that the yield of Naoe's fief was 60 thousand koku) to Kanetsugu; he was also to supervise Kagetsugu AMAKASU stationed at Shiraishi Castle located at the forefront against the Date clan, Shigenaga HONJO stationed at Fukushima Castle, Nagayoshi SUDA stationed at Yanagawa Castle and Yoshihide SHIDA stationed at Tozenji Castle.
景勝は要となる米沢城に直江兼続に30万石（与力を含む、直江本領は6万石との説あり）を与えて配置させ、対伊達氏最前線の白石城の甘糟景継、福島城の本庄繁長、梁川城の須田長義、東禅寺城の志田義秀を指揮させた。