It is a famous story that Hideyoshi attacked Odawara-jo Castle surrounding it with two hundred thousand samurai and succeeded in defeating the Hojo clan (this battle is called "the Siege of Odawara"), without running out of provisions owing to the Taiko-kenchi.
この太閤検地の実施により兵糧を絶やすことなく小田原城を約20万の兵で囲み、北条氏を滅亡させた（小田原の役）のは有名な話である。