For high-class daimyo belonging to several tens of thousand koku class, it was possible to possess several multiple units of such sonae grouped into one te (a single unit) (that is, a single te unit of troops had military power equivalent to that of a daimyo belonging to 100,000 koku class).
数十万石の大大名はその数個の備を一手としたものを更に複数、保有する事が可能となる（つまり一手部隊は10万石級大名と同様の戦力になる）。