Therefore, the daimyo in the Sengoku period, who led yori-oya, did not make these territory owners (yori-ko) retainers of their retainers but their direct retainers, and then made the yori-ko subordinated by their senior vassals or influential military commanders (yori-oya) to use the military power of the local territory owners effectively.
そこで寄親を統率する戦国大名は、寄子たる在地土豪たちを陪臣（家臣の家臣）とはせずに直接的に臣従させる一方で、重臣や有力武将（寄親）に附属させ、在地土豪の軍事力を効率的に利用したのである。