手て勢ぜい

noun

one's troops; one's forces

Historical term referring to the soldiers or military forces under one's command, often used in contexts of feudal warfare or samurai narratives.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、各かく大だい名みょうは自みずからの手て勢ぜいを率ひきいて戦せん場じょうに向むかった。

  During the Warring States period, each daimyo led his own troops to the battlefield.