Great map RF. Keep up the great work
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Great map RF. Keep up the great work
Agreed, the map is very nice indeed, great work.:yes:
Very nice.
Thanks, Revolting Friendship,or should i say Tomte of Doom,(You should change that username m8:laugh4: ) Great looking map.I have edited it to the first post.:2thumbsup:
Hi Tomte , excellent work with the map.
Thanks for the Map. Really easier to understand now :-).
Decisions sent a minute or two ago. Sorry about taking so long with them, but been a bit busy with work. Anyway I look forward to seeing how this coming season will develop.
The map is fantastic... :verycool:
Love the map, my friend!
very exiciting, makes the game more fun :-)
OOC:
I really hope the next chapter will come today.:sweatdrop:
Well are we waiting on anyone to send their decisions?
I think everyone has sent them now. Regardless, the deadline is today, if anyone has failed to send their orders before deadline, they should simply have to wait for the next chapter. That's why it's called deadline. :idea2:
Im waiting for decisions of Asai,Imagawa and Hojo. Others i have.:yes:
Kage:
What if they do not send in their decisions today? Will you postpone the chapter again?
I will wait until i get them,probably tomorrow.:smash:
I've been quite scattered lately, has our messenger arrived?
Aw MAN! First 21st, then 23rd, now tomorrow. I'm shitting bricks here. Hayaku, minna hayaku kudasai! :charge:
;)
IrishArmenian: It would seem you have sent yours yeah. We're waiting for Hojo, Asai and Imagawa.
Sorry mine are sent.. 1 hour 30 mins after the deadline :shame:
you get my stuff ok m8??
Yes.Now i have all the answers and the chapter will be out this evening.:bow:
You are really fast!!!
:bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Franconicus
Dang man you fast :beam:
so exciting! :yes:
Chapter 6. Summer 1561.
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War ravages the countryside of Japan, when various Daimyos fight to take new lands or defend their current domains. While the noble Daimyos march with their great banners flying in the wind, the poor peasants struggle to survive in the chaos, burying their children along the way. Is there any hope for peace or will the war eat up everything, including hope? That remains to be seen.
In Kuyshu the alliance of Shimazu and Otomo seems completely unstoppable, as they continue the offence against the remnants of Ryozoji and Akizuki.
The allies send 18000 men to invade Chikuzen, while 12000 men stay in Chikugo in order to starve out the small Ryuzoji garrison of Yanagawa which cant survive for long without enough supplies or water.
The overwhelming numbers of invading Shimazu and Otomo, force Akizuki Tanezane to fortify to his Akizuki castle with his 5000 men and hope for the best. In order to celebrate the victory over Ryozoji during Spring, Shimazu Takahisa decides to start building a Church for the Christian God, in his capital Kagoshima. The Portuguese arrive to Kyushu and sell some of their weapons to Shimazu, while Otomo doesnt buy anything from the foreigners.
In Chugoku, Mori Motonari stays in his domain and it seems that the Mori is one of the few clans that have chosen the ways of peace, while the war ravages the land of Japan. The Spanish trade armada has split after visiting Kuyshu and while the other part will reach Chugoku area during the next season, the other part heads towards Shikoku and will reach the clans of the island during autumn. The fastest ships might even reach Kinai, but that depends much of the amount of trade with the Western clans and if the winds are favourable.
Amako Haruhisa engages in diplomatic efforts to bring the Urakami resistance to end. The answer is clear. After about ten minutes inside castle, the head of the emissary travels back to the Amako camp outside the walls of Tenjinyama with haste as its thrown from the walls and after the head,the torso follows suit landing to the moat of the castle.
Yamana Clan sends men to support Amako´s efforts and supplies the siege force with additional 8000 men, thus expanding the total force to 28000 men.
In the island of Shikoku. Miyoshi army marches out from Kono lands guided by the Kono warriors. The army commanded by Miyoshi Masayasu arrives safely to Awa and remains there stationed in Hakuchi castle.
On the mainland Hatakeyama resists the Miyoshi siege stubbornly,while he and his men are starving and there is even rumours about cannibalism inside the walls of Takeyama castle.
Tsutsui Junkei continues the siege of the capital, while the well supplied Miyoshi warriors continue the determined defense of the capital.
In Ise the Oda army which have sieged Kitabatake capital, suddenly withdraws and marches away. Just like Nobunaga had promised to Kitabatake Harumoto publicly. Leaving 10000 Asai warriors to face the same amount of Kitabatake warriors. In the following day further 2000 Asai warriors leave also hastily towards Asai home province Omi. During the night of June 3rd, Kitabatake Harumoto leads a determined sally out from Anotsu castle. Instead of attacking the Asai from all gates he decides to concentrate his forces to the rear gate of castle. the Asai defense ring is too thin to stop the Kitabatake sally and once breached the Asai army starts an semi chaotic rout towards the North. Kitabatake Harumoto send most of his cavalry, about 2000 men to pursuit the Asai,while his main army takes control of the Asai baggage train in order to get supplies. later during the night the Kitabatake cavalry chasing the withdrawing Asai army is ambushed by Oda. Nobunaga ordered his army to withdraw from outside the vicinity of Anotsu, but instead of withdrawing from the province, he hides his army, while Asai force was used as an bate. The Kitabatake cavalry is annihilated in the ambush on the nearby hills of Anotsu castle, while only few survivors are able to bring back word to Kitabatake Harumoto that peace is far away from Ise. During the series of fights during the night, Kitabatake looses about 3000 of his infantry and about 1950 of his mounted samurais. The casulties for Asai are 3000 men and about 100 men for Oda.
After receiving the news of the ambush,Kitabatake Daimyo quickly closes the gates of Anotsu and wisely so, as the allied army reappears in the morning to continue the siege.
In the Asai home domain, Omi. 2000 Iga warriors and 2000 of Asai´s own men arrive to the province on june 5th. The situation has been unclear as The Asakura forces and Oda forces under Shibata Katsuie fight off series of small skirmishes with the help of local Asai men on both sides, as they are confused who is the enemy and who the friend. Both sides loose about 500 of their men in the skirmishes. But when the 4000 Asai forces reach the province,the local Asakura commander Asakura Kageakira withdraws to Echizen, while Shibata Katsuie stays in the province with his men.
It seems that open war between Oda and Asakura has started. Asakura Yoshikage starts building a teppo factory in his capital Ichijo no Dani and raises additional forces for a possible campaign.
Saito clan mobilizes their entire army, but stays put inside Mino. The 3000 Takeda warriors there leave with haste to support their master in Shinano.
On Tokaido coast, Imagawa Yoshimoto, starts and series of terrible raids to Mikawa. Killing and burning everything what the Imagawa warriors encounter. Tokugawa Ieasy orders his men to kill off the invaders, but the few skirmishes that happen, wont stop the ravaging of Mikawa. Both sides loose few hundred men during the raids. The civilian population of Mikawa suffers a lot from the raids as the Imagawa warriors give no quarter to anyone they encounter.
In Shinano, Takeda Shingen gathers his men as he marches towards the Uesugi force. With 3000 Takeda warriors from Mino and 7000 from Kai, The Takeda army numbers grow to 30000 men. In the face of the odds, Uesugi Kenshin decides to withdraw back to the Northern Shinano with his 18000 men. The Takeda army decides not to follow and spend the summer in central Shinano, joined by the 1500 men of Yamagata Masakage who defended Fukashi castle successfully. Uesugi Kenshin decides also to grant the entire Etchu to Shiina clan, in order so that he can rely them also in the future. Shiina sends 5000 men to support Uesugi in Northern Shinano as sign of their gratitude. So in the end of the season, there are 31500 Takeda warriors in central Shinano, facing 23000 strong Uesugi army in Northern Shinano.
In Kozuke the stand off, between Date and Hojo continues as Ashina stays in his own domain.
In the Kanto, Hojo Ujiasy mobilizes his entire army, mustering every man available. With a determined effort, he personally leads a force numbering 20000 to Musashi and starts harassing the army of Satake and Satomi, avoiding a major battle. Because of the good knowledge of the local land,Hojo is more successful and while Satake and Satomi loose about 1000 warriors on the numerous skirmishes, Hojo only looses about 500. In the end of the season the combined Satake and Satomi army numbers about 40000 men while Ujiasy has little less then 20000 with him and little less then 15000 in Kawagoe castle besieged by the force of Satake and Satomi. Satomi and Satake try to torch down Kawagoe castle continuously during the summer, but the defenders are able to put down the fires.
Deadline for the answers for the Autumn is Sunday 30th of September. I will send the info pm´s during today and tomorrow.:bow:
Awesome !
Again foiled by the great Kitabatake! May his death be even more painful
Thanks Ravie.:smash: Also Takeda is open for a new player. If there arent any,i will continue controlling it myself.:yes:
To the Lords Otomo and Shimazu,
I would request a word with you two Lords, if it is not too much trouble, it regards the Akizuki clan. I would like to work to reach a peace with you.
To the Lord Amako,
I wish to further negotiate terms of our peace.
To Lord Chosokabe and Kono,
I would like to discuss the situation in Shikoku with you two Lords.
Regards,
Mori Motonari
Lord Kono is ready to hear the proposals of lord Mori. Send a letter to us an we will reply to your proposals. Unless you want to speak publicly, which is fine to us also.
Kono Michinao
Nice chapter, kage:bow:
First time ever that I did not have bad luck.
Again, Oda Nobunaga showed, that he has no honor. It is time that the brave daimyios end his dirty tricks.:karate:
Thanks Franc.~:) About your luck. Some say luck is like the wind, it turns suddenly and before you know, it might turn again.~;)
Ack, Kitabatake has foiled our plans twice. If nothing else we bow to respect the skill of Kitabatake Harumoto. We have yet to met anyone who could match him. We will hold a tea ceremony in a nearby shrine to honour the deeds of the Kitabatake daimyo and his warriors.
If the Oda are dishonourable then the Imagawa are nothing but cowardly brutes. Atleast we have the decency to fight true warriors while the Imagawa content themselves with butchering innocent men, women and children. First you cowered behind your alliances and then you stoop down to targeting the peasants. If there is a clan that is the laughing stock of Japan, it certainly is the petty Imagawa.
To Môri Motonari from Ôtomo Sorin:
Honoured Lord. We are happy to recieve words from you on peaceful terms.
I understand that you wish to mediate peace between our alliance and the Akizuki-clan. I suspect that they might have turned to you requesting help? Be that as it may, I respect your wishes to protect the weaker.
However, I wish to remind you on the subject of history in this conflict, please bear with me:
Not long ago the lord of the Ôtomo-clan turned to the proud Ryûzôji-clan with a proposal for them to enter vassal-ship to their stronger neighbours, that we would establish a good order of hierarchy in this splintered land and secure peace, instead of war.
With our superior might we could have attacked them outright, were we governed by greed, seeing as we already existed in a state of war. But we chose the peaceful path.
How was our generousity answered? The trusted and loyal retainer I sent to present this offer was returned to me, short of his body, carried forth in a blood-soaked basket.
In almost the same breath as this despicable act, the Ryûzôji called upon their neighbour Akizuki Tanezane and together attacked my holdings in Chikugo, burning villages, murdering and pillaging, without me even having massed forces for an attack at their borders. They ganged up against us as petty bandits, without a hostile provocation.
After the theft of Chikugo I demanded the return of the province and nothing else, a request they blatantly ignored, instead they fortified the province and prepared for further bloodshed. Thus, I drew up my host and answered back at their provokations in full. Together with my wise and trusted ally Shimazu Takahisa, we made them pay for their transgressions.
However, seeing the fortune turned against him, Akizuki Tanezane proved himself to be nothing more than dishonourable scum of the lowliest kind, abandoning his ally on the field, and fled like a whipped dog back to his land.
Such a man is not suitable as the Lord of Chikuzen, and I shall remove him from this post and let the responsibility pass to competent hands. I hope that you, most honoured Môri Motonari, will recognize the truth in what I've put before you, and refrain from supporting Akizuki Tanezane, and let him reap what he himself has sown.
Honourable Lord, I hold you in outmost respect and count you among my friends. Now you humbly protest the aggression of our alliance, which I still respect as an isolated matter. But where was your voice, friend, when the Ryûzôji and the Akizuki ravaged the province of Chikugo, burning villages and taking my castles?
Yours in truth,
Ôtomo Sorin
No honour on the part of the Oda? Look to the Imagawa! They destroy all life before them! They are truly scourges of the earth and an expedient purge of all 'animals' loyal to the name Hojo is necessary and evident!
With shock and disgust,
--Date Haramune
The Lord of the Mori sees the truth behind Lord Otomo Sorin's words and will withdraw any prospect of support to the Akizuki. He offers his apologies for any ill will he may have expressed. :bow:
From the Ôtomo to Môri Motonari:
Our Lord has taken no offense from your intervention and wishes to express his gratitude for the continued peaceful relationship between our clans.
Open call from Ôtomo Sorin, to the besieged forces of the Akizuki-clan and their leader, Tanezane:
Men of Chikuzen, such is the plead of Lord Ôtomo,
This siege could see its end with the loss of one mans life or that of thousands. Akizuki Tanezane has brought you all to this fate. In all honour, should he wish to restore it; he still has the option to redeem himself by ending his own unworthy life, and spare those of his men.
We do not expect the men defending their Lord to betray their own loyalty, but we ask only that their Lord does not betray the trust his men has vested in him.
Akizuki Tanezane! Turn your lands and men over to the Ôtomo and they need not vainly die beside you.
But if it is your wish that they should do so, this may be counted to your previous failures, as our ally Shimazu Takahisa, the Ôtomo warriors as well as their Lord stand ready to deliver battle to you!
Clan Date is happy to see peace emerge and congratulates the Clans Otomo and Mori on their diplomatic exchanges! We give you our blessing, may you prosper, and may generations pass before your peace is threatened!
Honored Lord you have our Ear , send us a message and we will give you the attention you deserve or if it pleases you to declare something in public that will also please us, we are listening with great intent.Quote:
Originally Posted by seignthelas
Great chapter Kage! :2thumbsup:
Dear Haramune,Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishArmenian
Obviously you still think that war is a childsplay. I tell you, war is hard and bloody. If you cannot stand this fact, go back to your castle and ask the Hojo warriors to protect you!
Imagawa
To the Lord Mori MotonariQuote:
Originally Posted by seignthelas
Our peace has been a beacon to the whole of the lands of the Daimyos - would that some of our fellow Lords had followed our path of peace.
I am open to further discussion of our alliance and would welcome your private messenger.
Regards
The Lord Amako
There is a huge difference between fighting a war and murdering peasants, and it definately seems like the Imagawa are doing the latter. Either way your murderous strategy will only bring more harm upon you in the end. You are not fighting the Tokugawa anymore, but you are fighting the province of Mikawa and its inhabitants. Do you think they will just forget your deeds?Quote:
Originally Posted by Franconicus
You've better have the courage to commit seppuku when they day of your defeat comes, because I do not think the peasants of Mikawa will have any mercy for you if you are captured.
Oda,
I do not know, if you have ever heard of the bushido, which is respected by daymios all over Japan, expect by you.
These are the virtues:
Rectitude (義, gi?)
Courage (勇, yū?)
Benevolence (仁, jin?)
Respect (礼, rei?)
Honesty (誠, makoto or 信 shin?)
Honour, Glory (名誉, meiyo?)
Loyalty (忠義, chūgi?)
I accuse you for violating
Rectitude and Courage (by hiding your soldiers with mascarades)
Honesty and Honour (by invading Kitabatake without declaration of war, by breaking a peace agreement)
Loyalty (by supporting the rebels from my province).
You are a disgrace.
By the way, why should it be against the bushido if I punish rebels in my own province?
To Otomo Sorin
Mighty enemy. We have seen our mistakes in the past and now understand that we should have died on the plains of Yanagawa. In order to remedy our mistake we have decided to fight to the last. If you have honour and wish to help us regain ours,you will order your troops to assault Akizuki castle. The sooner then better.
Akizuki Tanezane
EDIT: all info pm´s have been sent.:bow:
To Asai Nagamasa and Oda Nobunaga
You are young and ambitious men. I have seen already 57 winters and many attackers. You are two leaders of two young clans. My Clan has the blood of Emperor Murakami, who lived before year thousand in our veins. Your two clans have become independent under my eyes,during my life time. Asai clan you were nothing but retainers of Kyôgoku clan untill you rebelled against them on 1516 when i was 13 years old. So i have lived longer then your house as Daimyo´s,great names. For Oda, You had Shiba Clan as your nominal overlords only 11 years a go. We the Kitabatake have seen Great names rising and disappearing to oblivion many times. Most of the time it was greed and hunger for power that destroyed many clans before you and maybe also many after you. Maybe for some, its enough to be a lord for a day and a fool for a lifetime, but for you two im offering this advice not as enemy, but as man to another man.
Leave us be and we will let you live. Do it not and you can only blame yourselves for the destruction of your clans.
Kitabatake Harumoto
I respect your advice and truly it is very good advice, but currently this is a land filled with ambitions. The only thing that can offer us protection from the ambitions of other daimyo is sheer military power, that is again tied to the amount of men you can sustain and this again is tied to the land under your control. This is why I am in Ise. I cannot ward off my opponents without increasing my military strength.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kagemusha
The Kitabatake clan holds my full respect and even in the case of the siege coming to a bitter conclusion, we will not harm your wives or children. I do not want to fight a war of extermination against one of the wisest men in Japan and his extended family. That would be an utter waste for the whole of Japan.
I have an offer for you which you are free to accept when you want to end the conflict against us peacefully. I do not want to see the Kitabatake clan perish due to my actions and I want to offer you an alternative conclusion to the siege. You have proven yourself to to be a highly respectable clan, one which I would be proud to have as an vassal. Thus my offer is this: Become a vassal of mine and cede southern Ise to the Asai. In return you will continue ruling northern Ise, with Anotsu castle still under your control and the future of your clan still secured. I feel this a very merciful proposition and I hope you will eventually see the wisdom of accepting it.
Oda Nobunaga
I agree with Oda... u have proven again and again what a great leader you are and you are respected by all of the Asai.
Asai and Oda, you have proven that you are unexperienced leaders and should try to become vassals of Kitabatake. :karate:
Seconded. Motion passed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franconicus
I prefer to banter with the sword.
The word is mightier than the sword, though :karate:Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
Miyoshi We have sent you messages and your replys are still fortcomming, we know it must be the fault of your messanges , i suggest you command them to commit seppuku at once.
The Time is drawing near, and we would like to get things moving with our decisions.
Coming from the Clan that massacres peasants and whole villages?Quote:
Originally Posted by Franconicus
To Oda Nobunaga
Our answer is no.We will not submit to you as vassal. If you want our land. You have to claim it with your sword.
Kitabatake Harumoto
To Imagawa,
I sent my emssiares to you for a audience, I hope they get there well!
Yamanda
He sent by emissary... :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by {BHC}KingWarman888
As I had expected. Oh well, my offer will still stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kagemusha
yea, more or less I got bad spelling :yes: :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
And your clan is Yamana.:smash:Quote:
Originally Posted by {BHC}KingWarman888
By the way guys. Would you prefer the deadlines to be during the weekdays or weekend? Or dont you have any preference on that issue? Im just asking, because i assume that some of you are not much online during weekends.
dosnt really matter to me.
Oh and classic name {BHC}KingWarman888, im sure Yamanda clan would be proud to have you as their leader of this all girls clan, now if onlyClan Betsy and Clan Suzzanna were as happy as the Yamanda's.
To Chosokabe:
The honored alliance of the Christian clans of Otomo and Shimazu are currently discussing your proposals and hope to bring you a reply as soon as possible.
Shimazu Takahashi.
OOC: Just wanted you to know we've gotten your stuff and didn't forget about ya. :smiley2:
{BHC}KingWarman888 Yamanda, of the Yamana clan! :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by darkragnar
Back on topic:
Imagawa, I am happy my emissary reach you. Thank you for the barrel of Saki also, it will be used well. :yes:
The situation map in the first post has been updated.Thanks to Revolting Friendship!:2thumbsup:
Points to post #456 by kingwarman :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by {BHC}KingWarman888
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=456
:beam:
edit:
Kage , would you check ur PM, i have a new one sent to you.
Hi m8! Did you just send it or are you talking about the one from yesterday? Because im positive i answered to that.:yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by darkragnar
I think Sundays or Saturday evenings are good. That way you get some of the weekend to write it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kagemusha
Hey Kage,
you get my decsions ok?
Yep.Yamana decisions came in ok. Im still lacking the majority of other clans decisions.
Me?
Yep.Asakura orders would be helpful.I should remind everybody that deadline is supposed to be today.:smash:
OOC: Since I am getting a bit busy, I will deal with the Interactive stuffs only on Wednesday and Friday. Do not feel ignored if I do not reply on time :shame: .
As for Saturday and Sunday: no problem! I will just send my decisions earlier!
I'm sorry but I've not sent my decisions in yet. I've been on a trip for the weekend and it seems like I have a fever. I'll try to get it done tonight, but it might take a while due to my sub-optimal state.
Take your time Duckie. It isnt so critical that you have to write them when you are sick.:yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
same condition of duckie
Decisions sent. :sweatdrop:
...did you get my PM ?
I think I sent my stuff...
ughhh..orders sent. *gets ups to go take an asprin*