Re: Decisions...
The latest: Awa finally taken, moved into Suo, nothing much else to report in these parts.
Shinano proved to be a bloodbath, as much for my forces as for Uesugi's. I deployed about 3000 decidedly average troops in total, facing Uesugi's YS general and his 1800 super upgraded and high valour killers. They start off camped on a hill near to the edge of the map with 3 units of heavy cavalry, 2 units of Monks and about 4 units of No Dachi as well as other assorted units. I adopted a ploy of sending cavalry archer units around to their right flank to draw out the heavy cavalry into the valley below, when they took the bait I had my Teppo open fire into the ravine then charged 6 units of Yari down to meet them. The result was unbelievable Jedi comeback as the HC began to gain ground on the Yaris and the enemy's No Dachi and Monks closed in. I had no choice but to commit my main force of 4 No Dachi and 1 Kensai to outflank the attackers. Eventually the tide of the battle went against me and my Teppo general (yes I seem to have a thing with these in this campaign for some reason) routed. The result was the destruction of my army though also the cream of the AI's starting line up. Then the reinforcements came on.
The enemy having pursued my men to the map edge now faced my reinforcements. Positioning the 4 fresh units of Samurai Archers and 1 unit of Teppo around the ridges (but not camped at the edges) I managed to get in a lot of volleys in at the enemy No Dachi and HC as they advanced, but I wasn't hopeful. It was then after a few volleys from the Teppo that the enemy morale surprisingly fell apart however and the chain rout ensued. Charging down the enemy with the last battered unit of Yari cavalry I had. I had to move my army to the other side of the map again to rout the last two HC units and some bits of No Dachi and Monks (reinforcements) and it was all over. I think I lost about 1900 men and killed about 1300 of the enemy - so not the greatest victory ever but a tactical one nonetheless, which has hurt Uesugi much more than Takeda.
Musashi went very differently. This turned out to be quite a well executed bridge assault. I began by setting up the infantry unit formations to roughly the bridge width, placed the 2 archers and 1 Cavalry Archers where they could get a shot and then marched the only two YS units I had available in first. Once they began to cross the bridge the enemy Naginta Cavalry engaged them. It was at this point that that the Yari Cavalry and the Daimyo, in held formation, crossed the bridge and broke left. I ordered the 3 units of No Dachi and Kensai No. 2 (No. 2 as in the one in Shinano being no 1 (RIP)) across breaking right. Once they had broken through the melee which the YS were busy holding back, I was about to set them on the enemies flanks, but realised that the 4 valour YS had done their jobs well. Their only job was to mop up the rout and join the cav in hunting down the archers.
The next season, Moving all available units into the newly captured provinces and sieging and assaulting both, Uesugis large force in Mino did not retaliate as I had expected. The next season after further fortifying those provinces with fresh troops and beginning rebuilding, Uesugi struck Oda in Owari and lost reducing the Mino force to the three smaller stacks you see now. So it seems my luck is in for now.
Kozuke and Shimotzuke were raids with the destruction of the Geisha house in the former being my only bit of razing, before pulling out. The enemy left them ungarrisoned.
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... If yes, I would just buy the rebel army that is in your way and let them run into the Oda forces, doing as much damage as possible. This will speed things up a bit. Meantime, with some luck, Oda and Uesugi bite each others head off. Or run into some expensive defense battles with your garrisons. 
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