Too Slow ?

[LeftEyeNine]

So, CA followed a MTW-esque Pope (excommunication/crusades) route in this ? Why, I wonder.

[antisocialmunky]

Take Osumo first turn by ambushing the reinforcement army on the eastern edge of the map. Then just push as hard and fast as you can after securing the marriage alliance with the Sagara.

Its beneficial to have vassals for trade in my experience iwth Legendary Chokosabe(Legendary Shimazu is hard).

[LeftEyeNine]

@antisocialmunky

Uh, actually, Osumo was my 3rd conquest also Sagara have made it to our history classes in Shimazu schools already. I own Kyushu as a whole to be precise.

@Greg

I just proceeded as I thought but with very unexpected moves.

I infiltrated the Matsuda lands with a metsuke and a ninja so as to approximate what kind of an army would I encounter after my thrust. I had explored 3 of their 4 provinces where the journey had a rest at Bingo province. I right-clicked the town for fun and saw that for a mere price of 1500, the province could be bribed for %50-75, I can't remember correctly. I clicked "yes" out of boredom and tata! I cut Matsuda lands in half which was neighbors to fithy Amako to the north as a bonus.

"What the daisies have I done over there ? " was the question as I was trying to make up my mind. The closest province I could support that absolutely unintended invasion was Buzen where the royal army itself was piling up for a war. But the problem was you had to march through Nagato (rebels), Suo (Matsuda) and Aki (later-to-be-Amako Matsuda). I had an ungarrisoned province in hand, I spammed some Ashigaru but a Matsuda recovery in bingo was inevitable and so it would happen had my "resourceful" metsuke not intervened again. I bribed the Matsuda army sent next turn for around 2500 koku generating a bunch of troops for the garrisoning of my forthcoming conquests.

Royal army pushed towards Suo, capturing it without any real casualties hence bringing Matsuda to the point of being a vassal because Aki, as I messed all over that place was overtaken by Amako.

I don't know what to say but the very same metsuke knocked Aki doors, to be honest for the first two times in vain, three times, eventually bribing them into being Shimuzan as well.

Next step was capturing Nagato and the neighboring province, the last hold of Amako and all of a sudden by 1560, I had 13 provinces which triggered Shogunate to be terribly aware of my expansion.

And I call it a day.

[Gregoshi]

LEN, you are giving a new meaning to the name "Golden Horde" (cha-ching!).