Research priorities

[Naughtius Maximus]

It's all about the rice, baby. Farms. And after that, weapons skills. Quality over quantity. Armies of vast hordes of ashigaru look menacing as stacks, but I have yet to meet an ashigaru who can stand up to a charge of katana or no dachi samurai. Match them up with enough missle troops and some naginata/yari samurai to steady the line, you should be able to humble the peasant armies.