Yee-Yee-Oh!: Mori (Legendary, Domination)

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Amako only has their Bow Ashigaru and Yari Samurai in the forest. Is it time to signal full assault?"
Motonari: "Try lure the archer out, too. It just takes a little more patience. Here is the tip: [B]Walk 10 steps, wait until they stop to pull the bow. Walk again."

Takamoto: "The Amako Bow Ashigaru is out of the forest!"
Motonari: "Not far enough - we need some time to destroy them before their Yari Samurai arrives."



Motonari: "Bow Ashigaru grab their attention, bodyguards, charge with me!"
Takamoto: "Taste this!"

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "The Bow Ashigaru is gone! Their Yari Samurai captain marched downhill!"



Motonari: "Even if they are samurai, seeing all his other men defeated, their minds are already shaken. Give them some arrows and they will start fleeing."

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Yes, we won!"
Motonari: "Under 10% casualty, not bad. What did you learn from the battle, my son?"
Takamoto: "Hm, I learned that any foe can be divided and conquered!"
Motonari: "Very true. There is one exception though. If you bring too many ranged units, the enemy will directly come to you. Then there is no time to divide them."



Takakage: "Father, brother's victory is great. But the enemies are so stupid and predictable... it is almost an insult to our intelligence."
Motonari: "That's also unfortunately true. Once we understand their pattern, they are just 3-year old children, waiting to be spanked to cry and kicked to fly."
Motoharu: "Is that what you did to us, father?"

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Father, there are some Amako army leftover from our battle."
Motonari: "Indeed. Let's give chase. You come with me. We don't need anybody else to win."
Takamoto: "Why?"
Motonari: "We need to conserve energy for our infantry. Our goal is to reach the castle this season!"



Takamoto: "NO! I lost 2 bodyguards!"
Motonari: "Don't be afraid of minor loss! You will get them back quickly."
Takamato: "They are people, too!"
Motonari: "Just treat them like a number!"

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Oh yes! I have become a 2-star general. Does that make me famous?"
Motonari: "Not yet. We need to have a lot more battles. Now to the castle!"
Takamoto: "Wait... what retainer should I pick? How about this sword?"
Motonari: "What the... the Sword of Amaterasu the Okami? Lucky bastard... Well, I got something nice, too: +1 honor and +1 field attack."

Note: Auto-resolved the second battle to accelerate the interview process.



Takamoto: "Yes! We reached the castle!"
Motonari: "In fact, I reached the castle, you and the infantry ran out of steam. But you are still close enough to join the siege as reinforcement."
Takamoto: "We assault right away?"
Motonari: "Why not, do you want to wait for Amako's reinforcement to arrive and wipe us out?"
Takamoto: "No!"

Note: After leveling up the generals to lv 2 (2 points go to strategist), combined Mori Takamoto with the infantry and ordered them to march toward the castle.

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Let's attack!"
Motonari: "Oh wait, I forgot something important. We have to sign trade agreements before we expand."
Takamoto: "Before or after we expand, does that make a difference?"
Motonari: "A small difference. Trade partners are naturally jealous. They don't like us to make more money than them out of it. So the smaller and less resourceful we are, the better the deal."
Takamoto: "I see..."
Motonari: "But when we grow extremely powerful later, the fact that we have the resources they want may give us a better deal.



Takamoto: "Kikkawa is willing to pay us to trade!"
Motonari: "We need a lot of money at the beginning to boost our army. Let's sell military access to them, starting with 5 seasons."
Takamoto: "Wouldn't that be risky?
Motonari: "The Daimyos magazine gives Kikkawa a Weak military power ranking. As long as we stay ahead of them, they should not get the wrong ideas. Besides, now they have their miliary access to us, if they attack, they are going to be looked down by all other clans. The military access actually functions like an implicit peace pact. Besides, when they buy our military access, they will have no money left to hire more army! So they will stay weak and fall behind us."
Takamoto: "I see!"

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "So now we are selling military access to Ouchi, too?"
Motonari: "Although they are our allies, they are still interested in military access. So why not? We have no intention to attack Ouchi in a short time. So we can use their cash. This also keeps their military power down for the beginning, when we are most vulnerable."

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Finally we can start the castle assault. There is a unit of Bow Ashigaru defending the castle. How do we approach this?"
Motonari: "We can use some units as a distraction, while attacking them from the opposite side."
Takamoto: "So... they just and still and let us shoot them like this?"
Motonari: "They will eventually move. The key is shoot 2 volleys and wait for the next unit to come close."
Takamoto: "I see!"

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Father, what if all sides of the castle is defended by archers?"
Motonari: "Then we have to deplete their arrow."
Takamoto: "How?"
Motonari: "Any fast unit can do this, watch me..."



Takamoto: "So you WALK into their range, wait until they fire the arrows, and quickly run back and exit their range?"
Motonari: "Exactly. If you are concentrated and turn back as soon as you see their arrows, you can avoid casualty. The arrows of the defenders are limited. A standard Bow Ashigaru unit has 20 arrows, so... darn it!"
Takamoto: "Haha, father lose a bodyguard!"
Motonari: "Yeah, don't talk while you're fighting!"

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Father, Amako's Bow Ashigaru's morale was shattered when they run out of arrows!"
Motonari: "Yes, that's realy odd. But that makes little difference, since they cannot rout while they are already in the castle."



Takamoto: "What happens next?"
Motonari: "Deplete our archers' arrow to maximize their kill. Then storm with our melee units."

[Maltz]

Takamoto: "Ah... easy victory! Let's continue to push forward!"
Motonari: "Good job. But we don't have enough men power to push forward AND leave enough garrison in this new province. Let's take a short break and let the reinforcement from Aki to catch up."



Takamoto: "Yeah! Vacation!"
Motonari: "Soon we will face a powerful Amako army. We must be ready."

This concludes Chapter 1 of our story.