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

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Hm... that's a fortress we are trying to break in. So master, what's your suggestion for that?"
Monk: "There are two arrow towers, on opposite ends of the castle. The gates to get to the first level, though, are on the other two sides."
Yorinobu: "So if we attack the gates and rush in from there, we can avoid some arrow damage?"
Monk: "We only charge in in the last moment to finish them off - for now, we stand outside the gate and shoot them. Oh and our ninja already opened the gates for us."
Yorinobu: "That's... very efficient!"
Ninja: "And I don't charge you a penny for it!"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Okay... so where do we deploy?"
Monk: "We want to use the two gates to attack safey, so we want to deploy on the side that does NOT have a gate, but have a tower. This way, the enemy's ranged units are drawn to the same side as the tower, and when we attack from the gate's side, all the dangers are far away."
Yorinobu: "I see! Then... what's next?"
Monk: "Do you want to do the easy way or the hard way?"
Yorinobu: "...The easy way?"
Monk: "The hard way is to carefully dodge all of the opponents' arrow fires all the time. The easy way is to draw out their arrows with... yourself. Once they are out of arrows, they are just another ordinary target practice."
Yorinobu: "Isn't that put myself in... grave danger?"
Monk: "Don't worry, as long as you run backward as soon as they release the arrows, you will be safe!"
Yorinobu: "Are you sure it is the EASY way?"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "I lost a bodyguard from that easy way!"
Monk: "Well, even Lord Motonari lost a bodyguard. You did very well."
Yorinobu: "Oh really? Nice! So... I went on to draw fires from more Bow Ashigaru units... but there is still one unit defending the inner level, and I could not get close enough as the arrow tower would be activated."
Monk: "We might be able to draw them away if we move the entire army to pretend that we are going to attack from another side of the fortress. But let's save the trouble and proceed."
Yorinobu: "Sure. The easy way, right?"
Monk: "Easy or not, they are all good and safe ways!"



Yorinobu: "Ok, so I marched one Bow Ashigaru unit and myself to close to the gate and hold their fire."
Monk: "Wow... those are some fine Bow Ashigaru you have got here."
Yorinobu: "Yeah, General Kobayakawa passed the Martian training seeds to Harima just before we departed."
Monk: "Nice! Now what do you see inside the gate?"
Yorinobu: "I see defenders patrolling the lower level like an endless parade."
Monk: "Do they sometimes stop right in front of you for a brief moment?"
Yorinobu: "Yes. Like they are taunting me!"
Monk: "Three volleys right in their face as soon as they stop! Don't forget to use Fire Arrows if you can!"
Yorinobu: "Got it! Fire!"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Defeated one unit! Let's keep going!"
Monk: "No no no, pull out everything. The reinforcement are going to join the battle!"
Yorinobu: "Where do they come from?"
Monk: "Didn't we make a guess? Let's see.... we got it completely wrong. They arrive from the opposite end. Ops."



Yorinobu: "Now what do we do?"
Monk: "Experience shows that they have a tendency to charge into you. Let's see... the Imagawa Daimyo is the first reinforcement, and they are coming this way!"
Yorinobu: "We have no time to bring up that Yari Samurai!"
Monk: "Use your Yari Cavalry! Charge them in the back! Kill him!"
Yorinobu: "Charge!~"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Wow... can't really see why their daimyo just threw his life away like that."
Monk: "Yeah they do all kinds of crazy things. Don't relax! There will be wave after wave of inforcement! One at the time, though."
Ninja: "I scouted them out - there will be tons of Yari Ashigaru."
Yorinobu: "OK... so we need to bring in sword infantry. The pirates! Maybe one Naginata Sumarui as well."
Monk: "Yes. 3 units are enough to make perfect traps."
Yorinobu: "So we will have to get very close to where they come in?"
Monk: "Not overly close - so we have time to re-arm the trap after defeating each unit."



Yorinobu: "So... how do we make sure that they walk into our trap?"
Monk: "We bait them."
Yorinobu: "With what?"
Monk: "What's the most valuable unit?"
Yorinobu: "That's me... ok. I got it. The easy way, right?"
Monk: "Exactly. This is actually 10 times easier than drawing out arrows."
Yorinobu: "Oh, here they come! Charge!"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Wow... I lost count of how many Yari Ashigaru we trapped... and that last unit of Bow Ashigaru testified the arrow-proof golden armor of Naginata Samurai, HA!"
Monk: "Yeah... your Naginata warrior had more than 500 kills, the pirates have more than 300 kills each. Must be heavy to carry all those heads on the waist. So let's continue!"



Yorinobu: "So we just keep shooting the defenders who parade and stop in front of us?"
Monk: "Exactly. And you can actually reach the upper level. Those units remain almost stationary."
Yorinobu: "Sure!"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Oh here comes a routing unit! And... somehow they think escaping FROM the castle is a good idea..."
Monk: "I guess they know they are going to die for sure if they remain in the fortress. Running on the field gives them a better chance to live."
Yorinobu: "Now what are we waiting? Let no one escape!"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Ok... finally we have killed most of the defenders! Had to get to the opposite gate to catch the other half."
Monk: "Yes. We had 1080 Bow Ashigaru, each with 30 arrows. That gives us 30000 chances to kill about 2000 men. We actually have some leftover arrows... but they are too well hidden."
Yorinobu: "So do we charge in?"
Monk: "Most definitely! But watch out for the towers - take one first! And use Naginata Samurai!"
Yorinobu: "Victory is ours!"



Note: By the way, there is a small feature/bug of the game. If we train a unit before a relevant upgrade building is completed, but the unit finishes training AFTER the relevant building is completed, the resulting unit does NOT have the new upgrade. So 3 of our Naginata Samurai actually has 1 less armor than the others.

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "So, we just let ONE guy escape? Wonder who that is...."
Monk: "What a shame it is not counted as a heroic victory. To me it spells insanity all the way."
Yorinobu: "Thanks! Now I need some tea break..."
Jaku: "Wait, admiral! Imagawa's navy is threatening us, too! You still have some energy left right? Come and lead us!"
Yorinobu: "OK~"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "Hm... Imagawa's fleet is a even mixture of Bow Kobaya and Medium Bune. The Bow Kobaya are faster... and they come straight toward us!"
Jaku: "So we shoot them! Don't forget to board when they get close!"

[Maltz]

Yorinobu: "The Bow Kobaya's are defeated and surrendered! The Medium Bune are here!"
Jake: "We can board them with our Sengoku Bune!"