I've just finished a campaign - Oda, starting in 1530, expert mode. There's something about the Oda starting position, which is so bad the AI routinely gets wiped out by the rebels. I did a better job :)

20 years ago, the ruler of Owari (and only Owari) attacked the monks in Ise with everything he could spare. This year, the same man - now a R6 general and ruler of almost all of Japan - finished the job in Kaga, defeating over 1000 monks in the last and greatest battle of the campaign.

There will be other campaigns, but none like this.

There will be other castle assaults, but they probably won't end with SA charging down the hill into monks. (Yes, I am the attacker in this battle!)



There will be other victories, and other defeats, but few will be as glorious as this one. (not shown here: there were more than 800 men on the other side. All enemies are dead or routed, but I lost on time limit. )


There will be other treacherous alliance-breaking enemy daimyos, but most of them will not get the dishonourable death they deserve.


Although outnumbered at amost every battle, the Oda clan prevailed. Monks were surrounded and routed by ashigaru. Huge rebel hordes were chased off the battlefield, and caused to disappear. Enemy capitals were invaded and pillaged - and so was ours! The invading armies of the western clans were beaten back by the victorious samurai returning from the east, and finally broken on the slopes of Shinano.

The men of the Oda clan - from the lowly ashigarus to the mighty H2W2 cavalry archers - were the finest army I have ever commanded. They can return home to their families now, as such an army is no longer needed. Perhaps in another life I will lead them to victory again.

PS: Thanks to Sasaki Kojiro, for this thread:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40292, which inspired me to attack those pesky monks as early as possible.