Guide of Bait Tactics

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Twenty Nine. Lazy Trade Ships

"The first enemy ship is in the bait's range - It is a trade ship!"
"My lord, trade ship usually does not elicit a response in the back. Please simply shoot them up with multiple ships."
"How come?"
"Maybe they want to use them to deplete our arrows?"
"But we have unlimited arrows..."

42. The enemy often treat their Trade Ships as "expendable". No prey will be drawn out if the trade ship is attacked. Use superior ranged power to shoot them up.

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Thirty. One Bait, Many Preys

"The trade ship has surrendered... I hope every ship is this easy. "
"That's why if the Wako has nothing but trade ships, they simply remain on the spot to be shot to pieces one by one."
"Let's see what's the next ship... a Bow Kobaya! Baits, go ahead!"
"Please be careful. The preys will come to us this time."
"It is fine ~ no worries... WHAT'S THAT?"
"The preys started moving! Lot's of them! Two Sengoku Bune! Medium Bune! Bow Kobaya! Half of the enemy fleet is moving!""
"All ships, prepare to battle!"

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"The enemy flagship is heading into our trap! Yeah! Come to daddy!"
"The second Sengoku Bune is still some distance away! We have one precious minute!"
"The enemy also has a few other ships, two Bow Kobaya, one Medium Bune. How about them?"
"One Medium Bune can easily board and take out one Bow Kobaya. Amako's Medium Bune is strangely sailing away... that leaves us 4 Medium Bune against their Sengoku Bune! We can beat it!"
"Shoot them up!"

43. Sometimes, smaller enemy ships decide to sail away only to be stuck at the "strange red line". We will leave them to the last.

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"Got them! War Cry! "
"You can't run away! Surrender! "

44. When the prey enters the trap, use War Cry to slow them down. Use ships to block their advance.

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"One Sengoku Bune surrendered! Two to go!"
"The second Sengoku Bune is coming, my lord!"
"Block their advance! Keep firing!"


Note: That was a head-on collision! But strangely none of the sailors fell into water.

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Thirty One. Those who were Idle Remain Idle

"Second Sengoku Bune down! One last to go!"
"The third Sengoku Bune did not move since the beginning. Two Bow Kobaya are with it."
"Can we lure it out by shooting at the Bow Kobaya?"
"Hm... if it did not come out in the first chance, why bother now? "


45. Ships that did not respond to the bait in the first place will quietly remain on the same spot, waiting to be destroyed.

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"Bow Kobaya routed! Third Sengoku Bune surrounded, my lord!"
"Board the ship! Release the ropes!"

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VI. First Battle of Echizen

Intermission. Japan Divided

It was spring of 1560,
The Ashikaga Shogunate could tolerate no longer,
After half of Japan turned Ikko's believer.
here comes the Realm Divide,
But two great clans stood with their ally.

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A new order was born,
When the Ashikaga Shogunate was defeated in Kyoto.
A new world awaits Ikko,
But there was still a long way to go.

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While Ikko and Oda are still allies,
Tension arise, when the monks started to encourage peasants to defy.
By autumn, both Ikko and Oda gathered armies of five.
Great clashes of the superpower will decide the winner,

the monks, or the samurai.

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Next spring we see the eruption of fall-scale war.
More than ten thousand in Echizen prepared for battle.
Oda's army was led by their daimyo,
Ikko's army was led by their two best generals.

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"Suzuki, Oda has declared war and joined the enemies. You are in charge of the first battle of Echizen. Are you ready to face them?"
"My lord, I am ready as ever. The Legion of Faith is with us. The faithless Oda shall be shattered by the chant of pure land Buddhists! "
"Er... there is no one else around, so let's drop the propaganda. What's your plan of tackling the upcoming battle?"
"Yes, my lord. Actually I have been studying The Art of Gore heavily! I know what to do!"
"Oh? Let me test you a few enemy formations..."
"Please!"
(Clapping hands) "Gather the soldiers this afternoon to train on formations~"

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Thirty Four - Formation: Misplaced Katana I (Spear Point)

"OK, Suzuki, tea break is over. Take a look at this formation."
"My lord, you must be kidding me. This is the Spear Point formation. This is the first formation that every one learns in school."
" You only see the surface... Spear Point is nothing but a fancy name. Name means nothing. See through the surface! How do you break this formation?"
"I see! There is a Misplaced Katana in the middle of the first row! I will draw that out with Bow Warrior Monks!"
"That's better. What if there is no Katana but a lot of Yari?"
"Then the Yari must form a very long second row. I will draw them out from their exposed sides!"
"Very good! Now let me show you another formation..."