There is a madness in his method

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 01-27-2009, 05:15

Yukitora has been promoted to rank 4, good to see. He was the man responsible for defeating the Mori. The koku situation is bad so I send raiding parties into owari and totomi. I'm also massing my shinobi in tamba, I will use there skills on the lightly defended oda territories. For a long time I had 8 shinobi in nagato, they caused many rebellions there but the shimazu have built up enough of a force that they are no longer effective. Most of them are honor 3 or 4 now though. I assume this improves their effectiveness. I send half of these 8 to kyushu and half to the oda area.

The invasion of Owari is a breeze...

As is the defense of Mino, even without shingen...

The totomi raiding party withdraws since they were outnumber two to one and facing a four star general. Shinobi cause a rebellion in Chikugo as soon as they arrive. Sending more into kawachi. Shingen invades Omi. On a roll now. Their armies are really no match for mine.

Shinobi cause revolts in Higo and Kawachi. Omi province has been conqured.

More revolts in kyushu as well as an ikko ikki revolt in yamato. The rebels have taken kawachi and Iga has been raized. The conquest of yamashiro will split honshu in half.

Like this:

Victory! Who would have known that crazy Nobutora's plan would pay off. The emperor demands that all the other clans unite behind a takeda shogunate. Normally they would refuse but they have no choice in this case. The hojo's armies have been crushed and their best provinces burned. The oda lost thousands of men in Mino and half their provinces have been conquered by rebellions started by takda shinobi. The Mori and Shimazu attempt an unholy alliance but are still unable to make a dent in the garrison at Harima (seriously, have you ever seen the Shimazu and Mori allied?). The Imagawa are still in decent shape...perhaps they are waiting...

Victory! Who would have known that crazy Nobutora's plan would pay off. The emperor demands that all the other clans unite behind a takeda shogunate. Normally they would refuse but they have no choice in this case. The hojo's armies have been crushed and their best provinces burned. The oda lost thousands of men in Mino and half their provinces have been conquered by rebellions started by takeda shinobi. The Mori and Shimazu attempt an unholy alliance but are still unable to make a dent in the garrison at Harima (seriously, have you ever seen the Shimazu and Mori allied?). The Imagawa are still in decent shape...perhaps they are waiting for a time when the takeda lords are sleeping soundly...

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 01-27-2009, 05:28

Very enjoyable campaign! Makes a nice break from the usual conquer all of japan mode which I'm pretty tired of. I have to say it turned out far easier than I thought it would. It started out tough, the Mori had an edge on me for a while until the shinobi turned the tide by starting two rebellions for me and causing 3 in mori territory. After big victories defending Harima and Bitchu they were finished. During the period where Shingen was building his army the task still looked daunting. But then during a 4 year period the takeda armies killed 5000 enemy troops in battle, burned 5 of the richest enemy provinces and sent several more into rebellion. The combination of shinobi, raiding, and archers and hilltops was too much.

**zyxophoj** · 01-27-2009, 09:46

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

I think I've been upstaged.

Great job, and a good demonstration of playing to hurt your enemies.

**Wishazu** · 01-27-2009, 11:01

Brilliant, now do it with Imagawa and i`ll be doubly impressed. I love reading these kind of campaigns as i`m pretty much a hardcore turtler.

**patdj** · 01-27-2009, 18:59

Very enjoyable to read. Congratulations!

**Adam99** · 01-27-2009, 20:22

Brilliant!! Very novel approach, looked shaky at the start but pulled around nicely.

**Drisos** · 06-09-2009, 22:26

Lol! That's some true madness indeed! :P I'd never pull off such a wicked goal in so few time! I'm always amazed how you manage to keep loyalty, defend, and even conquer with so few troops!

It's hard enough to go through Shinano, Oda, and Mori lands, and as shown here the Shimazu and Hojo on the edges just can't be ignored. However, you seem to pull off any kind of outnumbered battle, making such path for the clan possible. :)

Nice story too. Lightweight but fun. Fun part that the lazy daimyo is forced to do battle and then killed 97 with his bodyguard. lol. :)

In short: Thanks for the story! :)