Originally Posted by
eXistenZ
Started my campaign on hard. Managed to knock out Ozu pretty easy, with the help of naval bombardment. Declared war on marugame before i captured Iyo, so they took Awa but were heavenly weakened. Some more naval bombardments and quick reaction got me Awa and sanuki, just before fall sets in. Thanks to william willis (+2 happines and +10% replenishment for 12 turns), i could leave my settlements ungarrisoned and quickly knock out marugame.
So now i'm on a split. Fukuyama has taken two extra provinces (including choshu) and has declared war on me. I could take Awaji province (the small island east of shikoku), but its not a very rich province, and will cost me some men. but i do gain another port (but then again, also another province that can be invaded). Im not very inclined to take the fight to the fukuyama, cause they are surrouned by allies/shogun clans.
Before they declare war on me, i was planning on taking Bizen, but they have expanded and are also ally of Fukyama (luckily none of his allies join the fight)
EDIT: dillema sorted. Awaji went shogun so i attacked them, and i am close now to unitying shikoku. Fukuyama got trampled by tsuwano. But no is the sueqtion what next. All nieghbours have 4+ provinces, and im not making much profit, cause those tosa rifleman are expensive. why is there such a big gap between hard and normal....