Sengoku Jidai Shimazu Campaign - Chapter I 28/2/17

[Carfog]

This is my first AAR. I'm going to be playing with the Shimazu, on Hard, with the Morning Sun mod, which adds China and Korea to the game map and changes the number of turns per year to 24. I hope you like it. But let's start!

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I - The Siege of Kumamoto, Part I

Chapter I - The Siege of Kumamoto, Part I
SHIMAZU YOSHIHISA
January 3, 1582
A messenger walked into the tenshu. "My lord" - he announced - "Our scouts spotted an army belonging to the Ryuzoji in the north of Satsuma province. They think they are coming for Kagoshima." "Fine" - I replied - "Tell Toshihisa to move his army towards them".
January 8, 1582
The messenger returned. He reported that Toshihisa is going to reach the Ryuzoji army in twenty days.
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
January 31, 1582
It looks like the Ryuzoji have pulled back.
February 10, 1582
Our vanguard reports an enemy army about 30 ri ahead. We are ready to march on it.
February 27, 1582
We reached the city of Kumamoto. Ready to siege it. Hope to not have any surprise.
SHIMAZU YOSHIHISA
March 4, 1582
I had a diplomatic meeting with Aso Koretoyo, daimyo of the Aso clan. We signed a trade agreement.
March 5, 1582
I took an army of 40 cavalrymen and 250 ashigaru. We are travelling to Kumamoto to help my brother Yoshihisa.
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
March 16, 1582
The Ryuzoji sallied out of Kumamoto. We didn't expect that much men. Outnumbered, we pull back. Reports tell us today the Aso took Fu'nai from the Otomo.
March 23, 1582
Yoshihisa arrived with his reinforcements. We should now be able to occupy Kumamoto.
May 1st, 1582
After five weeks of waiting, the Ryuzoji finally showed up. We won. Congratulations especially to our archers who killed 1/3 (!!!) of the enemy army.

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[Carfog]

(Sorry for double posting, but why can't I edit my post?)

[Carfog]

Well whatever, I posted before having finished just in case something went wrong, but it looks like I can't edit my post because I'm a new member, so I'll finish Chapter I here.
Chapter I - The Siege of Kumamoto, Part II
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
May 14, 1582
We are sieging Kumamoto, again. Captain Kamamura Sukefuji is leading an army of 250 ashigaru and 180 archers as reinforcement. They'll come by June.
May 16, 1582
They sallied out. Ah! Such a bad choice for them...

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June 2, 1582
The siege ended. We lost a few more men in the final battle, but nothing major. In the city we found out people don't venerate our old gods! They worship a man called Jesus, Christianity they call their religion. What an outrage! We have to take actions against it before it spreads.
Timeline as of now:

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February 27, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto starts
March 4, 1582: Aso and Shimazu sign a trade agreement
April 12, 1582: The Aso defeat the Otomo at Bungo
May 1st, 1582: First Battle of Kumamoto
May 16, 1582: Second Battle of Kumamoto
June 2, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto ends, lasting 13 weeks and 4 days

Diplomacy:

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Map:

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[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

Hi, Carfog!

Welcome to TWC, the Writers' Study, and the wonderful (but addictive) world of AAR-writing.

You are, of course, right that the reason you can't edit your posts is because you haven't made 25 posts yet. It doesn't take long to make 25 posts, though - especially if you find other things hereabouts that you'd like to comment on - so you should be able to edit your posts pretty soon.

You've got a great start to your AAR here (I'm hoping I'll get to find out what happens next!) I like the clipped military style - that seems very appropriate. The entry for May 16, 1582 is probably my favourite so far.

[waveman]

Nice! I love the Morning Sun mod, haven't played v 2.0, good luck!
Just wondering,are you fighting the battles or autoresolving them?

[Carfog]

I'm fighting them, except for the ones where I really have a huge advantage.

[Carfog]

Chapter II -REBELS
SHIMAZU YOSHIHISA
June 19, 1582
We decided I'm going back to Kagoshima, our capital. I'm the daimyo, the clan cannot lose me. Toshihisa will be leading the army against the Ryuzoji.
June 20, 1582
We spot a Ryuzoji ship heading south, so we are starting to build a fleet. The first kobaya should be ready at the start of August.
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
August 3, 1582
We found a man who was helping to convert the already few non-christian people to christianity. We killed him. We want nobody worshipping this Jesus man in our clan, and this will serve as an example. We are also building a temple which will probably be done by September.
September 7, 1582
Kumamoto got attacked by the Ryuzoji. Yes, we won, but our army was decimated. Many valorous men died, and many wives are crying.

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The corpses on the walls:

September 23, 1582
Our people did not like the execution of the christian preacher. 3000 men now are leading an army, ready to attack Kumamoto. May the gods help us all.
It looks like they did! We won by miracle!

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SHIMAZU YOSHIHISA
September 27, 1582
I have a heir! I decided to call him Shigetake. Celebrations took place in his honor in Kagoshima for the entire day.
September 29, 1582
Our fleet of 3 ships is finally complete.
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
October 6, 1582
Our scouts reported seeing a small Ryuzoji army at the border between us and the Aso. We went to kill them. We almost lost, really, it's like our men did not want to fight.

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GAMO YOSHICHI
October 13, 1582
We sunk their fleet in the Yatsushiro Sea!
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
December 9, 1582
We defeated a Ryuzoji army outside Kumamoto. We are ready to attack Saga now.
GAMO YOSHICHI
December 7, 1582
We are now blockading the port serving Saga.
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
December 25, 1582
We are now sieging Saga.
January 1st, 1583
Wait? How did that army appear from the blue? Our agent said in the city there were 400 men! Did they lie to us? Well, we are pulling back.
January 4, 1583
Christian monks revolted the population in Kumamoto against us. We'll have to deal with it. Again.
Map and Diplomacy stay the same.
Timeline until now:

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February 27, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto starts
March 4, 1582: Aso and Shimazu sign a trade agreement
April 12, 1582: The Aso defeat the Otomo at Bungo
May 1st, 1582: First Battle of Kumamoto
May 16, 1582: Second Battle of Kumamoto
June 2, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto ends, lasting 13 weeks and 4 days
September 7, 1582: Third Battle of Kumamoto: The Ryuzoji try to retake Kumamoto and fail
September 23, 1582: Kumamoto Rebellion: Rebels, led by Kanmei Fujitaka, try and fail to occupy Kumamoto
September 27, 1582: The daimyo has a heir
October 13, 1582: Battle of Yatsushiro
December 9, 1582: Fourth Battle of Kumamoto: The Ryuzoji fail again to retake Kumamoto
December 25, 1582: Siege of Saga
January 1st, 1583: Siege of Saga ends, after a week. The Shimazu pull back to Kumamoto
January 4, 1583: Second Kumamoto Rebellion

[theSilentKiller]

Nice AAR!
Your writing style fits very well! I like how the the reason for the rebellion was the execution of the Cristian preacher. (And these were things which actually happened!) Looking forward to seeing more of this.

Just asking, but how fleshed out are the Chinese and Korean provinces? Do they fit with the rest of the game?

[Carfog]

Chapter III - Saga
YOSHIMURA
January 10, 1583
I finally convinced the Ryuzoji christian preacher to reconsider his "faith".
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
January 22, 1583
We intercepted the rebel army just before they could reach Kumamoto. I hope they learned a lesson.

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March 11, 1583
The Ryuzoji imprisoned our buddhist preacher: this is too much! We are moving towards Saga.
March 13, 1583
We encountered a Ryuzoji force at River Chikugo. Ryuzoji Naritane, the daimyo himself, got killed in the battle!

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March 16, 1583
We are now sieging Saga.
April 7, 1583
Saga is ours! Our scouts reported Ryuzoji reinforcements coming from the east, so we decided to wait not a day more.
Now the only hostile forces remaining are some rebels led by Akita Yorimoto

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May 2, 1583
I got back into the city with my army and Yorimoto's head! Now the Ryuzoji are gone forever.

Map as of now:

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Diplomacy as of now:

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Timeline as of now:

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February 27, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto starts
March 4, 1582: Aso and Shimazu sign a trade agreement
April 12, 1582: The Aso defeat the Otomo at Bungo
May 1st, 1582: First Battle of Kumamoto
May 16, 1582: Second Battle of Kumamoto
June 2, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto ends, lasting 13 weeks and 4 days
September 7, 1582: Third Battle of Kumamoto: The Ryuzoji try to retake Kumamoto and fail
September 23, 1582: Kumamoto Rebellion: Rebels, led by Kanmei Fujitaka, try and fail to occupy Kumamoto
September 27, 1582: The daimyo has a heir
October 13, 1582: Battle of Yatsushiro
December 9, 1582: Fourth Battle of Kumamoto: The Ryuzoji fail again to retake Kumamoto
December 25, 1582: Siege of Saga
January 1st, 1583: Siege of Saga ends, after a week. The Shimazu pull back to Kumamoto
January 4-22, 1583: Second Kumamoto Rebellion
March 13, 1583: Battle of Chikugo: The Ryuzoji army gets defeated, leaving to the Shimazu clear path to Saga
March 16, 1583: Second Siege of Saga starts
April 7, 1583: Second Siege of Saga ends, after 3 weeks and a day. Hizen now belongs to the Shimazu
May 2, 1583: The last Ryuzoji leader, Akita Yorimoto, gets defeated near Hakata.

[Alwyn]

An impressive start, it looks like the Shimazu are flourishing under your leadership! Like theSilentKiller, I am wondering what effect (if any) the addition of the Chinese and Korean provinces will have. Is there a chance that any factions there will send ships or even armies to attack regions in Japan?

[Carfog]

The thing is, I don't actually know. I did not play the Morning Sun that much before this

[Alwyn]

That's okay, I look forward to finding out - if the new Chinese and Korean regions appear in your AAR!

[Carfog]

Sorry if there are no new episodes. I will continue playing from Thursday, I have a lot of things to do.

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

No need to apologise, Carfog. I'm sure your next chapter will be worth waiting for.

[Carfog]

Chapter IV - ADD LATER
SHIMAZU YOSHIHISA
May 30, 1583
My second son is born! Tadatsugi we decided to call him.
HONGO SHIGEHARU
June 5, 1583
The daimyo sent me with six ships in an expedition to see what's going on in the east.
KAWAMURA SANETSUNE
July 23, 1583
We were sent to Tanegashima to see if we could trade with Indonesia, when we discovered Goto had the monopoly there. We captured the Goto ship in the port.
SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
August 18, 1583
We embarked. We are going to Goto.
SHIMAZU YOSHIHISA
August 25, 1583
We recieved a messenger from a far kingdom they call Choson. They say they're interested in trading. We accept.
August 31, 1583
I have a daughter! We called her O-Yumi.
October 19, 1583
The time has come to declare war to the Aso. They're becoming to powerful.
SHIMAZU YOSHIHIRO
November 7, 1583
I attacked Funai. A very costly victory. We lost all of our archers and two thirds of our ashigaru. I don't think it was a really good idea, but the Bungo province is ours!

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SHIMAZU TOSHIHISA
November 18, 1583
We decided it's better to go away from Goto. My army is more useful on Kyushu, fighting the Aso.
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So this is when Shogun 2 stopped working today. I hope tomorrow it works. But I got to the end of the year, which is where I wanted to get for this chapter, so fine.
Map as of now:

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Diplomacy:

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Timeline as of now:

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February 27, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto starts
March 4, 1582: Aso and Shimazu sign a trade agreement
April 12, 1582: The Aso defeat the Otomo at Bungo
May 1st, 1582: First Battle of Kumamoto
May 16, 1582: Second Battle of Kumamoto
June 2, 1582: Siege of Kumamoto ends, lasting 13 weeks and 4 days
September 7, 1582: Third Battle of Kumamoto: The Ryuzoji try to retake Kumamoto and fail
September 23, 1582: Kumamoto Rebellion: Rebels, led by Kanmei Fujitaka, try and fail to occupy Kumamoto
September 27, 1582: Shimazu Shigetake, heir of Yoshihisa, is born
October 13, 1582: Battle of Yatsushiro
December 9, 1582: Fourth Battle of Kumamoto: The Ryuzoji fail again to retake Kumamoto
December 25, 1582: Siege of Saga
January 1st, 1583: Siege of Saga ends, after a week. The Shimazu pull back to Kumamoto
January 4-22, 1583: Second Kumamoto Rebellion
March 13, 1583: Battle of Chikugo: The Ryuzoji army gets defeated, leaving to the Shimazu clear path to Saga
March 16, 1583: Second Siege of Saga starts
April 7, 1583: Second Siege of Saga ends, after 3 weeks and a day. Hizen now belongs to the Shimazu
May 2, 1583: The last Ryuzoji leader, Akita Yorimoto, gets defeated near Hakata.
May 30, 1583: Shimazu Tadatsugi, second son of the daimyo, is born
July 23, 1583: The war for Tanegashima, between the Shimazu and the Goto, starts
August 18, 1583: Shimazu ships set sail for Goto, led by Shimazu Toshihisa
August 31, 1583: Shimazu O-Yumi, daughter of the daimyo, is born
October 18, 1583: The Kyushu War starts, between the Shimazu and the Aso
November 7, 1583: The Shimazu occupy Funai
November 18, 1583: Shimazu Toshihisa opts for a strategic pullback from Goto

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

I'm sorry you've been having trouble with Shogun 2 not working, Carfog. I hope you manage to get it to work, too!

I like the moment of introspection - swiftly followed by cheerfulness - in that last (Shimazu Yoshihiro) entry.

[Carfog]

Well, I don't know why, but whenever I load the campaign, do things, end turn it show all the AI's moves normally, then crashes. Probably have a corrupted save. This means this campaign is ABANDONED. Sorry

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

I'm sorry too, Carfog.

Can I at least hope you might write another AAR for us at some point?

[theSilentKiller]

That's a shame - Like Caillagh, I wonder if you will write another AAR?

[Alwyn]

Like Caillagh and theSilentKiller, I hope that you will write another AAR!