[Shogun AAR] Hojo ~ 1530, verge of disaster

[Thermal]

Hi, i thought i'd do a shogun AAR, just sharing an old game, i see various medieval 2 and rome total war AAR's so why not shogun?


Difficulty - expert, Hojo - 1530
(First time I've ever played on expert, and I get the feeling I'll fail )


I am Hojo Ujitsuna, My rule has been uneventful, and my peoples are suppressed in the province of Sagami, my hostile neighbours provinces have done much to weaken from petty rebellion, and my nation is ready to strike, Hojo Ujiyasu, my son will come of age to command soon, and i don't want him to take up the forces of an army that is too weak to expand and prosper, and will inevitably crumble, my son has such prowess with the sword and spear, like a man already, i hope he can bring the Hojo together on my deathbed. To stop our noble legacy from coming to an outright end.



The Takeda, arrogant on there horses, will not be around to threaten our lands any longer, and the "wise" Uesugi know of war all the same, my targets are clear, amongst the disarray and rebellion, It is a fight to kill or be killed, and presently, my future could be either.

[Thermal]

Like a blossom in the spring, i wait for the right moment to unravel, before settling in the Autumn.
And Uesugi were wise enough to guard there defensive province well, after Takeda closes in on the last rebel province in my site, a gap of weakness emerges, and his armies are spread across two fronts, and so the battle of Kai began, I myself lead the assault in the hope my experience will encourage my men to fight well against the horsemen the Takeda field.




As i arrive at the mountainous province there is no sound, no movement at all, the day is rainy and clouds swallow the sky, I feel that I will be fighting soon.

Amongst the terrain ahead a huge hill could be seen and on it Horsemen and spearmen, My army of Yari Ashigaru and Archery would not fair well with this height dis-advantage and as my army got nearer it was evident that rows of samurai Archers were lining up, imminent to firing.

I was forced to double march to the left of the Takeda hill, i had to use Kai to my advantage even as an attacker. Both clans now on a hilly terrain, i deploy my own archers, but i notice something peculiar, as my slightly more numerous troops advanced the Takeda fled off of there hill, allowing my archers to fire from an advantaged height. He might well of committed seppuku for the generals stupidity, but my error was in underestimating my enemy as my opponents archers were being decimated his Yari cavarly were running as tremendous speed toward my archers, and an air of alert surrounded me, my Yari Ashigaru collided with the Yari cavarly, had I have left it one second later my archers would have took terrible causalities.



Despite this, the battle was swift and the Takada ran off of the field to join there master, now stranded on Izu, the Takeda shogun must have been angered by the display of his cowardly soldiers.

Me and my army strolled through the mountains of Kai endlessly and found that it was now ours for the taking, but a siege was still to come, the plan very much is to starve them into submission, even after the battle, the Takeda shogun made no attempt to break the siege, he clearly must have thought his troops didn't deserve any help.



War with Takeda was more consequential than initially assumed, with my newfound alliance with the Imagawa broke the same season through mine and the Takeda conflict, to enable alliances and avoid being targeted from all sides, it is essential to drive Takeda from Izu, and with such a profitless province, it would probably be in such a way that wouldn't require me to meet the Takeda Shogun at the field....

Firstly i sent my new embassy to try and resolve our differences





Reports show this attempt wasn't entirely successful, so sabatoge soon followed





After the rebellion, the Takeda have nerve enough to ask for a ceasefire, but, on the assumption my embassy was pig ignorant i shamelessly accepted, in the hope the rebellion will drive him off, and that our peace will allow relations with Imagawa to improve.

The siege in Kai ended and the province gave me much income, building a spear dojo there is top priority now.

By the end of the year, i am surprised to find that i am the richest of all clans, strange particularly because i have but a mere 700 koku in my coffers, my son will be ready to fight soon, and I look set to do well with Kai secured, i would think the next few years may be uneventful now, who knows?

[Double A]

Nice AAR, and I've never seen Shogun's map before.

[Edward lV]

awsome! shogun was my favorite game back in 2002 subscribed

[Legio]

Nice work, keep it up. I've never played Shogun so I am interested to see how you do.

[Thermal]

Thanks guys, i will continue soon, as its the weekend i should have time

[Hector Barbossa]

Really good work mate, i love Shogun this should be interesting

[Celsius]

Should we have a Shogun thread to put this in???

[Legio]

Should we have a Shogun thread to put this in???

atm there are only 5 shogun/medieval I AARs, of which one is finished. This would make 6 AARs, not enough. Plus, there is little traffic in the Shogun subforum anyway.

[Dead Sun]

Shogun was so totally awesome!!! It sucks that Vista doesnt accept it!!!

[Edward lV]

Shogun is vista compatalble- you just need to change the map resolution

EDIT:I think there should be a Med/Shogun AAR sub-forum. The only reason i didnt write a pike and musket AAR was because 10 people posted on the Med/Shogun forums a month

[Thermal]

I realize i must tread carefully now, early success can be ruined by later disaster, and so i use my spies to create more havoc than ever before, dishonorable perhaps, but needless deaths when simple subterfuge is the all that is needed is a waste of good men.
My spies are so numerous and so efficient, the Takeda shogunate will be plagued for his lifetime with local peasantry who hate his rule with a godlike passion...



They were freed a few seasons later, within this time I declined an offered alliance from the Uesugi, and accepted one from Oda and Shimazu clans, any potential allies will be invaluble when surrounded by these rebel scumbags.



Imagawa must have control of Aki now, he will likely be the strongest of all factions soon...

And after the Takeda's fall, i realize that i must face the men i gathered in order to restore Izu and defend my border efficiently....and my son came of age that same year, fate perhaps? that he be tested straight away, this battle held great things for my Son. And his report only encourages me to believe hes a general even worthier than of myself.

'Izu was a hilly and small region, the day was so windy that i was blinded at certain parts of the day, the weather fine until the battle, when a menacing grim coveted over the horizon.

My Father, my Leader generously sent me his best spearmen and archers to fight alongside me, the peasantry we faced were organized groups of archers and levies, but they were strong enough to destroy the Mighty Takeda warlord, and so nerves began to attack me, as much as i hate to confess. Finally upon going up one hill, by a cluster of trees the enemy were sighted, unprepared were both sides, as i marched my army frantically into cover while my opponent fired confused shots in an attempt to attack us in our weakest position, something they did with minor success, 7 of the best Samurai spearmen fell to the ground, i felt so responsible, so guilty, i knew of them not, yet under my command did they die, i assembled my archers on higher ground with rampant anger, and soon a missile war began.



My archers were superior, i cannot lie and say it was me, but them who saved the day, the rebels were in disarray for most of the fight, and there hesitation and constant reforming lessened there firepower and increased my own mens confidence, that i secretly stole from them upon the battles beginning. Soon so few enemies existed that i myself charged the spear men into the last of my enemies levies, they had us running around Izu for so long that we were all exhausted and sceptic, but eventually, the day was finished, and for the first time i killed a man today, it didn't bother me i felt nothing as I skewered some old ashigaru on my spear, nothing but the sweet feeling of success with each and every blow we inflicted.



After what must have been the longer part of the day, the result was clear, and i had earned Izu in the name of my Father and for the Hojo's honour!'




With this superb result, re-building soon began and a peaceful few seasons went ahead, but as the nearby Uesugi grew stronger, i eventually used sabotage against them too....
Musashi with a colossal good quality army, a fine commander and a river crossing would be suicidal on any battlefield, only my incite of rebellion has not had the desired effect, but merely aid the rebels even more, my situation is strong now, but without movement soon, it could turn dire.



There retreat, unless it provokes Uesugi to attack, is not desirable....

I may have to consolidate with my son on this one, and my personal advisors, among this court. What would they do I wonder, what would my Father have done....

[Edward lV]

it just gets better and better...
id rep you but you dissabled it

[Thermal]

it just gets better and better...
id rep you but you dissabled it

feel free to if you like

[messiah]

I love Feudal Japan! Haven't played S:TW, but I like all of the few AARs it has!

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

Wow, thanks Thermal Mercury for your story, this is definitely a rareness on the boards.
As we don't have a single Shogun/Medieval AAR subforum, I'll move this to the Medieval section for now.

[bomberboy]

Nice one I can't wait for the next post.

[Thermal]

Nice one I can't wait for the next post.

should be tomorrow

[Yuko]

nice i had never seen shogun total war i shall be looking here from now on

[tuore]

Really nice! Shogun rules!