STW campaign AAR: The way of Takeda

Fincuan · 07-01-10, 01:18 PM

Autumn
What remains of the kamikazes attack Bizen, while in the east Hojo attacks Hitachi.

It's also nice to see that Mori is having rebel problems of his own:

Attack on Bizen
The enemy has slightly less men than we do, and upon seeing my army they immediately rout

Hitachi defense
The enemy comes in with one unit of archers and a half-unit of Yari Samurai. My CA quickly deal with the SA:

The YS rout and we keep our province

Winter
We build a Tea house in Kai to get some proper counter-insurgency guys(Shinobis). We also retake Kazusa from an enemy that routs on sight, so not much to report on that battle.

HunterICX · 07-02-10, 03:56 AM

OT: (my favorite STW mobilize song)

you would catch me singing ''yo ho ho ho'' behind the monitor.

I really hope they introduce the same appealing music in STW2

HunterICX

Fincuan · 07-02-10, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

OT: (my favorite STW mobilize song)

you would catch me singing ''yo ho ho ho'' behind the monitor.

I really hope they introduce the same appealing music in STW2

HunterICX

Haha yeah that's a classic. Another great sound is the ROOOOOOOOO when you charge a unit at the enemy. Combine that with Heavy Cavalry or Warrior Monks and damn...

Fincuan · 07-02-10, 04:26 AM

1533

Spring
Time to go on the offensive again. We attack Suruga and Shinano from Kai. The enemy in Suruga retreats and we walk in, but the enemy in Shinano turns out to be too powerful so I call it off. Mori also attacks Aki yet again, and again call it off. The idea in going to Imagawa's lands is to destroy his ability to build troops and thus make sure he doesn't attack us, not to to hold the land as that would overextend our troops.

Summer
We start building a Spear Dojo in Hitachi and continue the offensive from Suruga to Totomi. Again the enemy retreats and we walk in.

Autumn
We do a small reconnaissance attack from Hitachi to Mutsu, but the enemy proves to be too strong and we call it off. We also abandon Totomi after destroying all buildings there and pillaging a bunch of koku. Imagawa shouldn't be a problem for a few years to come.

Winter
Loality is looking good thanks to recent successes and the work of our Shinobi, so it's time to raise taxes back to normal

We also start building an armoury to Hitachi and a Large Castle to Aki and Kai. We also move all our forces from Suruga to Shinano, and the enemy wants a fight so he'll get one. On the western front Mori again attacks Aki with a sizeable force, so it's time or another "big" battle.

Aki defense #2
Again I forget to take pics of the set-up, so you'll have to check the minimap. This time I have a bit more troops so my center-force consists of one SA covered by two YS, while one YS hides in a forest on the front, in hopes of the enemy passing them unnoticed, and two on the left. CA flank and harass again.

My YS trying to be a hole in the woods while the enemy army marches by

No good, they were spotted and had to retreat towards the center force. The enemy in his foolishness followed them up with a few units while the rest danced around not knowing what to do. I made the choice for them: The retreating YS charged downhill at their followers while my flanking YS charged from their forest and the center YS charged down the center. The enemy general immediately routs his forces

A nice victory. Note the four-man CA unit taking 63 heads while losing none

Shinano attack
The enemy force consists of Samuri Archers only, but they managed to rush a huge hill before my troops get there. I risk it with the CA and send them after the enemy general

The risk doesn't pay off as my general almost dies without taking his opponents head, and my forces briefly rout. I managed to rally them and we climb up the enemy's hill to a position above him. A charge traps most of his troops against a rocky cliff and they're mercilessly slaughtered.

Victory at a price again

Fincuan · 07-02-10, 01:33 PM

1534
Spring
We start building a castle to Shinano, a province which will be developed to our primary cavalry training area. We attack Kozuke with troops from Musashi and Shimotsuke, while Uesugi attacks Hitachi with a sizeable force.

Attack on Kozuke
Slight numerical advantage here

The enemy daimyo gets among our CA and inflicts heavy damage

Some of my units rout and others take heavy casulties. I don't remember exactly what happened here, but judgin by the casualties this was one crappy attack.

Hitachi defense

My main force sits on top of a hill while Cavalry archers go on recon together with the daimyo. The enemy daimyo doesn't fancy this at all and starts to chase them

Uesugi daimyo getting surrounded in a forest

Gotcha, although his son soon took over. My other CA unit has also routed at this point

Another nice victory

Fincuan · 07-02-10, 01:40 PM

Summer
We drop taxes to "very low" again in order to prevent revolts, but too late: Shinano revolts. We attack Mutsu with all forces from Hitachi and Shimotsuke.

Loyalist revolt in Shinano

We set up on top of a hill right next to the enemy's starting position. CA take the frontline while YS wait in case enemy spearmen get close. Another YS flanks left.

We use rain arrows on the enemy until gets very close, then intiate a charge by all units

The enemy quickly routs, gets chased down and killed

Attack on Mutsu

The enemy sets up behind a forest on a hill, and puts some ambushing troops in the forest. We anticipated this and catch them with a wide pincer movement by the infantry while CA constantly harass them. Here we can see the enemy already routed and being chased

Victory!

Fincuan · 07-02-10, 01:52 PM

Autumn
We start building a Spear Dojo in Shinano and receive an emissary from Lord Mori. He proposes a cease-fire and I promtly agree as I have no intention in expanding to Mori's lands anytime soon.

Winter
We attack Echigo from Kozuke and Dewa from Mutsu. We also start building a Sword Dojo in Aki in order to get some proper shock troops, No-Dachi Samurai. In Mutsu the enemy takes advantage of our weakened garrison and tries to break out of the siege.

Attack on Echigo

The enemy has one unit of archers, so not much to do here except to run into contact as fast as possible

My YS takes some casualties before the CA manage to charge the enemy's rear. After that it's over for them.

Attack on Dewa

I have no idea where the enemy is, and I'll have to search around for a bit due to all the fog and snow. After I climb the highest hill nearby and find nothing they suddenly appear on the plain, far below us. Some luck! Foolishly enough they charge up the hill towards us, and we return the favor with some added flanking.

The inevitable result

Mutsu break-out

I set-up in a long line on top of a hill with YS covering the CA behind them. The enemy comes up right down the middle of my formation, so I quickly bring in the flanks to envelop him.

The daimyo tries to flee...

...but gets caught

A crushing victory

That's the end of Uesugi. I now have all his lands, just as planned. Time to start looking towards west!

Fincuan · 07-02-10, 04:10 AM

1532
Spring
We start building improved farmland to Sagami. We also attack Kozuke from Musashi, but there's so many enemies I call off the attack. Another attack from Shimosa to Shimotsuke with one(1) Cavalry Archer is a success as the enemy retreats and we take the province without a fight.

In the west Lord Mori finally attacks Aki and doesn't call it off. It'll the first larger scale battle of the campaign, and pretty vital to the success of the campaign.

Aki defense
I forgot to grab screenshots from the set-up phase, so you'll have to imagine it: This is taken from behind the enemy after my CA have totally flanked them and are going for their general. You can see the whole enemy army here, while my own is set up on a hill in front of them. The banners are barely visible. There's one unit of SA and one unit of YS visible on the hill, while two YS units are hiding in the forest on the left. The plan was simple: Harass them with CA, let the archers shoot at them and when they get close charge down the center while simultaneously flanking right.

Here I've already initiated the flanking movement. In the background my CA are still battling the general's unit

The enemy's right flank(from my pov) quickly crumbles and we start enveloping his forces in the middle

Meanwhile I forgot to babysit the CA and they manage to get wiped out by YS.

What would have been crushing victory if I hadn't screwed up with the CA. Well, the stats still look pretty nice

Summer
Mori again attacks Aki but calls it off.

Meanwhile I really have to do something about the loyality problems.

Autumn
An Oda-clan emissary arrives proposing an alliance. I immediately accept as they have common borders with pretty much all the clans I'm at war with. This should help ease up the pressure a bit.

Winter
We start building an armoury to Aki and a castle to Hitachi to speed up troop training.

07-01-10, 01:18 PM	#1
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Autumn What remains of the kamikazes attack Bizen, while in the east Hojo attacks Hitachi. It's also nice to see that Mori is having rebel problems of his own: Attack on Bizen The enemy has slightly less men than we do, and upon seeing my army they immediately rout Hitachi defense The enemy comes in with one unit of archers and a half-unit of Yari Samurai. My CA quickly deal with the SA: The YS rout and we keep our province Winter We build a Tea house in Kai to get some proper counter-insurgency guys(Shinobis). We also retake Kazusa from an enemy that routs on sight, so not much to report on that battle. Last edited by Fincuan; 07-02-10 at 12:57 PM.

07-02-10, 04:26 AM	#4
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	1533 Spring Time to go on the offensive again. We attack Suruga and Shinano from Kai. The enemy in Suruga retreats and we walk in, but the enemy in Shinano turns out to be too powerful so I call it off. Mori also attacks Aki yet again, and again call it off. The idea in going to Imagawa's lands is to destroy his ability to build troops and thus make sure he doesn't attack us, not to to hold the land as that would overextend our troops. Summer We start building a Spear Dojo in Hitachi and continue the offensive from Suruga to Totomi. Again the enemy retreats and we walk in. Autumn We do a small reconnaissance attack from Hitachi to Mutsu, but the enemy proves to be too strong and we call it off. We also abandon Totomi after destroying all buildings there and pillaging a bunch of koku. Imagawa shouldn't be a problem for a few years to come. Winter Loality is looking good thanks to recent successes and the work of our Shinobi, so it's time to raise taxes back to normal We also start building an armoury to Hitachi and a Large Castle to Aki and Kai. We also move all our forces from Suruga to Shinano, and the enemy wants a fight so he'll get one. On the western front Mori again attacks Aki with a sizeable force, so it's time or another "big" battle. Aki defense #2 Again I forget to take pics of the set-up, so you'll have to check the minimap. This time I have a bit more troops so my center-force consists of one SA covered by two YS, while one YS hides in a forest on the front, in hopes of the enemy passing them unnoticed, and two on the left. CA flank and harass again. My YS trying to be a hole in the woods while the enemy army marches by No good, they were spotted and had to retreat towards the center force. The enemy in his foolishness followed them up with a few units while the rest danced around not knowing what to do. I made the choice for them: The retreating YS charged downhill at their followers while my flanking YS charged from their forest and the center YS charged down the center. The enemy general immediately routs his forces A nice victory. Note the four-man CA unit taking 63 heads while losing none Shinano attack The enemy force consists of Samuri Archers only, but they managed to rush a huge hill before my troops get there. I risk it with the CA and send them after the enemy general The risk doesn't pay off as my general almost dies without taking his opponents head, and my forces briefly rout. I managed to rally them and we climb up the enemy's hill to a position above him. A charge traps most of his troops against a rocky cliff and they're mercilessly slaughtered. Victory at a price again Last edited by Fincuan; 07-02-10 at 01:01 PM.

07-02-10, 01:52 PM	#7
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Autumn We start building a Spear Dojo in Shinano and receive an emissary from Lord Mori. He proposes a cease-fire and I promtly agree as I have no intention in expanding to Mori's lands anytime soon. Winter We attack Echigo from Kozuke and Dewa from Mutsu. We also start building a Sword Dojo in Aki in order to get some proper shock troops, No-Dachi Samurai. In Mutsu the enemy takes advantage of our weakened garrison and tries to break out of the siege. Attack on Echigo The enemy has one unit of archers, so not much to do here except to run into contact as fast as possible My YS takes some casualties before the CA manage to charge the enemy's rear. After that it's over for them. Attack on Dewa I have no idea where the enemy is, and I'll have to search around for a bit due to all the fog and snow. After I climb the highest hill nearby and find nothing they suddenly appear on the plain, far below us. Some luck! Foolishly enough they charge up the hill towards us, and we return the favor with some added flanking. The inevitable result Mutsu break-out I set-up in a long line on top of a hill with YS covering the CA behind them. The enemy comes up right down the middle of my formation, so I quickly bring in the flanks to envelop him. The daimyo tries to flee... ...but gets caught A crushing victory That's the end of Uesugi. I now have all his lands, just as planned. Time to start looking towards west! Last edited by Fincuan; 07-04-10 at 02:43 AM.

07-02-10, 04:10 AM	#8
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	1532 Spring We start building improved farmland to Sagami. We also attack Kozuke from Musashi, but there's so many enemies I call off the attack. Another attack from Shimosa to Shimotsuke with one(1) Cavalry Archer is a success as the enemy retreats and we take the province without a fight. In the west Lord Mori finally attacks Aki and doesn't call it off. It'll the first larger scale battle of the campaign, and pretty vital to the success of the campaign. Aki defense I forgot to grab screenshots from the set-up phase, so you'll have to imagine it: This is taken from behind the enemy after my CA have totally flanked them and are going for their general. You can see the whole enemy army here, while my own is set up on a hill in front of them. The banners are barely visible. There's one unit of SA and one unit of YS visible on the hill, while two YS units are hiding in the forest on the left. The plan was simple: Harass them with CA, let the archers shoot at them and when they get close charge down the center while simultaneously flanking right. Here I've already initiated the flanking movement. In the background my CA are still battling the general's unit The enemy's right flank(from my pov) quickly crumbles and we start enveloping his forces in the middle Meanwhile I forgot to babysit the CA and they manage to get wiped out by YS. What would have been crushing victory if I hadn't screwed up with the CA. Well, the stats still look pretty nice Summer Mori again attacks Aki but calls it off. Meanwhile I really have to do something about the loyality problems. Autumn An Oda-clan emissary arrives proposing an alliance. I immediately accept as they have common borders with pretty much all the clans I'm at war with. This should help ease up the pressure a bit. Winter We start building an armoury to Aki and a castle to Hitachi to speed up troop training. Last edited by Fincuan; 07-02-10 at 12:59 PM.

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07-02-10, 03:56 AM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	OT: (my favorite STW mobilize song) you would catch me singing ''yo ho ho ho'' behind the monitor. I really hope they introduce the same appealing music in STW2 HunterICX __________________

07-02-10, 01:33 PM	#5
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	1534 Spring We start building a castle to Shinano, a province which will be developed to our primary cavalry training area. We attack Kozuke with troops from Musashi and Shimotsuke, while Uesugi attacks Hitachi with a sizeable force. Attack on Kozuke Slight numerical advantage here The enemy daimyo gets among our CA and inflicts heavy damage Some of my units rout and others take heavy casulties. I don't remember exactly what happened here, but judgin by the casualties this was one crappy attack. Hitachi defense My main force sits on top of a hill while Cavalry archers go on recon together with the daimyo. The enemy daimyo doesn't fancy this at all and starts to chase them Uesugi daimyo getting surrounded in a forest Gotcha, although his son soon took over. My other CA unit has also routed at this point Another nice victory

07-02-10, 01:40 PM	#6
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Summer We drop taxes to "very low" again in order to prevent revolts, but too late: Shinano revolts. We attack Mutsu with all forces from Hitachi and Shimotsuke. Loyalist revolt in Shinano We set up on top of a hill right next to the enemy's starting position. CA take the frontline while YS wait in case enemy spearmen get close. Another YS flanks left. We use rain arrows on the enemy until gets very close, then intiate a charge by all units The enemy quickly routs, gets chased down and killed Attack on Mutsu The enemy sets up behind a forest on a hill, and puts some ambushing troops in the forest. We anticipated this and catch them with a wide pincer movement by the infantry while CA constantly harass them. Here we can see the enemy already routed and being chased Victory!