Total War: Shogun 2- Oda Campaign- Very Hard #6 (War vs Sakai)

Decided to beat Sakai to the punch over war declaration and was hoping to catch his stronghold empty- no such luck!
~Over a decade ago I poured many hours into this game... So let's jump back in on Very Hard difficulty and see if I can remember which end of the spear to hold!
This is a vanilla game except for the camera setting (I manually set it to debug) and the resource map in the encyclopedia. (It's great!)
Better in-game Encyclopedia map!
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[@VictorrineAurum]

Didn't see the previous episode but did the 2nd army ran out of action points to inch in closer to the main army to act as reinforcements? If so, I think facing his army first while having like 3 units of archers pelt the retainers with arrows would've been my move there (or straight up ignore the retainers, they don't come out whatsoever)

[@GameMnke]

Thanks for the feedback! You're correct about the 2nd army. They had farther to move through the forest and thus couldn't get close enough to reinforce. Looking back, I probably could have detached the 2nd army general and moved him up- even after laying siege.
I could have met his army and ignored the fort. With more of a head-to-head (or if I would have continued after taking the tenshu) I probably could have wiped out more units. At the time I was concerned about his 6ish yari samurai vs my unranked ashigaru. As it stands, taking out his daimyo and general were great outcomes.
One thing I don't recall is whether a leaderless army in a newly vassalized province gets displaced or outright destroyed. That question should be (re)answered next episode if I get an army into Wakasa and find some banged up yari sams.

[@faultners1956]

so nice campaign bro

[@GameMnke]

Thank you 👍

[@JamesPowerbot]

21:00 you can pull 12 units out as you are training another to replace the ones you are taking

[@GameMnke]

Nice catch!