Jan 1490AD (0) - preturn
Switch Nagoya to settler and Ichinomiya to stone x-bow (mm to get it in 1t so it gets to Tsuchiuru at the same time as the 2 bushis)
IBT
Mogami wants pottery: refuse as they are way too far to make us any damage.
Produce a stone x-bow and a worker
Jul 1490AD (1)
Our stone x-bow spots Ainu Ronin
IBT - Ainu Ronin moves towards Tsuchiuru.
Jan 1491AD (2)
Moving toward Tsuchiuru and next to Ainu Ronin. It has a very low chance of winning against a shogun-3 anyway (river, forest, fast defender).
IBT - Ainu Ronin attacks fbouthil who wins, but 1 hp left!

I thought I was giving a kill to another daimyo!
Jul 1491AD (3)
Moving to safety for healing. Other forces moving toward Tsuchiuru.
Switch Seto to xbow as 2 settlers are coming and I did not keep any escort for them! Oups!
Increase lux to 30% to prevent Nagoya from rioting.
IBT - Produce 2 settlers, 1 xbow.
Jan 1492AD (4)
Reduce lux to 10%.
IBT - Hojo xbow moves close one of our bushi.
Jul 1492AD (5)
Every civs but us know Sojutsu but we are close to discovering it ourselves and no one gives a fair price for it.
Bushi kills xbow near Togane
bed_head7 goes scouting and spots Hojo xbow coming from Katsuura
IBT
Hojo wants peace, not yet!
Build xbow, barrack
lux to 20% to prevent riots.
xbow moves close to bed_head7
Jan 1493AD (6)
Fortifies bed_head7 in mountain.
Attack on Tsuchiuru: Kill 3 ashigaru with bushis.
IBT - Hojo xbow gets scratched passing next to bed_head7.
Jul 1493AD (7)
Bushi defeated trying to finish Hojo xbow. A stobburn little guy.
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Found Tajimi & Takefu
No one else can get to that xbow so I take care of him myself without a scratch.

Kill another ashigaru in Tsuchiru (for a total of 4)
Keich releaves bed_head7 for scouting duties as we are becoming close to bed_head7's turn.
Move Scoutsout & Detlef Richter for upgrades in Ichinomiya on bed_head7's turn.
IBT - Takeda xbow appears near Gifu
Jan 1494AD (8)
Kill 2 ashigaru in Tsuchiuru leaving a settler as defender! (for total 6 ashigarus)
Move myself next to it.
IBT
Dyes connected.
Takeda xbow moves S
Disease in Ogaki
Jul 1494AD (9)
Switch Ogaki to worker as disease would prevents building the settler.

xbow bombards Hojo daimyo with success.
It was a quiet and beautiful morning of July near Tsuchiuru. The calm before the storm considering the deadly battle that was about to start.
fbouthil: Hojo! Surrender or die!

Hojo: Never! Come face me yourself if you are man enough!
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fbouthil: Certainly! I am dying for this moment!
I hold my Katana high while walking carefully towards him. Hojo seemed very nervious, holding his the rusted wooden katana, :shakehead but launched a surprisingly fierced attack. Locked in a deadly embrace, we battled in the forest. We battled in the streets. We battled on the walls of the palace of Tsuchiuru. Both covered with sweat, Hojo launched a desperate attack aiming to cut my head. I bent down to evade his trust and plundge my katana in his heart. The last sight of the dying daimyo was the red sun about to set by now.
Send bed_head7 toward Tsuchiuru for upgrade. I should have done this the previous turn, but since Sojutsu is in 2t, there is no harm done.
Reduce lux to 10%
Jan 1495AD (10) - start building roads between Tsuchiuru and our empire.
I end my turn with 3 kills including a daimyo. groucho
The xbow and bushi SW of Tsuchiuru are actually going E to intercept Hojo xbow. Rivers forced a strange path, moving back to go forward faster.
The Hojo capital moved to Chiba (pretty far). They are willing to give their 2 closest cities for peace. I suggest accepting peace and move our forces toward Date, but will let bed_head7 decide.
Tsuchiuru had 6 defending ashigarus. The lone stone x-bow of the invasion force bombarded with success 4 times out of 5 tries.