Shogun 2 Otomo Campaign Episode 2: The first shots of war...

Toreno

Welcome to my lets play of the Otomo clan in Shogun 2 with Darthmod!  In this second episode our troops get their first taste of battle, including the Matchlock infantry, who are destined to change forever the traditional ways of waging war in Japan...  Please note this is an unofficial video and is not endorsed by SEGA or the Creative Assembly in any way. For more information on Total War, please visit www.totalwar.com.  Social Media ⬇️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toreno.bsky.social Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toreno170 Mastodon: Toreno17@mastodon.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@toreno170 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Toreno17 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos   Game: Shogun 2 Total War  ⬅️

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00:00Hello everyone and welcome back to my second episode of my Otomo campaign on Shogun 2 Total

00:09War.

00:10In the last episode we just started besieging one of the enemy towns, we started securing

00:17the trade nodes and we are building up our army.

00:20In this episode we're hopefully carrying on in the same vein, defeating our enemies, building

00:24up our trade and money reserves and making an army that will hopefully make us a Shogun

00:30at the end of the game.

00:31I'm just going to end the turn again, I'm just going to let that go through.

00:45And yep, they protect us, but we've got some reinforcements thankfully.

00:51Our troops are going to be coming on as reinforcements as well, so I'm just going to quick-save that.

00:56They outnumber us quite badly, but these troops have brought it up to something more manageable.

01:02I don't know what the dropping thing is.

01:06Right welcome back, as you can see it's winter, I'm not sure if this has any effect on our

01:13troops.

01:14I know in previous Total Wars I think that affected their stamina.

01:19Right, the only really natural defence we've got here is this hill, which is going to be

01:28a bit of a problem for us.

01:31Just scout the rest of the battlefield out, see if there's anywhere else that we can move

01:35up to quickly.

01:36Ah now this, if we could move our troops up here pretty quick, we can get our troops up

01:49here.

01:53So you can see these bits are impassable, and so is here, so we could have our backs

01:59to a wall on a hill.

02:03The only problem would be if we needed to retreat, obviously we can't really retreat

02:11very well up here.

02:13I mean, if our backs are to a wall we've sort of got to fight or die, so that will be a

02:19problem.

02:20But, I think, if we could position our troops properly, we should be able to keep the enemy

02:32at bay.

02:33See, they can go there.

02:37Now these troops, archers, they're going to be a bit more difficult to position, but if

02:48we can get them in the right position, they can provide quite a bit of back-up for our

02:53matchlock.

02:54Ah, that's not working for some reason.

03:06The aryashigaru, I'm not sure we're going to put them entirely.

03:12Where's the enemy coming from?

03:13They're coming from that way.

03:21So I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these matchlocks at the moment.

03:30They could go further down the hill here, and sort of attack the enemy as they come

03:35along.

03:36Again, that leaves the problem of fitting them all in on the hill.

03:42And would pretty much mean these ones being wiped out, which isn't really something I

03:47want to happen, but I'll see what I can do.

03:53I could fit them around here maybe.

03:55I'll bring them up to the bottom of the hill and then, once I see where all my troops are,

03:59I'm just going to speed the game up for that reason.

04:02Oh, they're all the way over here anyway, so they're not going to be here for a while.

04:07I could leave them here and then have them sort of come at the enemies, like attack the

04:13enemy once they've gone past them, like let the enemy pass and then leave them down here

04:18to shoot at the enemy.

04:19But we'll have to see what the enemy does, because they're still bringing their reinforcements

04:24onto the field.

04:25Right.

04:26I'm not sure what they're doing, they seem to be retreating, which I just hope it's not

04:40going to be one of those battles where, like in some of the previous Total Wars, they could

04:45attack you, but then just sit there and wait for you to lose.

04:50Oh yeah, since they're the attacker that wouldn't work, like it's the defender who wins the

04:55time limit runs out.

04:56But there used to be a problem where they would initiate a siege battle with you as

05:03the defender and then wouldn't move, which never really made much sense because you're

05:07not actually being attacked, so it's just carrying on the siege, but that hasn't happened

05:15in this case I think.

05:16I think I was just getting it wrong there.

05:19The reinforcements are sort of arriving on the field now, my troops are starting to line

05:24up a little bit.

05:25Once I sort of see where they all are, I can start sorting it out a bit better.

05:30As you can see, we've got these Otomo Matchlock Ashigaru, there's more of them, and they are

05:40slightly different in the stats, but only slightly, they actually seem to have less

05:50accuracy and a much better reload skill and slightly better morale.

06:00So having them at the front, they're going to be less accurate, but because they've got

06:07better morale, they'll be able to keep the enemy away from my more accurate Matchlocks

06:12at the back, and my Burrashigaru, which is always good.

06:21And they're going to be a bit of a problem to sort out.

06:27So this is a good position, but it's going to be hard to fit everyone up here.

06:32I mean, it's really good in that the enemy can't outflank us, but not very good in that

06:42they can, well we're not really in the best positions for firing and attacking.

06:52These Burrashigaru are just going to have to, I'm not sure how I'm going to fit them,

06:55they're just going to have to fit up here somehow.

07:00I'll be honest, I'm not sure this is entirely realistic.

07:05I can't remember any battles where this would have happened, but it seems to be working.

07:10Oh no, they're coming from the left.

07:13I hope they haven't found a way to outflank us, that would really quite annoy me.

07:19Especially after spending so long trying to fit them all up here.

07:35Let's make sure the fire at rank's abilities are on.

07:40It's their general that's attacking.

07:45I'll put my Yariyashigaru back here, just behind these lot.

07:50Hopefully my matchlocks can deal with them.

07:55Oh no, they've reached them quicker than I expected, but why aren't they firing?

08:04That's not making any sense.

08:10I think my archers are hitting them, but the matchlocks don't seem to be firing properly.

08:15Maybe it's because they're being attacked by this one here.

08:19Ah, that's better.

08:23If we can kill their general, that would be quite helpful.

08:29Even if they reach my troops, there's enough of them.

08:33Yeah, we've killed their general, there's only three of them left.

08:38It's got to be right about friendly fire.

08:43I'm hoping to kill them quickly.

08:48They should be running, I hope.

08:53There's only one of them left now, I think.

08:56Oh, and he's dead. Well, that was quick.

08:59So, yep, this position's quite good, by the looks of it.

09:05Turn their fire at rank abilities on, in case any enemies try and attack them.

09:12I'm not sure they're going to really reach here in time, so I'm just going to leave them down here in the forest.

09:20Sort of create a bit of a deadly crossfire.

09:26We're quite far away from the enemy at the moment, so they shouldn't reach him in time to be able to cause any damage.

09:36I'm just going to speed it up a minute.

09:40The enemy just seems to be marching their troops all over the place, well, still marching to attack me.

09:49Right, so they're getting... they could attack them quickly, but I'm not sure that would work out too well.

09:59I think they're going to be just outside of our range, maybe.

10:04I can't see any of their other troops, so I'm guessing they're in the forest still.

10:10Which is a problem, because they could just come out of nowhere and slaughter these ones while they're still getting their first volley off.

10:20Oh no, they're turning! Right, we're going to have to shoot at them now.

10:29They're at long range at the moment, but hopefully we'll have reloaded by the time they're closer.

10:40As they get closer, our volleys get more and more effective.

10:49I'm going to get them in position to shoot at them as they engage in melee.

10:53Yeah, we're starting to get better volleys off now.

11:01Let's see if we can get one last volley.

11:04Yeah, point blank.

11:06And they're already wavering. These troops are nearly ready.

11:16Oh, they're reloading. Oh, I would have thought they'd have reloaded while they were just sitting there, rather than...

11:21Oh, never mind. They're starting to cause some casualties there, though.

11:28One problem with the matchlock troops is that they are very bad at melee.

11:33If you can get the Portuguese Terricots, I believe that's how you pronounce it, you can do quite well.

11:39They have pretty good armour and pretty good melee stats, but the traditional Japanese Ashigaru matchlocks don't really...

11:50It's just like they've just given peasant-type units some guns, and it doesn't really work out all that well for them.

12:02The gun is really the only good point about them. Everything else, their melee, their morale, isn't that good.

12:10So we're going to bring them up here.

12:15Right, let's see if we can catch them in a bit of a deadly crossfire.

12:22Right.

12:26We need to do it in a way so they still attack the main bulk of the troops up here, but in a way so we can attack them as well.

12:34From the flanks.

12:38The main bulk of their army is turning up now.

12:41They could cause some quite heavy casualties.

12:44I mean, they could... there's so many of them just all charging at once.

12:49They'd probably get through just through sheer weight of numbers, which isn't what I want to happen.

12:58All on fire at the rank at the moment, I believe.

13:05I've still got my Ashigaru, so I can still slow them down if I need to.

13:10I may have to send about a sacrificial holding force just to keep them all in place while the matchlock and archers shoot at them.

13:22I might see if I can get these ones up here, where they've lost a lot of their troops.

13:27They could possibly fit in a bit easier.

13:34But no, that's not going to work.

13:38I was hoping where there was a lot less of them, they might find some room to fit in, but it doesn't seem to be working again.

13:48Once they're over this hill, they're going to come charging down to this point.

13:54So I'd better get these troops in position quick.

13:58Right, they really seem to be speeding up now.

14:08So, we're in the strongest position we can be in.

14:14Oh, we've got some samurai retainers coming from this side, but I'm just hoping they don't get there at the same time as these lot.

14:21Otherwise, they'll be shooting at them while the main mass of the attacking force just walks in unharmed.

14:32These troops are set up, so we need to make them advance forward.

14:41They should have to pass through... I'm going to move them forward a little bit.

14:47Just to ensure they have to pass through their fire.

14:53The samurai are charging down the hill. They couldn't get through, thankfully.

14:59And the enemy has started reorganising his forces a little bit.

15:05Let's see if I can't interrupt that reorganisation.

15:11No, I don't want to... yeah, I'm going to bring them back a bit actually.

15:17I think I've brought them too forward.

15:21I'll just bring them back before they start advancing too much.

15:27Right, one's covering the other at the moment.

15:33Right, we're ready to attack, or defend.

15:39I'm not sure what they're doing. I don't know if they're trying to line up in a position for us to come down to them.

15:47Or if they're trying to outflank these ones.

15:53They don't seem to be making all that much sense.

15:59They're the enemies we dealt with earlier.

16:03They're doing it quite slowly. It's been 15 minutes and we haven't really engaged them properly.

16:09Apart from that charge at the beginning.

16:15It seems like they're taking more care of their ordinary lower ranked troops than their actual general.

16:21I mean, he just got sent in straight away and slaughtered.

16:27They're just being kept back. I mean, they're important to win the battle, but it doesn't make sense.

16:35Why did he have to throw their general away so easily?

16:41Right, they're going to start firing.

16:45So, we'll try and cause some casualties, but...

16:51I'm resigned to the fact that I'll probably lose a lot of these troops. Maybe all of them.

16:57They seem to be splitting their forces half up the hill, half to attack these ones.

17:03Hopefully we can deal with them like we did with the last lot, and catch them in the crossfire afterwards.

17:11They don't seem to be firing. I hope they didn't start reloading again once the enemy got in range.

17:19If we can deal with a third of them, that would be good. That would be a good result.

17:27We've dealt with nearly a third of them, I'd say.

17:41Bring them back here.

17:47Send them... ah, they've been wiped out.

17:53Bring them back.

17:59They're starting to fire up there. The enemy's still got to charge up this hill.

18:05Although, I don't know if they're coming for here instead. That would be kind of annoying for myself.

18:13Hopefully my troops can at least get one volley off. I'm not sure how much they were reloaded.

18:21At least they'll be able to take the charge from the front rather than being attacked in the rear or something.

18:31They can't really outrun them troops.

18:37The best I can do is just get up to a hill and draw them away from the main battle.

18:43They're bringing more reinforcements to deal with these ones.

18:47They sort of charged them halfway up the hill, got a shot at, and then charged all the way down again.

18:53Getting shot at twice.

18:57Their troops are already wavering, so we seem to be doing something right.

19:03Send them out front to quickly deal with them, and maybe these ones.

19:09Because if they weren't wavering, I was hoping that morale shock from these would quickly cause them to flee.

19:17But they seem to have recovered quite quickly, unfortunately for me.

19:25Not sure if these ones are going to get a volley off. It would be lovely if they would.

19:31Come on, fire.

19:35One volley, point blank? Nope.

19:39Not sure what they're doing. I mean, they weren't reloading, they just stood there and waited for them.

19:47I think they'd get one shot off at the beginning if they could.

19:51A lot of their troops are wavering. We seem to have lost a general.

19:55They're attacking some of our matchlock infantry, which isn't good.

19:59A lot of their army seems to be down here, so...

20:03Not sure what to make of that.

20:11I mean, they seem more obsessed with these matchlock infantry than my actual army.

20:17So I'm going to send them over here, and then I might just tell them to retreat and get out of the battle.

20:25Because they're not going to cause much damage here.

20:29I think telling them to withdraw would be the best idea.

20:35While my troops are up here, I'll just deal with the enemy.

20:41Quickly.

20:45Apart from the matchlock down at the bottom of the hill, we seem to be doing quite well.

20:51Well, they're running, but they're going to get out of the battle I'm hoping.

20:55Unless they run down. Oh, the enemy is coming back. That's not good.

20:59Let's see if we can deal with some of these bows quick, so they can't attack us with them.

21:05Because that's basically going to be their only way of getting up here.

21:11Not sure why they've run down there though.

21:17Send them back up the hill.

21:25The enemy are coming back for round two.

21:31Send these troops here, because the enemy are going to have to charge all the way from here to here.

21:39Oh, there is a barashigaru.

21:43Do I attack them?

21:47I'm just going to have to hope my ranged troops can deal with these ones.

21:53With quite a sheer weight of firepower alone.

21:59Once those barashigaru are dealt with, I'll attack them from the rear.

22:03This will hopefully cause them to turn around.

22:15They might be coming for my barashigaru, which isn't good.

22:21Because they're just outside the range of these troops up here.

22:27Oh no, they're just in range, but only just.

22:31They don't seem to be doing too well against the bows.

22:35I'm going to bring them up here.

22:41As quickly as I can, just to get them in range of my ranged troops.

22:51Some of them are firing, but some aren't.

22:57The nearer I can get them to my own lines, the better.

23:01Then they can just defend themselves.

23:07And at this long range, I'm not sure how much good they're going to do.

23:11So, the nearer I can get them.

23:15Then we've got these troops here.

23:19I think we've won this battle, but that was just a case of limiting casualties.

23:27And I have lost quite a few troops.

23:31I mean, it could have been worse. I could have been wiped out like I had General was in the last battle.

23:35I mean, there was no way he was going to survive.

23:39There was no point manually doing it.

23:43I could have retreated on the battlefield when he got there, but I'm not sure that would have worked.

23:47Right, so...

23:51Bringing them up the hill. Maybe turn around and hold them in place again in a minute.

23:57When we're a bit nearer.

24:01We've got all our ranged troops firing now, so...

24:11They're wavering, so we turn around and attack them.

24:15Some of the troops are getting near the top, but it's slowing down quite a bit.

24:19And, yeah, they're losing quite a few men now.

24:27I mean, those bows are just taking them all out now.

24:35They haven't even reached the top yet.

24:39Then they've got a melee attack.

24:43Archers aren't so good at that, but there's a lot more of their archers than there are of the enemy.

24:47It seems like we're getting a bit of friendly fire now.

24:51So, hopefully we can deal with them quickly.

24:55Right, they're charging down the hill, running away.

24:59I think we've routed them, more or less.

25:03I'm going to pull them back.

25:07Let the archers deal with them, hopefully, in the matchlock.

25:11Oh, they've brought some more Yeri Ashigaru.

25:15Ah, that's not good. But they're already wavering, so...

25:19I'm not too bothered.

25:23Ah, they're not where I thought they were.

25:27Quickly bring them round there.

25:31My archers are already attacking these ones, so...

25:35They haven't even got to the bottom of the hill, and they're already dying quite quickly.

25:45And they've run.

25:49I haven't killed them, so we're going to have to fight them again.

25:53I'm in the battle, because there's no way I'm going to be able to run them down.

25:57Welcome back.

26:01As you can see, we lost nearly a thousand troops.

26:05And we're still outnumbered, but we've killed quite a lot of the enemy.

26:09Some of our matchlock infantry survived, thankfully.

26:13And all of our archers are pretty much unharmed.

26:17So I think we're probably going to win the next battle if they attack.

26:21Most of the kills were from the Yeri Ashigaru, so...

26:25It seems it was more of a morale victory, so...

26:29Which is kind of bad, because we have to fight. That means less kills, but...

26:33As long as we've won the battle, I mean...

26:37We've got more rank experience for our troops.

26:41And we can carry on. One of their armies had to retreat, so...

26:45It's just a garrison now, so... Hopefully that will even the odds.

26:49And we've got more troops in Busan.

26:53Sort of coming to help.

27:01Attrition, uh... Ah, that's not good.

27:05Lost quite a lot from attrition.

27:09But we've finished now, so... That's always good.

27:13Let's send the matchlocks straight over here.

27:17They can't quite reach there, but...

27:21These ones can.

27:25And how's the siege going?

27:29Well, they still outnumber us by about 400.

27:33But they've lost most of their ranged troops.

27:37Most of it's Yari Yasha Garu.

27:41And there's only two turns until surrender, so...

27:45I'm hoping that we can just hold out. Hopefully our other army won't return.

27:49We can just deal with them.

27:53Going to get another trade post.

27:57Getting raw silk now.

28:01See if we can grab that place up there.

28:05Build a few more trade ships.

28:09Don't know why the price has increased now, but...

28:13And how's our research going?

28:17Only one more turn and then we get clan happiness plus one, so...

28:21That's always good. Get some more imported matchlock.

28:25Still getting quite a bit of income, so they're doing well there.

28:29Raw silk seems to be helping quite a lot with that.

28:33Can we trade with anyone now?

28:37Still at War of the Shoni.

28:41I'm going to see if we can make War of the Oichi.

28:45Maybe a trade agreement?

28:49Oh, they don't want to make peace, so I'm just going to have to leave them for the moment.

28:53Er, wrong button.

28:57No, we cannot trade.

29:01That's not good.

29:05We can trade the cigar, but I'm not sure they want to.

29:09I'll give it another go.

29:13Now that we've got some more resources, maybe now...

29:17Nope, they don't want to trade.

29:21I'm not going to discover more clans until later, because...

29:25If we discover them, they'll probably want to attack us.

29:29So again, I'm just going to...

29:33I'm just going to do this next turn.

29:37I'll probably end the video here and do the turn in the next episode.

29:41I forgot to say in the last video that I was ending the episode.

29:45I got a bit carried away.

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29:57And thank you for watching. See you next time.

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