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Great run! I think most of the time savings in this one was a concentration on moving fast. It felt like I had even had less auto battles than the previous run and very time consuming battles in Sagami, Mikawa, and Echizen.

I auto battled Kozuke, Shinano, West Shinano, Etchu, Kaga, Echizen, Oumi's castle, and Owari.

I had good luck with princesses that allowed me to make several alliances throughout the game.

I also used the "peck peck" auto battle strategy several times to save troops and do big damage. This is most obvious in the final sequence vs Oda as I whittled him down.

His rank was so high compared to mine I didn't want to risk his 255 riflemen shooting me.

Great games, thanks to Ategenos for the friendly competition!