you can get easily provinces without war

for that you must built a gheisa house
(Required: Citadel, Infamous Ninja House, Famous Tea House
Cost: 1000 Koku Building Time: 8 seasons)

then get a gheisa and get allied with a other clan. seek their daimyo en kill him with your geisha. tadaa! more provinces but if it has heirs kill them all.

The perfect army that is nearly impossible to lose with:

Samurai Archers x4
Warrior Monks x6
Yari Ashigaru x1
Heavy Cavalry x2
Cavalry Archers x1

Type in the following code:

muchkoku

To play as the rebels, enter .conan during gameplay. This requires you to start a new game.

Submit ".prototypearmy." for unlimited army life.