Arcanine954, that's the case in many of the extra stories.
I just finished Mitsuhide's this morning (I'm not doing them in order, but I've finished about half). I didn't recruit anyone, so I was just curbstomping all the nations with a 1200+ strength army.
It also helps that I control a Lapras from the start and the goal is to defeat Nobunaga's entire army...and he uses Dragons
Arcanine954, nah. The fireworks started at 9pm and I had to go to sleep no later than 9.30pm. They kept waking me up every few minutes, though; it was frustrating.