[Squirrelloid]

Two things:
(1) Size 3 is insufficient to trigger 'large monsters', which will only target size 4 and above. (Otherwise it defaults)
(2) Archer pulling like that is totally excessive for independents, as is the number of units you're fielding. 10 dai-bakemon with longbows given the hold and attack order and placed appropriately far back to avoid being attacked during the 2-turn hold (except against cavalry, they're fine almost as far forward as you can place them) will take 90% of independent provinces without losses on indies 5. Using cute tricks like archer pulling should only be used if you need cute tricks to clear them with available forces, but you're already using enough Dai-Bakemono (~20) to bruteforce virtually every independent there is. (Bogus et al would probably stop 20, i'm not sure anything else would...).