What if I, as an evil druid, want to take over the nearest wolf pack and have them attack the town an hour away from here?
What if, at high levels, I want to have a literal army of hundreds of animals at my beck and call?
That actually looks like an Animal Speaker Bard instead of a Druid.
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What if I, as an evil druid, want to take over the nearest wolf pack and have them attack the town an hour away from here?
What if, at high levels, I want to have a literal army of hundreds of animals at my beck and call? I'm not talking about uber animal companions, just run-of-the-mill 1,2 or 3 HD animals. It seems to like a level 15+ druid should be able to achieve something like this.
A combination of charm animal spells and Handle Animal checks, over an extended period of time, would probably be best for this sort of thing. By the time the training is done, the animals would no longer be charmed (save perhaps for certain specific animals, on a certain basis, for fine control, such as the packleaders of wolf packs), but still trained and relatively loyal.
Leadership could be another route, as you say.
For a temporary quick and dirty solution, the Druid could simply capitalize on the 'follow the leader' nature of some pack animals, like wolves, and wild shape into a wolf and beat the holy tar out of the 'alpha wolf' of a pack he wants to usurp, and then lead 'his' pack to wherever he wants them to go. He'll likely get challenged a few times, but as long as he can smack down a standard wolf, while in wolf-form, he's good to go.
Awaken animal, teach it to be a druid, awaken more animals, repeat, eventually they can awaken animals, repeat.
What mr. Radle said; the Beast Leaders article should give you exactly what you want.
Wild Empathy, with a charm animal so it doesn't attack you while you try to befriend it.