Battle for the Southern Land of Fire (Part One)

In the south of the Land of Fire, there is no border between the Ninja World and any of the other four great ninja nations or four great ninja villages in the ninja world; there are only some small countries that the Land of Fire looks down upon.

Therefore, the Land of Fire has never stationed many troops in that direction, Konoha naturally wouldn't put its already limited number of ninjas in a place where there would be no threat.

Now, just as Konoha is suffering Konoha Collapse Battle, an unexpected threat has arisen here.

Led by Uchiha Kazue and Uchiha Bosawa, more than a thousand ninjas launched a surprise attack from the sea, landing directly on the only vital passage from the Land of Fire to the Southern Peninsula Region and the Southern Seas.

The officials stationed in the Southern Peninsula Region the Land of Fire were all pampered nobles who were not good at war, and the garrison consisted of ordinary people and samurai, who could not withstand the attack of the Uchiha.

Therefore, while Konoha 'Konoha Crush was still ongoing, this area had already been attacked and occupied by the Uchiha.

By the time the Konoha Crush War was nearing its end, the Uchiha had already established preliminary defensive fortifications at key strategic points and were deploying ninjas to gradually expand their attacks across the entire Southern Peninsula Region of the Land of Fire.

After the internal strife in Konoha was finally quelled and the Hidden Sand army on the border was dealt with, the Uchiha had completely conquered the entire Southern Peninsula Region the Land of Fire.

At this time, news of the Uchiha clan's conquest of the southern peninsula of the Land of Fire finally reached the daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Interestingly, at this time, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the Daimyo of the Land of Grass, and some other dignitaries, who had been watching the Konoha Joint Chūnin Exams but were caught up in the Konoha Crush Plan, were still taking refuge in Konoha.

Therefore, having lost face and territory, the Daimyo of the Land of Land of Fire flew into a rage on the spot and severely criticized each of the remaining high-ranking officials of Konoha.

Konoha had no choice but to accept this, since the Daimyo was the nominal leader of Konoha and held the power to manage the Konoha's finances and appoint the Hokage.

If Konoha disobeys the daimyo's orders, it will lose its nominal legitimacy and resource supply, which will only worsen the already weakened village.

Ultimately, just as the riots were quelled, before even the casualties and losses could be tallied, Konoha had no choice but to forcibly conscript soldiers from various ninja clans and civilians, forming a ninja army of over three thousand men.

Fortunately, although the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was angry and furious, he was not stupid and did not demand that Konoha, who had not even caught its breath, immediately send troops to rescue them.

Instead, they allowed Konoha to rest and recuperate for one night, making full preparations before going to rescue them the next day.

What the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and Konoha didn't know was that while Konoha was being criticized, Feng had already arrived in the southern part of the Land of Fire and joined up with Uchiha Kazue and Uchiha Bosawa.

While Konoha was resting, Feng summoned Tokatsu again, sending his elite 500 ninja— his Royal Guard —as reinforcements to relieve the more than 1,000 ninjas led by Kazue and Bosawa who had fought all day, allowing them to rest as well.

So the next day, as the well-prepared army of three thousand Konoha marched in a grand procession toward the southern part of the Land of Fire, Feng's side was also preparing for battle.

Interestingly, all the ninja tools used by Feng 'Genin and the Konoha Ninja army were produced in Konoha.

However, Feng's troops were fully equipped with ninja tools, and even had some surplus and waste, while the Konoha Ninja army's ninja tool kits were lacking in all kinds of ninja tools, such as Shuriken and Explosive Tag.

"Any news from the reconnaissance platoon at the front?"

As they neared their destination, Nara Shikaku, the chief strategist of the Konoha Ninja army, pressed his temple, his emotions a complex mix.

Because he knew better than anyone how absurd this expedition was: a hastily assembled force with low morale and incomplete intelligence, while the opposing camp had a bug that left Konoha completely at a loss —Uchiha Feng!

That's someone that only Jiraiya, one of the Lord Jiraiya Sannin of Konoha, could possibly handle. However, some people in the village and the few daimyo who remained in the village are now like frightened birds and are unwilling to let Jiraiya leave Konoha.

"Of the three teams sent out, one lost contact, while the other two brought back almost the same intelligence."

The Uchiha Clan, who had left Konoha a few years ago, were indeed occupying the southern part of the Land of Fire, and the leader of the clan was none other than Uchiha Feng.

Furthermore, news came from the village that Danzo and the Root had been confirmed to have been wiped out yesterday by the Uchiha Clan led by Uchiha Feng.

Shikaku's longtime partner, Yamanaka Inoichi, who was in charge of intelligence transmission, handed over three intelligence reports.

Nara Shikaku completely trusted his old partner and didn't take the intelligence he was offered. Instead, he looked ahead, because the battlefield had already arrived.

A rather long defensive fortification stretches across the vital passage from the Land of Fire to the Southern Peninsula Region, with sentry posts at regular intervals along the way, patrolled by ninjas.

The three thousand ninjas from Konoha were too many, and the dust they were raising on their journey made them impossible to hide, so they were spotted by the enemy from afar.

So, when Shikaku finally led the Konoha close to the fortifications, the Uchiha on the opposite side had already assembled their forces and were ready to meet the enemy.

However, compared to Konoha's three thousand people, the Uchiha side only had a little over a thousand people, and the leader was not Uchiha Feng, whom Nara Shikaku didn't want to face, but the former Konoha Jonin Uchiha Bosawa Uchiha Kazue.

This did not reassure Nara Shikaku; instead, it made him even more worried, even though Konoha had an overwhelming numerical advantage and a powerful presence.

After all, the intelligence was clear: Uchiha Feng was on the other side, but he hadn't shown himself. And so far, Shikaku still hadn't figured out how to deal with Uchiha Feng, who could use the Flying Thunder God Susanoo was over a hundred meters tall.

However, Konoha could not disobey the Daimyo's orders.

"All troops, listen to my command! Break through the defenses and annihilate the rebels!"

Finally turning his head to look at the three thousand Konoha Ninja behind him, Nara Shikaku gritted his teeth and roared, forcefully issuing the order to attack.

Meanwhile, the Konoha Ninja, who had been brainwashed and considered themselves mere tools, didn't think too much about it. When their leader ordered them to attack, they simply obeyed and charged.

Instantly, countless Kunai and Shuriken flew out, followed by a barrage of basic Ninjutsu such as Fire Release, Water Release, and Wind Release, sweeping across the Uchiha's position.

Faced with a barrage of Ninjutsu, most of the Uchiha's side remained still. Only two red-haired ninjas stepped forward and quickly Hand Seals, followed by several other ninjas in black robes who coordinated with the red-haired ninjas' movements.

Then a large amount of Chakra was poured into the earth, instantly activating the multiple sealing formations that had already been set up on the ground.

Just as the barrage of Konoha's army was about to land on the Uchiha's position—"Whoosh!"

With a muffled thud, pale blue sealing light rose from the ground, transforming into five beams of light and shadow of different colors.

The light blue, transparent light enveloped the Uchiha faction, deflecting all the barrage of bullets from the Konoha. Occasionally, a few powerful Ninjutsu struck it, but they only caused ripples before being completely dissipated and swallowed up, never truly shaking it.

"??!!! That's... the Uzumaki!?"

"The Uchiha actually managed to find such a pure Uzumaki to set up a sealing formation in advance."

Nara Shikaku instantly recognized the Ninjutsu and the person who used Ninjutsu, but it did nothing to help the battle.

The other four beams of light had transformed into enormous Chakra dragons of fire, water, electricity, and wind, sweeping towards the Konoha from three different directions: front, back, and left. Only the dragon on the right, for some unknown reason, was activated but made no move.

Konoha immediately retaliated, but whether they attacked the Chakra dragon itself or the sealing runes that formed the dragon on the ground, they could not stop the dragon from continuing to attack them.

'They're driving us away. These attacks aren't meant to harm us; they're forcing us to... go to the right.'

In the Konoha, Shikaku once again figured things out immediately. He looked to the right of the army, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything. However, he still had ideas and his companions.

"Hyūga Clan, check what's on the right flank of the army! Quickly!"