News of the attack on Hagoromo's headquarters quickly reached the Senju; Senju intelligence network was indeed very strong.
The Uchiha situation hadn't been over for long when they received the news and immediately responded by sending troops to provide assistance.
However, halfway there, they ran into 500 elite soldiers that Uchiha Takashi had prepared in advance to block their way. These were truly 500 elite soldiers!
These were all elite soldiers from the Uchiha Clan who had undergone six months of intensive training. In addition, there were auxiliary troops conscripted from other clans. At this time, the Uchiha forces deployed on the Senju front had reached more than 1,500 men!
No way, do you really think the Uchiha are pushovers now? If we don't show them some strength, no one will know just how powerful the Uchiha are, right?
Although they said only 500 men were sent to the front lines to hold them off, it's not like they have a lot of people like the Senju. It's only 300 more men.
However, the number of troops does not necessarily represent combat effectiveness. The Uchiha's 500 soldiers are all genuine elites, while the Uchiha only have about 20 Mitsudomoe on the front lines.
At this point, 12 men were dispatched to provide cover, demonstrating that these 500 elite troops were absolutely no slouch.
While I can't defeat the Senju Clan Senju Clan, I can still stop their reinforcements.
The Senju Clan commander, looking at the elite troops blocking his path, fell silent. The Hagoromo Clan... it didn't seem like they were absolutely necessary to save.
Well, the Hagoromo Clan still has around 1000 ninjas, right? Even if the Uchiha breached their front lines, they can still hold on if they persevere.
This is absolutely not because he chickened out; it's simply because he needed to follow his heart and, through precise strategic analysis, determined that the Hagoromo Clan did not need their reinforcements for the time being.
Yukimichi Uchiha remained silent. After all, his mission was simply to block this group of Senju reinforcements and prevent them from passing; he didn't need to attack.
According to Uchiha Takashi's pre-arranged plan, they only needed to buy a few days for Uchiha Takashi to be able to deal with the Hagoromo Clan.
After all, Uchiha Takashi's plan was designed to disregard resource consumption, ignoring Chakra depletion and focusing on rapid, blitzkrieg-style attacks, thus requiring only a few days.
Furthermore, the extra few days are needed to transfer supplies and deal with the remnants of the Hagoromo Clan.
However, what Yukimichi Uchiha didn't know was that Uchiha Takashi's current strength was being preserved; even if he didn't stop them, it wouldn't be a big deal, and letting the Senju Clan go was fine.
Even if the Senju arrived in time, they might not be able to defeat the 800 Uchiha led by Uchiha Takashi. It was originally estimated that this battle would result in at least a hundred casualties, and each one of them would definitely be injured.
Therefore, in Uchiha Takashi's prediction, if they couldn't withstand the final outcome, it would definitely be the exhausted Uchiha army facing the elite Senju Clan's army.
But who could have predicted that things would develop so far beyond expectations? The Uchiha Clan conquered the Hagoromo Clan with ease. One can only thank the Hagoromo Clan's commander for doing something so incredibly stupid.
"Retreat..." Watching the Senju Clan members depart, Yukimichi Uchiha instructed the Uchiha clansmen beside him, "There's no need for us to engage the Senju Clan head-on."
So the two sides clashed openly, then quietly retreated, without causing a ripple or conflict; nothing happened.
Soon, Uchiha Takashi returned to the clan's main camp with the first batch of supplies and captured prisoners. It wasn't that he didn't want to bring them back, but there were too many people, and bringing them all back together would easily cause trouble.
Furthermore, inventorying the supplies and managing the prisoners also took time, so they could only be brought back in several batches. At the same time, he also sent a group of Uchiha civilian personnel to that area.
The main purpose was to inventory the supplies, facilitate the management of the prisoners, and transport all the belongings left behind by the Hagoromo Clan back as quickly as possible.
At this moment, the Senju Clan finally sensed something was wrong. Why had so much time passed? There was still no news from the Hagoromo Clan.
If they were being attacked by the Uchiha, they should be constantly sending SOS messages to the Senju Clan.
More than a day has passed, and they still haven't received any urgent communications from the Hagoromo Clan. Although they did send reinforcements, they don't believe that a single Senju army can help the Hagoromo escape their predicament.
Moreover, that batch of reinforcements has indeed returned, indicating that they encountered an ambush by the Uchiha on the way and were unable to provide support for the time being.
That's strange. You can't defeat the Uchiha, and our reinforcements haven't arrived, so why did your communications suddenly stop?
Fū Senju thought about it for a long time, but he just couldn't figure it out.
When Oto Senju finally heard the news, he looked at the group of people and couldn't understand it at all. He twitched his eye and said, "What else could it be? The Hagoromo Clan was wiped out."
At this, everyone present quickly waved their hands, indicating that it was impossible. It wasn't that they hadn't considered it, but rather that the possibility was simply too low.
The Uchiha Hagoromo Clan had been decimated by the Uchiha, they could still muster more than 1,000 ninjas.
Those were 1000 ninjas, not 1000 pigs. Even if the Uchiha tried to gnaw on them, it would take them ten days to fifteen days. How could the Uchiha possibly wipe them out?
Does that mean the Hagoromo Clan are all useless?
The Senju Clan can be quite certain that the Uchiha didn't send many troops; their total strength was definitely far less than that of the Hagoromo Clan.
After all, they knew exactly how many troops the Uchiha had stationed on their border. Judging from the constant activity the Uchiha Takashi the border, they knew the Uchiha had at least 1,000 troops there.
So, if we calculate it that way, the Uchiha clan could only mobilize a few hundred troops at most. A few hundred Uchiha ninjas, and not even top-tier ones, but second-tier ninjas, how could they possibly be wiped out by the Hagoromo Clan, which had 1,000 ninjas?
This possibility is no less than an ant killing an elephant, so although everyone considered this possibility, they all ruled it out.
Seeing everyone's firm denials, Oto Senju sighed and said, "But how do you explain this? Why hasn't the Hagoromo Clan sent any news for so long?"
Even if they didn't actually repel the Uchiha, they should have at least reported back to us. We've been completely cut off from communication for so long! If they weren't utterly annihilated by the Uchiha Clan, how could we possibly have lost all contact?
This possibility is indeed very low, but setting aside all the absolutely impossible ones, the last one, no matter how impossible, is still a fact.