After conquering the so-called "key border town," the Uchiha clan leader continued south according to the pre-arranged plan.
The Land of Fire believed that the main Uchiha force was engaged in a standoff with the Senju in the north, and that even if other clans were involved, they would be tied down by the Senju. They never expected the Uchiha to have a samurai army.
After all, how could a country controlled by a ninja clan possibly have samurai? The Uchiha this time are definitely unconventional.
Furthermore, with the Land of Fire's capital located northwest of the Land of Light, the Land of Fire's main forces are primarily focused on defending this area.
Therefore, there are not many troops on the southern border or even in the entire southern region. The southern region can now be said to be completely exposed to the Uchiha's iron hooves.
When news of the Uchiha's southward advance reached the capital of the Land of Fire, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire panicked. What did he mean by the Uchiha?
No, conventionally speaking, in military operations, capturing the enemy's capital is often considered the primary objective. After all, it's a feudal state, and taking the capital, the political center of the country, is generally regarded as taking over the entire country.
Of course, this is the general case. There are also special cases, such as when a country has existed for a long time and has deeply penetrated the hearts and minds of its people. In such cases, even if the capital is captured, the entire country is not considered destroyed and will continue to resist.
The Land of Fire belongs to the latter category. Because it has existed for such a long time, even though the country has become so corrupt that it is beyond description, it will continue to resist even after its capital has been captured.
After all, this is a country that has existed since the end of the Ninshu; it should be the latter, right?
Therefore, Uchiha Takashi's approach was to launch a full-scale attack, rather than concentrating a large force to attack the capital.
Of course, if they could capture the Daimyo of the Land of Fire at the same time as breaching the capital, they might be able to stop his resistance.
However, Uchiha Takashi did not believe he could easily defeat the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Not to mention that the Senju Clan would definitely stop him, the Old Man Six Paths, watching from the shadows, would absolutely not allow him to succeed.
If Uchiha Takashi weren't wary of the Sage of Six Paths, he would have already activated his Great Susanoo and wiped out the Senju Clan.
While the south sent 1,000 soldiers to attack, the north was not idle either.
The ninja army and the samurai army were mobilized together, with more than 1,000 ninjas and a portion of the samurai army.
If we don't take advantage of the Senju Clan's internal strife and their preoccupation with their own problems to launch a heavy attack on the Senju Clan in the north...
Are they still Uchiha?
Even Sasuke Uchiha knew that revenge was inevitable, so he endured it for now, waiting for the right opportunity to strike once he became strong enough to take his revenge.
While not every member of the Uchiha Clan is Sasuke Uchiha, it's also impossible for everyone to be Uchiha Itachi...
The northern border, the closest defensive stronghold to the Uchiha, is also a very important military town.
Since the Senju Clan allied with the Land of Fire, they have been responsible for the defense of this area. They originally deployed a large force of over a thousand men here to protect the Uchiha.
Unfortunately, after the Uzumaki Clan fled, the population here was drastically reduced, and the Senju Clan, after its own internal strife, also transferred some of its forces away.
This resulted in the fact that this so-called ninja military stronghold actually had very few ninjas inside; most of them were actually samurai serving as figureheads.
Although it is claimed that this military stronghold is guarded by more than 1,000 ninjas, in reality, only 300 of them are Senju members; the remaining 700 are all samurai from the Land of Fire.
The 1,000-plus people sent by the Uchiha were all genuine ninjas, and to match the Senju Clan's claimed 1,000-plus personnel, they were all elites who had undergone long-term training.
Although some ninjas from other clans were mixed in, after such a long period of training, their combined fighting strength was comparable to that of ordinary Uchiha clan members.
However, Suke Uchiha, the leader, was still frightened by the news released by the Senju Clan.
Although he wasn't lacking in confidence to conquer the city, if it truly consisted of over 1,000 Senju clan members, then the 1,000 ninja he brought would undoubtedly suffer heavy casualties.
This forced him to become more cautious.
Therefore, instead of directly leading his army to attack the city walls, he chose to encamp a few kilometers away from the town, using the gunpowder he carried to wear them down.
Following Uchiha Takashi's instructions, Suke Uchiha deployed his forces and continuously attacked the city walls with the gunpowder-based weapons he carried.
To paraphrase Uchiha Takashi, while gunpowder might not be able to cause much damage to ninjas right now, they still need to expend Chakra to defend against it.
This is an open and unsolvable scheme. The Uchiha simply throws out some gunpowder; it doesn't require much physical exertion, or even Chakra.
However, you, the Senju Clan, are different. Although gunpowder isn't very powerful, it can still cause you some harm if you ignore it.
However, if you manage your Chakra, it will be depleted, and you'll be at a disadvantage when fighting the Uchiha later on due to Chakra issues.
Do you really think everyone has inexhaustible Chakra like Hashirama Senju? At least in this era, before anything can store Chakra, the amount of Chakra one possesses is a key factor in determining victory or defeat.
As expected, the Senju Clan responsible for defending the town were forced to expend a considerable amount of Chakra.
To Suke Uchiha's surprise, the Chakra Senju Clan, whom he had expected to be able to exhaust even after he used up all his gunpowder, suddenly stopped firing when he still had a lot of gunpowder left!
Suke Uchiha watched as a gunpowder bomb flew straight past him at a moderate speed, but the Ninjutsu used to defend against it suddenly vanished without a trace, leaving him completely still.
The gunpowder slowly flew to the city wall, then exploded with a bang, even blowing many people up into the air.
"What's going on? Has the Senju Clan given up?" Suke Uchiha said, completely bewildered. "Why aren't they defending? Even though this thing isn't very powerful, it's still equivalent to a low-level C-rank Ninjutsu, right?"
Are they just going to stand by and watch us attack without even making a move? Or have they figured out our scheme and know we're draining their Chakra?
The Uchiha clan members on the other side also looked at the distant city walls with confusion. After thinking for a long time, they suddenly muttered, "Could it be that the Senju Clan has run out of Chakra?"
Suke Uchiha's first reaction upon hearing this was to dismiss it. "How could that be? They Senju! They have plenty of Chakra; there are over 1000 ninjas among them."
How could an attack of that low intensity possibly deplete the Chakra of 1000 ninjas?
Unless there aren't actually 1000 ninjas here at all...