Uchiha's personal opinion

Uchiha Tokumitsu spoke gently to Hozuki Masahiko and Minazuki Chino, saying, "Ninjas must remain calm and not let hatred blind you!"

At this moment, Hyuga Shuhiro, who had gone to the outskirts of Daimyo Prefecture to conduct reconnaissance, instantly returned.

"Lord Tokumitsu..."

Hyuga Shuhiro knelt on one knee before Uchiha Tokumitsu and reported, "The north gate of the Daimyo's residence has opened, and a convoy of carriages is fleeing north!"

"Is he the daimyo of the Land of Water?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded slightly and continued to ask.

The daimyo's escape will inevitably take the Hidden Mist ninjas with him, so the daimyo's mansion will be like a ripe peach, waiting for me to lead my troops in and pick it.

"Judging from the carriages and entourage, it is indeed the daimyo himself."

Hyuga Shuhiro was also somewhat excited: "Accompanying us are more than three hundred ninja soldiers and about two thousand samurai soldiers!"

They marched into Daming Prefecture, forcing the daimyo to flee.

Such a brutal act has never been seen since the establishment of the one village, one country system.

Uchiha Tokumitsu truly set a precedent!

"Send a signal..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned to Hozuki Masahiko and said, "Notify the Allied Shinobi Forces to launch an attack!"

"Yes, sir..."

Although Hozuki Masahiko was unwilling, he still obediently took out a signal flare and launched it into the air.

To prevent the Hozuki and Minazuki clans' shogunate from leaving alone, Uchiha Tokumitsu specifically brought them all with him.

As the signal flare soared into the sky, a noisy commotion erupted in Daming Prefecture.

With the daimyo and his officials fleeing and the ninja army withdrawing, the daimyo's prefecture in the Land of Water, which was almost undefended, was immediately plunged into internal strife.

Uchiha Tokumitsu ignored the commotion within the city and made no attempt to send a vanguard into the city first. He simply observed the rather magnificent capital city before him.

"Do you know why we can't massacre the capital and capture the daimyo?"

Suddenly, Uchiha Tokumitsu asked.

"...If the city is massacred and the daimyo is captured alive, there will be no room for maneuver, and it will definitely be a fight to the death."

Hozuki Masahiko and Minazuki Chino exchanged a glance, and Minazuki Chino stepped forward to answer.

"Good that you understand."

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't turn his head and continued to observe the Daimyo's residence.

"Have you figured out why Mist Cave was defeated?"

"Disunity exists between superiors and subordinates, and there is internal discord..."

Minazuki Chino continued in her reply.

"It's good to know."

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned around and sighed, "Our victory actually had an element of luck. Although Kirigakure is weak, it is still one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. If it were a full-scale battle, the Shogunate might not be their match..."

Putting everything else aside, Madara Uchiha, who is controlling the Third Mizukage from behind the scenes, is troublesome enough.

The reason why Uchiha Tokumitsu conquered Kirigakure and the Land of Water was to steal the old man's gold coins. Naturally, he was unwilling to capture or kill the daimyo, which would cause the people of the Land of Water to unite against the shogunate.

The capture of the Daimyo's residence was already enough to damage the prestige of the Daimyo and the Mizukage; only by properly controlling the force of the attack could the Hidden Mist Village be further divided.

"I understand!"

Hozuki Masahiko and Minazuki Chino knelt on one knee and responded.

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded and turned back to continue observing the movements of the Daimyo's residence.

A well-broken Kirigakure is a good ninja village, and Madara Uchiha, who is completely dead, is the good ancestor of the Uchiha clan!

Chapter 197 The Valiant and Heroic General Deguang Occupies Daming Prefecture

The siege warfare in the ninja world is not very interesting.

For ninjas who move swiftly and agilely, even the highest city walls are meaningless without a sufficient garrison of ninja troops.

Even though there were still tens of thousands of daimyo's directly subordinate soldiers within the daimyo's prefecture, their generals had already fled with the daimyo. The lower-ranking samurai, who were treated as expendable pawns, mustered their courage and, under the self-brainwashing of their loyalty, spurred their soldiers to go up the city walls to defend it. But they all knew what the outcome of defending the city would be.

"At least fire three arrows before surrendering; only then will you be worthy of the daimyo's reward..."

The anxious samurai herded their soldiers into their designated positions on the city wall, frantically setting up defensive equipment of questionable effectiveness, while watching with trepidation the Shogunate ninja army below who were still casually tossing explosive tags at the Hidden Mist ninjas.

Even the most foolish samurai could see that the ninja troops below the city had no intention of attacking for the time being.

However, as a signal flare rose into the sky not far away, the previously leisurely shogunate ninja army immediately intensified its attack and began to bombard the area with ninjutsu.

Although the Hidden Mist ninjas were not to be outdone and immediately retaliated with Water Release ninjutsu, their Water Release was quickly suppressed by the Fire Release of the Red Guard Uchiha ninjas and the Wind Release of the Grass Ninjas.

Seeing this, the daimyo troops stationed on the city wall understood that the outcome of the war was no longer in doubt.

But they dared not abandon their posts and flee.

The daimyo of the Land of Water is notorious for his brutality, and he shows absolutely no mercy to deserters.

During the first attack by the shogunate, the regent was killed by the Rain Ninja mercenaries, and thousands of his defeated soldiers were captured and beheaded by ninjas dispatched by the daimyo. It was those mountains of bloody heads that shocked all the shogunate soldiers whose morale was wavering.

At the same time, a large ninja army appeared on the distant horizon, charging towards the Daimyo's residence in a crane-wing formation.

"Heavy crossbows, prepare!"

The hatamoto samurai standing atop the castle tower, though pale-faced, still performed their duties, issuing correct but useless commands.

Since the establishment of the one village, one country system, the samurai army under the command of the daimyo and nobles has become a symbol of authority. Their role is more for ceremonial purposes and tax collection. Except for bullying small countries without ninjas, they are idle all day long.

Even so, some ambitious hatamoto families still adhere to tradition, passing on the 'secret techniques' of military strategy and tactics from the Warring States period to their descendants, hoping that one day they can help the daimyo and take back the country's military power from the hands of the ninja village's kage.

However, when faced with the fierce offensive of the ninja army, the samurai realized how fragile their accumulated strength, strategies, and power—such as swordsmanship, military tactics, and worldly military skills—were in the face of ninjas who possessed extraordinary power.

But even though he knew the situation was hopeless and the momentum was unstoppable, the captain of the hatamoto samurai still continued to issue orders.

"Archers, prepare!"

At the command of the samurai captain and amidst the shouts and curses of the lower-ranking samurai, the terrified soldiers mechanically nocked their arrows and drew their bows.

As for whether the arrows were effective...

There's no need to elaborate on what everyone already knows.

"Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

It was still the most skillful combination of fire and wind ninjutsu of the Shogunate ninja alliance that attacked the Kirigakure ninja army stationed outside the city.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

Two hundred or so Hidden Mist ninjas joined forces to use their techniques, but they were still easily defeated by the overwhelming ninja alliance with a ninjutsu frenzy.

Even deserters have begun to appear in the Hidden Mist Ninja Army.

"Heavy crossbow—fire!"

The samurai on the city wall suddenly swung their swords in the air, issuing commands at the same time.

"Boom—boom boom—"

Heavy crossbow bolts, as thick as javelins, were fired at the ninja alliance that had easily routed the Hidden Mist Ninjas.

"Archers—fire!"

The captain of the samurai had no time to observe whether the crossbow bolts could cause any damage, and immediately issued a second order.

Then came the third instruction—

"White flag, prepare!"

Wen Yan, one of the lower-ranking samurai who was overseeing the battle, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out the white sheets that had been prepared beforehand, hurriedly hanging them on his cross-shaped spears.

The other soldiers breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed they wouldn't have to die in vain.

Even the lower-ranking samurai behind the captain of the hatamoto, who had been secretly communicating with each other through their eyes and had already gripped their sword hilts, breathed a sigh of relief with some regret.

Only then did the captain of the samurai clan take a moment to glance outside the city.

The shogunate's allied ninja forces have defeated the ninja troops stationed in Kirigakure and are advancing towards the towering walls of the daimyo's capital.

"Ninja tool throwing!"

With a command from a Jonin, a barrage of kunai, shuriken, and other ninja tools, covering the sky, rained down on the city wall.

Many of them were also wrapped with explosive tags.

"Raise the white flag—"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the captain of the hatamoto immediately roared.

He then threw down the military fan in his hand, covered his head with his hands, and rolled down to the bottom of the parapet.

"Boom boom boom boom—"

The continuous barrage of ninja tool shots and explosive tags cleared the city walls completely.

Even though some clever soldiers raised the white flag in time, they were still indiscriminately shot down by the ninja tools and explosive tags that had already been thrown.

A ninja from the Shinobi Clan used his Body Flicker Technique to leap onto the city wall first, ignoring the disarray of the city's soldiers, and charged towards the castle tower.

"The first to arrive - Shiranui Choyasu!"

The first ninja to shout out his name leaped onto the castle tower, his ninja sword brimming with chakra sword energy, ready to face the imagined enemy counterattack.

But the sight of everyone kneeling before him stunned him.

“Sir Ninja, I am the highest-ranking samurai captain stationed in the Daimyo’s mansion, and I now formally surrender to you.”

The captain of the Hatamoto samurai, who was huddled in the corner with his head in his hands, quickly spoke up and shouted.

"...Surrender?"

Originally, Shiranui Nagayasu was thinking of showing off his divine power and gaining a reputation for bravery in front of his lord, Uchiha Tokumitsu, but he was completely stunned.

"Whoosh whoosh—"