At the same time that Lucius made a plan to capture Iga Naru, who was sent by the Tokugawa family, Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai, who were on the front line, also had good news, and the two led the samurai army, plus the mechanical warriors rationed by Lucius, almost swept Saitama and Ibaraki with a horizontal momentum.

However, Oda Nobumitsu's attack did not start well, and the Uesugi family may have found that the samurai sent had not returned, and knew that they might be attacked by a series of attacks, so they had already prepared.

As soon as Oda Nobumitsu led the army into Saitama's territory, he was repeatedly blocked, and several ambushes almost wiped out Oda Nobumitsu's entire army, but fortunately, Oda Nobumitsu's own strength, coupled with the mechanical warriors rationed by Lucius, allowed Oda Nobumitsu to survive the crisis without danger.

After several blockades, the Uesugi family, who saw the strength of Oda Nobumitsu, quickly shrank the front and transferred the elite of the family back to Saitama Castle to garrison, but still commanded the small samurai leaders in Saitama to block Oda Nobumitsu, trying to delay and consume Oda Nobumitsu.

It can be said that although there was no obstruction from the Uesugi family, Oda Nobumitsu's speed was forced to slow down due to the resistance of other samurai leaders, and he had to carefully advance towards Saitama Castle.

In this case, Oda Nobumitsu encountered two blocks from the samurai of the Uesugi family, and those two blocks can be said to be the biggest crisis that Oda Nobumitsu encountered.

It was even more dangerous than the few obstacles he encountered when he first led the army into Saitama, when Oda Nobumitsu almost burst out of all his strength, and even personally possessed the demon god, incarnated into the ghost god and rushed into the enemy's battle array, killing nearly a thousand people on the other side alone, and finally being able to turn the tide of the battle.

After the end of the war, Oda Nobumitsu's name became a household name in Saitama in an instant, and he was called the "Sixth Heavenly Demon King" by the samurai who were loyal to the Uesugi family.

It means that he is already the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, and he has a terrifying killing power, which makes everyone fearful. There is no one who can match it head-on, not even a powerful demon warrior.

But in fact, according to the battle report received by Lucius, in fact, Oda Nobumitsu was injured at that time, and it was actually the leader of the mechanical warriors sent by Lucius to kill and turn the situation around, the mechanical warrior who didn't know the pain at all, and frantically killed a large number of enemy samurai to help Oda Nobumitsu turn the situation around.

Although Oda Nobumitsu is strong, he is flesh and blood after all. At that time, the army had been surrounded by two strong samurai warriors in Saitama, and it can be said that they fell into the trap of the other party.

With no way to go to heaven and no door to the ground, it can be said that Oda Nobumitsu and the army are almost in a predicament, and in order to turn the situation around, Oda Nobumitsu entered the enemy line alone.

At first, his killing was indeed effective, temporarily stopping the siege of the other party, but as time passed, he was only one person after all, and there was always a time when his flesh and blood were tired, and finally the exhausted Oda Nobumitsu was injured by a dark arrow. The dark arrow was said to be very close to his heart.

If it weren't for a mechanical warrior rushing out and hitting Oda Nobumitsu, I'm afraid he would have been killed by the arrow, though not killed. But he was still badly wounded and could not continue the fight.

The mechanical warriors rationed by Lucius burst out with all their strength at this time, and several mechanical warriors escorted the injured Oda Nobumitsu away. The rest of the mechanical warriors turn on Kill Mode.

In the blink of an eye, those mechanical warriors turned into killing machines on the battlefield and slaughtered a large number of samurai. Those samurai had no choice but to face the mechanical warriors who could not be injured by their swords, and in the end, under the strong attack of the mechanical warriors, the army led by the two Uesugi family generals who had the advantage was defeated.

After taking out the two armies, Oda Nobumitsu led the army to rest for several days, and as his injuries gradually improved, he began to attack the county towns and cities of Saitama with the mechanical warriors as the main force.

When Oda Nobumitsu led the army intact and appeared under Saitama Castle, where the Uesugi family was located, everyone who defended the castle was shocked and couldn't believe that Oda Nobumitsu would still appear.

Originally, the Uesugi family thought that Oda Nobumitsu had been killed by a dark arrow, and the army attacking Saitama was just a retaliatory massacre, but they never thought that Oda Nobumitsu appeared under Saitama Castle intact.

This can be regarded as a ploy by Oda Nobumitsu, the purpose of which is to confuse the eyes and ears of the Uesugi family, so that the Uesugi family can gradually relax their vigilance, and before the soldiers come to the castle, secretly let some samurai turn into fleeing civilians and infiltrate Saitama Castle, which had not yet had time to close the door.

Siege BattleWith the help of Uchio, Oda Nobumitsu barely spent much energy, and under the dual offensive of mechanical warriors and Uchio, the walls of Saitama Castle were like a layer of tissue paper, which was pierced with a light stab.

Saitama Castle was conquered, but the purge of the Uesugi family had just begun, after all, the Uesugi family had been in charge of Saitama for many years, just like the Takeda family was in charge of Chiba, the Uesugi family also destroyed the original reiji country, and gradually built their own Saitama Castle, and became the largest daimyo lord in the entire Saitama.

Therefore, the Uesugi family's power in Saitama is deeply entrenched, and even if Saitama Castle is breached, the armed forces scattered throughout Saitama will still spare no effort to fight Oda Nobumitsu and others.

Faced with this situation, Oda Nobumitsu made the most direct decision, that is, if he found any remnants of the Uesugi family, he would directly slaughter all the villages where the remnants were hiding.

This move can be said to have made Oda Nobumitsu's hands bloody, and also caused most of Saitama's villages to become empty, and the survivors also tried to escape from Saitama.

Although Oda Nobumitsu succeeded in completely controlling Zaitama, the murder he committed also made him spurned by others, and he became the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, becoming a demon king who escaped from the Saitama people and spread to other regions with those who escaped.

Actually, the Tokugawa family also wanted to send troops at that time, but when they came to the Tokugawa family, they had to wait for news from Iga Naru, and they were worried that if they sent troops, they would attract attacks from other daimyos.

In addition, when the Tokugawa family got the news, Oda Nobumitsu had almost occupied Saitama, and with the strong troops that had just passed through the army in his hands, Tokugawa Iehiko, who had always been more conservative after weighing, finally did not choose to attack Saitama, but acquiesced in Oda Nobumitsu's occupation of Saitama.

Compared with Oda Nobumitsu's difficult battle situation, Taiyuan Xuezhai is much easier, it can be said that there are few powerful daimyo in the entire Ibaraki, and many small samurai lords, after the appearance of Taiyuan Xuezhai's army, they have directly chosen to surrender to Taiyuan Xuezhai.

However, it was not all smooth sailing for Taiyuan Yukisai, because when Taiyuan Yukisai obtained the allegiance of some small samurai lords, he learned from the mouths of those small lords of Ibaraki that Ibaraki was occupied by a branch of the Tokugawa family.

This explains why Ibaraki did not have a strong daimyo, because Ibaraki was actually in the hands of the Tokugawa family, and the biggest daimyo in Ibaraki was one of the three Tokugawa families, and had the power to inherit the position of Tokugawa family shogun and family governor, but the Ibaraki Tokugawa family was weak.

Moreover, because there were not many attacks for too long, the days were too comfortable, and the Tokugawa family of Ibaraki was not prosperous, so it can be said that when Taiyuan Xuezhai attacked Ibaraki, the Ibaraki Tokugawa family had been passed down for several generations.

However, due to the existence of the Ibaraki Tokugawa family's forces, for the sake of safety, Taiyuan Xuezhai still did not choose to attack, but used some stratagems.

Oda Nobumitsu, who had already captured Saitama Castle at that time, sent a part of his troops to the border between Ibaraki and Edo, so as to shock the Tokugawa family in Edo, Kyoto, and divert the attention of the Tokugawa family at that time, so that they had no time to take care of the situation on the Ibaraki side.

As a result, when the Tokugawa family was on defense, Taiyuan Yukisai quickly led his troops to attack the Tokugawa family's mansion in Ibaraki and captured the young governor of the Ibaraki Tokugawa family.

It can be said that the entire Ibaraki battle situation seems to be in danger, and there is almost no damage, Taiyuan Xuezhai easily seized the control of Ibaraki, and even Taiyuan Xuezhai transferred some of the mechanical soldiers under his command to Saitama to support Oda Nobumitsu's later purge.

After reading the battle report, Lecius passed it to the others present, and almost everyone who saw the two battle reports showed joy on their faces.

Koji Takeda and Soga Inamome quickly kowtowed to Lucius and congratulated Lucius: "Congratulations, Your Highness, you have occupied Ibaraki and Saitama, and you can almost control the northern part of Fuso Honshu Island. ”

However, in the face of everyone's congratulations, Lucius did not smile, he did not seem to be satisfied with the two battle reports, and he snorted coldly for a long time and said: "Hmph, is such a battle report also worth being happy about? Just two local daimyos, it took so long to do, and Oda Nobumitsu actually carried out a massacre. ”

Seeing that Lucius seemed to be angry, everyone present was suddenly silent, and no one dared to stand up at this time to touch Lucius's moldy head.

After a long time, it was Koji Takeda who opened his mouth and whispered: "Your Highness, in fact, there is nothing to massacre, this kind of thing is something that every Fuso samurai will do when they occupy a new place." ”

Seeing Koji Takeda speak boldly, Soga Inamime also echoed: "Yes, Your Highness, in fact, you don't have to worry, as long as you can control Saitama, you can expand around and annex all the forces around Edo, and the Tokugawa family can be directly attacked with little effort." ”

Lucius couldn't help but sneer and said, "You guys think beautifully, have you ever thought that since the Tokugawa clan was able to set up a branch in Ibaraki, wouldn't there be any other place, not to mention that what we now control is only the north, and the south, and what about the other islands of Fuso?"

Lucius's words left everyone speechless, and it was obvious that everyone understood that it was an extremely difficult path for Lucius to help the emperor regain imperial power over the country.

Especially at this time, the influence of the Tokugawa family has weakened, and the daimyo forces in various places have emerged in an endless stream, and the strength of many daimyo themselves is actually not weaker than the Tokugawa family, which bears the name of the great shogun, and even some daimyo forces may be stronger than the Tokugawa family.

Under these circumstances, it was not easy to help the emperor regain his imperial power and have the imperial power recognized throughout Fuso. (To be continued......)