At the border of River Country, Jiraiya called all the strong men from Konoha who participated in the war this time and held a war meeting.

What Sunagakure Village is doing right now is really confusing. Even Habara behind them understood their thoughts immediately. How could Jiraiya not see it?

It's just that this group of Sunagakure wants to use this method to block Konoha's attack. Isn't it a bit too big and unnecessary?

If it was the old Konoha, then they might really stop. After all, the Third Hokage's thinking was like that, and the Konoha in his hands was the beginning of its transition from prosperity to decline.

But the Konoha of today is not the Konoha of the past when its talents were withering and failing to survive. The Konoha of today is full of blood and strength.

It is absolutely impossible and absolutely not acceptable for them to easily let go of the enemies who have attacked them, let alone believe in such a so-called alliance that goes back on its word!

Even Jiraiya has always maintained a certain level of peaceful thinking, but after he saw the Country of Grass and the Country of Tang, and after the gentle and gentle thoughts of Habara in the past three years, he changed.

He now also subconsciously believes that only by truly integrating the entire ninja world can there be hope for peace in the ninja world!

Therefore, he really does not object to attacking Sand Hidden Village now, but he also hopes to solve everything more happily and quickly.

After all, this way, both sides can bleed less, which is a good thing for everyone.

"Everyone, I called you here this time just to discuss the battle plan."

Jiraiya looked at the map and said quickly without raising his head.

"Now everyone has seen the situation in Sand Hidden Village. They have completely retreated into the Kingdom of Wind and cannot come out, and they have given us all the Kingdom of Rivers.

Although this allowed them to achieve part of their strategic goals without bloodshed, it also did not have the baptism of war, and we also need more people to maintain local stability.

And after entering the Kingdom of Wind, this is an absolute home field advantage for Sunagakure Village.

Even if their ninja strength is not that great, they can still cause some trouble to us.

So I hope you can think of a way so that we can break through Sunagakure Village's defense line more quickly and achieve a large-scale strategic victory.

And, an annihilation operation on a necessary scale.”

An annihilation operation must target the opponent's vitality, so as to achieve the greatest degree of annihilation, destroy the opponent's vitality, and give the opponent a double physical and psychological blow.

Such a battle is bound to be bloody and cruel, but it is often the most effective in forcing the opponent to surrender.

Although Jiraiya didn't like this kind of combat mode, after entering a state of war, he also knew what to do best.

Once they quickly break through and form the necessary strategic annihilation, they can reduce more battles and capture what they want more easily.

There is never a war without bloodshed. It is better to shed the blood of others than to shed the blood of one's own!

"Hokage-sama, I have an idea."

As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, Hatake Sakumo spoke, and his opening made all the Konoha Jonin present look at him.

Now he was completely alive, and his appearance shocked even the jounin of Konoha who didn't understand the situation.

Although most of these jounin are newly promoted, and only a few are close to the same generation as Hatake Sakumo, they all know this legend of Konoha without exception.

Many people even grew up listening to the legend of Konoha White Fang!

Therefore, when he appeared in front of the world again, and he was still so young, one can imagine how shocked these Konoha Jonin were in their hearts.

He revealed what he had already prepared - Konoha has a resurrection ninjutsu, but it requires a certain price and is somewhat troublesome to use.

However, the trouble can be solved. There will be a certain quota every year, so all Konoha ninjas have the opportunity to use this technique to resurrect the person they most want to resurrect.

Even if they are scheduled to resurrect themselves!

However, if you want to resurrect others, you must have enough merit. Only if you get huge and undisputed merit.

Then Konoha will bring back the people these people desire most in their hearts on the day of the Spring Festival.

Of course, there is good news as well as bad news, that is, the age of the resurrected people may be somewhat different.

It is very likely that the person who is resurrected is your elder, but due to age, he may be younger than you.

However, this bad news is not bad news at all for many people. Everyone is only concerned about the first point!

And this news spread rapidly throughout the entire Konoha army, and many ninjas couldn't help but quietly ran to see Hatake Sakumo.

When they saw that the legend of Konoha communicated with Kakashi frequently and even taught Kakashi a lesson, they were now completely sure of all this.

It's just that they felt that their methods were very secretive, but all this fell into the eyes of Hatake Sakumo. It didn't feel so good to be looked at as a monkey, but he didn't care.

He had anticipated such a situation, so he remained calm.

And because of his resurrection and the transmission of those messages, the entire Konoha army was as if they were vibrating, and the high fighting atmosphere broke through the sky.

Why should he care in such a situation, so now he doesn't have much emotional fluctuation when he speaks.

Moreover, he is an expert in dealing with Sunagakure. He killed Sunagakure until he was bleeding like a river, and he is also the best at what he says now.

"I have been to Sand Hidden Village many times back then. Although I don't know if it has changed now, but if we look at it based on our strength, I think we have a chance."

"Sakumo, if you have any ideas, just tell me."

Jiraiya raised his head and said with a smile, he had great trust in Hatake Sakumo, his big brother.

"We can conduct a raid from three directions."

Hatake Sakumo said directly, and his words made everyone present look strange, but he didn't care and explained directly.

"It is true that we do not have an advantage in terms of military strength, and Master Hahara did not come to the battlefield in person this time.

However, Lord Habara introduced His Excellency Governor Shisui. Although I have not witnessed his fighting posture, I have absolute trust in him.

Lord Habara has said that Shisui-dono's combat prowess will not be worse than his. In this case, this plan is very sure of success.

My predetermined plan is for me to lead two thousand people from the southeast of River Country and surround Sunagakure behind.

Lord Shisui also led 2,000 people to attack from the northeast, while Lord Hokage led 3,000 people to attack from the front.

There is no need to attack by force, you just need to hold them back so that they can quickly complete the encirclement.

Although this plan is simple, we have an absolute advantage in strength, and this time we have the assistance of the Hyuga clan, I think we can complete the task."

Hatake Sakumo's plan is actually, as he said, a very simple plan.

But simplicity does not mean that it is not easy to use. On the contrary, when they have an absolute advantage, simple plans are often the most practical plans.

Although the three-way encirclement will disperse Konoha's combat power, especially when Konoha still leaves a thousand people in the River Country to prevent Sunagakure Village from causing damage.

But this time, the people Konoha brought were all carefully selected, and there was absolutely no problem in terms of strength, not to mention that they also brought many elite ninjas.

This kind of configuration is no longer an ordinary luxury. It must be because of Habara and Tsunade Konoha that Jiraiya dared to bring out so many strong men.

"Okay, just follow your plan."

Jiraiya thought for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Sakumo, Shisui, I now officially appoint you as two-line commanders, and you have the right to choose your own personnel.

But they only have five hours to prepare, and the frontal troops will launch the attack in four hours, so hurry up."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Shisui and Sakumo looked at each other, then they quickly retreated and began to make their own preparations.

Jiraiya looked at the map again, and this time his gaze became firmer, and he also made a decision.

That is this time's frontal attack, he will attack personally!

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"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

When the time came to the scheduled attack point, Konoha's front troops, led by Jiraiya, took the lead in launching a surprise attack.

When countless ninjutsu fell from the sky on the Sunagakure Village's position, the fire suddenly dyed the sky red, and the screams on the Sunagakure Village's position were even more continuous.

"Damn it, Konoha actually attacked!"

In the command tent, Chiyo's expression was extremely ugly, although she expected that Konoha would not let them go like this, even if they had given up the interests of the River Country.

But she still has a bit of luck, hoping that Konoha won't really kill them all!

But now she knew that Konoha really had no intention of letting any of them go.

Chiyo can only force herself to calm down now, because anxiety and anger are of no use at this time. Only calmness can allow them to find ways to deal with the threat of Konoha.

"Immediately send a message to Kumogakure and Iwagakure to tell them that Konoha has entered the territory of the Kingdom of Wind."

Chiyo took a deep breath and spoke quickly with her mind active.

"Let them focus on Konoha's actions towards the Country of Grass and the Country of Yu, and emphasize the current threat to Konoha. We must make them feel the crisis.

Also, how many troops are in Konoha's frontal attack? Did you see any dangerous guys?"

I have to say that Chiyo is indeed a qualified commander and also a qualified leader.

She knew very well that the current strength of Konoha was really beyond the strength of Sunagakure Village, so her first reaction was to find a way to get Iwagakure and Kumogakure to send troops.

Only if these two villages send troops can they pose a threat to Konoha, which will force Konoha to consider the pressure brought by other aspects.

Only in this way can they have a chance to defend the Kingdom of Wind, and have a chance to force Konoha to sit down and negotiate!

In addition, she also knew very well that although Konoha was very strong now, their frontal attack might not be able to easily break through the defense line.

This is not to say how powerful Sunagakure is, but the desert is their home ground, and Konoha's forced invasion will inevitably lead to greater casualties.
To be continued...