The battle for the mountain city on the border of the Land of Grass ended in smoke.

In this battle, Konoha's northwest border defense force took the initiative and launched a surprise attack when Iwagakure's foothold was not stable. They quickly defeated Iwagakure's advance force with nearly twice the total force and nearly ten times the number of Jonin, and killed 207 people.

With 21 prisoners captured, Konoha only had 11 killed and 47 wounded. Only 9 of the wounded were seriously injured such as physical disabilities. The remaining wounded could return after receiving emergency medical treatment and recuperating for up to three months.

Combat positions.

There are currently two main hot conflict areas in Konoha. The first is in the direction of the Country of Rain, where they are fighting a tug-of-war with the Rain Ninja led by Sanho Uo Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Ninja Village in the Country of Rain, but it is difficult to advance through the front; the second is Uchiha De

The northwest border defense force where Hikari belonged was stationed in the Country of Grass. It not only wiped out all kinds of underground organizations in the Country of Grass in a short period of time, but also annihilated the regular ninja army of Iwagakure in one go.

The achievements achieved by Uchiha Tokimitsu's troops can be said to be the greatest results achieved since the thirty years of Konoha's fighting in the border areas of the Land of Fire.

No matter how arrogant and domineering Uchiha Fire Sect and Uchiha Tokimitsu were before, and the Hokage's edict of "not engaging in border provocations without authorization" was based on considerations, and no matter how Uchiha Tokko's annihilation of Iwagakure's advance team in one fell swoop would have any impact on Iwagakure,

Regardless of the impact of Yin's next move, victory is victory. Even in Konoha, which claims to be righteous, the winner still has the right to speak.

"The victor is not condemned."

Konoha Hokage's Office.

The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the colorful battle report compiled by Uchiha Tokumitsu, and said helplessly to his advisors Mito Kadoen and Koharu.

"But as a Konoha ninja, he blatantly disobeyed the Hokage's orders and provoked a war with Iwagakure without authorization. This will cause thousands of Konoha ninjas to lose their lives in the subsequent war!"

Mito Menyan frowned and expressed different opinions.

"Hiruzen, as Danzo said, the Uchiha clan is hard to trust..." Koharu took over the conversation after sleeping, "The village is facing great pressure from the war. Now Danzo and his troops will find it difficult to advance in the Land of Rain. If

If the Uchihas and Iwagakure are allowed to clash again, the scale of the war may be uncontrollable..."

The Sandaime shook his head, but said nothing.

"Then we must also transfer Uchiha Kamon and Uchiha Tokko back to the village, and send another person to command the northwest border defense force. Otherwise, the ninja troops stationed abroad will follow suit and habitually walk alone, and the consequences will be disastrous..."

The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen habitually took out his pipe and carefully filled it with a pipe of tobacco.

The two advisors, Mito Katoen and Kaden Koharu, knew that it was the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen's habit before thinking, so they remained silent and waited quietly.

"call……"

A thick smoke shot out like a sharp arrow, turning into clouds in the sky.

"What was our purpose of placing Uchiha in the Country of Grass in the first place?"

The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen said quietly.

"And if the village continues to dispatch ninjas to fight, the remaining strength in the village will definitely enter a stage of emptiness, and Uchiha will be the biggest factor of instability."

Saying that, the Sandaime turned his attention to the two advisors, "Now, have we achieved our original intention..."

"this……"

Mito Menyan and Koharu, who had gone to bed, looked at each other.

"Having said that..." Xiaochun still felt it was inappropriate to go to bed.

The Sandaime waved his hand to interrupt her.

"In addition, the direct enemy faced by the Country of Grass is the Iwagakure Village of the Country of Earth, and to the south is the Country of Rain, the origin of the war. The Uchiha family ninjas are concentrated and transferred to this border in order to consume the power of the Uchiha.

"

The Sandaime said without hesitation.

Mito Kabuto and Koharu, who had transferred to the dormitory, felt a little embarrassed. Although they meant so, but they broke the window paper so directly, it was embarrassing for them as consultants.

"Today, the original main force of the Northwest Border Defense Force has been basically withdrawn in the last change of defense. Currently, half of the more than a thousand people there are Uchiha and their vassal family ninjas. Under such circumstances, what is the use of changing the command?

?Who can lead the ninjas of the Uchiha clan?"

The Sandaime picked up the battle report and flipped through it, then threw the battle report back on the table irritably.

"Look again and see what Uchiha wrote!"

"Look at the saying 'hit with one punch to avoid a hundred punches', this sentence has been spread throughout the village!"

"So, in this case, should you take over the garrison command, or should I?"

The two consultants, Mito Kabuto and Koharu, were speechless.

The purpose of taking advantage of the rotation to withdraw the original main force of the Northwest Border Defense Force is also very simple. It is to weaken the strength of the troops controlled by the Uchiha clan, and to avoid being used by the madmen of the Uchiha clan to send the ninja children to die. Now there are still

The people in the northwest border defense force are either outcasts of the ninja clan or unpopular figures among civilian ninjas with average strength. In this case, it is also difficult to find useful chess pieces.

"Then...maintain the status quo?" Xiaochun turned to bed and said softly after a long while.

"Maintain the status quo," the Sandaime stressed, "and issue rewards as usual based on battle reports."

The two consultants were relatively speechless.

Without Danzo, there was no one to support him, and the two advisors could not suppress the Hokage's authority.

"The bounty, ninja tools, and medicines will all be paid out in full upon request." The Sandaime turned to the request for help in the battle report again.

"This..." Mito Menyan was a bit difficult to deal with. "The Border Defense Force has requested to replenish too many supplies. If the full amount is allocated, the village's reserves will be in trouble. Once there is an emergency, I'm afraid..."

"Distribute them in full." The Sandaime stared at Mito Kameni, "Then allocate the cash in batches."

Mito Menyan understood.

The original purpose was to control the actions of the northwest border defense forces, and the reason for this 'allocation in batches' was also very sufficient and spiritual.

"In addition, according to Danzo's intelligence, while Iwagakure is increasing its troops on the border of the Land of Grass, it is also accumulating heavy troops in the northern part of the Land of Rain. Its pioneer reconnaissance ninjas have also entered the interior of the Land of Rain. The specific intention is unknown."

The Sandaime took out an intelligence file from the drawer and handed it to the two advisors.

"Currently, Iwagakure has deployed 3,000 people at the border of the Country of Grass; in the direction of the Country of Rain, Iwagakure has also mobilized about 4,000 people to camp at the border of the Country of Rain..."

"Seven thousand ninja troops..." Mito Kadoyan thought.

Currently, Konoha has deployed nearly 4,000 ninja troops in the direction of the Rain Country, and more than a thousand ninja troops have been deployed in the direction of the Kawa Country and the Grass Country. Although the number is disadvantageous, in terms of the quality and combat capabilities of the ninjas

, Konoha still has a slight advantage.

"In addition, Sunagakure has also begun to transfer a ninja army to the Land of Rain. The specific strength and personnel allocation are not yet clear. The ANBU currently estimates that there will be around 3,000 people, including Sunagakure's ace puppet troops."

"This is the plan to fight a four-nation war in the Kingdom of Rain." Xiaochun sighed as he went to bed.

"Hanzo has gone too far, and the daimyo cannot tolerate him..." the Sandaime said while smoking his pipe.

In Yu Nin's external expansion, he not only seized the resources of other small countries, but also extorted and kidnapped the daimyo and daimyo of each small country. This kind of behavior directly challenged the secular dominance of daimyo and nobles.

"Okay, let's not go that far." The Sandaime knocked on his pipe and knocked out the burnt tobacco.

"Are there any problems with the reward for the Northwest Frontier Defense Force?"

Mito Kadoyan and Koharu, who had gone to bed, looked at each other, but neither of them had any objections.

"Then sign it accordingly!"

…

Grass Country Garrison Camp.

Uchiha Tokumitsu won the victory and the squadron returned triumphantly, and then vigorously trained the Ninja Army to exercise the cooperation and tacit understanding of the various units of the Ninja Army in order to strengthen their combat capabilities in the shortest possible time.

As for the mountain city in the northern border of the Kingdom of Grass, only a small number of reconnaissance troops are hidden outside the city to maintain the flow of intelligence in the northern border.

After the news of the destruction of the advance force reached Iwagakure's main force heading south, perhaps because they were temporarily unclear about Konoha's intentions, they set up camp at the border of Earth Country and set up fortification traps, as if Iwagakure was guarding the border.

Performance is the most powerful right to speak.

Uchiha Tokumitsu commanded the ninja army to a great victory in the battle, which made his prestige in the army more and more prosperous.

Nowadays, the proud Uchihas have become a powerful and reliable partner in the eyes of the civilian ninjas of the border defense force. Although this partner has a rather awkward personality, he is surprisingly reliable on the battlefield.

Since returning to the camp, Uchiha Tokumitsu has handed over the general affairs to Uchiha Kamon and Nara Yukihei respectively. He is only responsible for the formation and training of the ninja army. As for the captured Iwagakure prisoners, after being hypnotized by Sharingan,

After easily pulling out the information in his mind, he was banned from chakra and thrown into a temporary prison.

In addition to training, Uchiha Tokumitsu also did not forget to win over the Kusanagi. From time to time, he released special tasks for the Kusanagi to perform. This was for no other reason than to spend money to let the Kusanagi create a blood feud with Iwagakure and try to block it.

The double-faced behavior of the grass-ninja villagers who live in the grass-ninja village intends to tie the grass-ninja village to Uchiha's chariot.

Iwagakure, on the other hand, stopped for about half a month after the Battle of the Northern Mountain Castle, and then began to send combat teams to sneak into the Country of Grass to conduct intelligence reconnaissance and sabotage.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's response was to send the infiltration team to the Kusakunin Village to clear out Iwagakure.

"The strength of these grass ninjas is really terrible..."

Nara Yukihei approved the documents in the Chinese army's main account, and all the information about Kusanagi was compiled and reported.

According to statistics, when performing tasks issued by the Konoha Garrison Camp, ninjas of the same level in the Country of Grass are significantly weaker than ninjas in the Iwagakure Village. In the battle report, it often takes six to nine grass ninjas of the same level to surround them to defeat one

Iwagakure ninjas, even if the ones sent by Iwagakure into the Country of Grass for secret reconnaissance are all elites, their combat power is really impressive.

"There is indeed a big difference between a big country ninja and a small country ninja." Uchiha Tokumitsu, who had returned from training, walked into the Chinese army's tent.

"Commander Tokumitsu~"

The staff in the Chinese army's tent greeted Uchiha Tokimitsu one after another.

"Yeah~" Uchiha Tokko responded with a nod.

"If the grass ninja has the strength of the rain ninja, then the war between the three great kingdoms of fire, earth and wind should be fought in the land of grass."

Although there are many conflicts among the five major countries and the five major ninja villages, there is a tacit consensus on suppressing small countries.

"Commander Tokuguang, the village's envoy is expected to arrive in the afternoon. I hope you can spare your time by then..." Nara Yukihei said in a low voice.
Chapter completed!