Different from taking the initiative when facing the Cloud Ninja and Mist Ninja, Konoha's strategy on the Suna Ninja front is to persist and delay.

This is not only because Konoha's military strength cannot be comprehensive when facing the invasion of five major countries at the same time, but also because of the terrain of the Kingdom of Wind.

Just looking at the map, among the five major countries, although the Country of Fire has the most fertile land, the Country of Wind has the largest territory.

Although most of them are desert Gobi, but because of this, foreign enemies who want to invade the Kingdom of Wind will undoubtedly have to prepare a large amount of materials in advance to survive the long and barren depth of the Kingdom of Wind.

Konoha launched the war too hastily, and naturally did not make sufficient logistical preparations.

In addition, there was too little oil and water to be harvested in the Kingdom of Wind, so Konoha did not deploy heavy troops on this front. The task assigned to Tsunade was only to use the terrain of the Kingdom of Kawa to resist the Suna Ninja's offensive and fight against the Suna Ninja.

Just a war of attrition.

In this regard, without the pressure of attacking the long supply line of the Kingdom of Wind, and only needing to resist the sand ninja, instead of fighting a protracted war, the national power of the Fire Kingdom, even if it is only part of it, is enough to drag down the resource-poor Wind to death.

country.

As for what kind of impact the continuous war will have on Kawakuni, Konoha has no interest in knowing more.

After all, this is the advantage of keeping enemies outside the country's borders.

You can completely let go.

It is based on this idea that Konoha started the Fourth Ninja War this time.

This is not only true when facing the Cloud Ninja, Mist Ninja, and Sand Ninja, but also when facing the Rock Ninja, the Konoha Ninja is also the first to enter the Kingdom of Grass to prevent the battle from spreading to the Kingdom of Fire.

The only exception is the Iron Kingdom, which is completely adjacent to the Fire Kingdom.

Thanks to Tsunade's bold plan and Itachi's great power, the Suna Ninja, who had suffered heavy losses in logistics supplies, could only launch an attack with only three moves.

If they can't break through Konoha's defense line after three axes, they will have no strength in a short time.

In this regard, there are almost no surprises with the help of Tsunade, who has extensive experience in fighting Sand Ninja, and Uchiha Itachi who has activated the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The sand ninja aspect can be put aside for the time being.

At the same time.

Just when Konoha was blooming in many directions, an army of fifteen thousand ninjas, directed against the strongest side of the Five Nations Alliance, the real main force of Konoha, under the leadership of the Hokage's assistant Namikaze Minato, had just arrived in the

The railways from the Land of Grass have arrived here in batches.

When Minato Namikaze stepped off the train, he immediately sent a Konoha army to Kusagakure Village to force everyone to take their positions.

Although the latter has always been harmless to humans and animals, as a commander, Minato will not tolerate a force that does not belong to him squatting behind him during a confrontation with the Iwa nin.

"Kushina, I will leave Kusagakure Village to you." Minato ordered to his wife beside him.

With the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki as a threat, I think the Grass Ninjas know what choices to make.

"Don't worry!"

Kushina, who has been quiet for so many years and can only enjoy racing and teasing Naruto, said with enthusiasm.

She didn't think too much, she just thought that she had finally waited for the big fight.

What she didn't expect was that just when she arrived at Kusakure Village with the Konoha ninjas in great excitement, the Kusanagi quickly chose to defect after looking at the configuration of Konoha outside.

"That's it?" When she heard the news, Kushina looked very regretful.

When the leader of Caoyin Village saw this scene, his face was full of fear.

Fortunately, they surrendered early. Judging from Konoha's attitude, they were obviously ready to take action!

Therefore, when he faced Kushina next, he said more respectfully: "Please rest assured, Sir, the intention of surrender of the Kusanagi is absolutely 100%. If Konoha has any demands after that, the people of the Country of Grass and the Village of Kusanagi

All materials and personnel are 100% cooperative."

After all the fighting faction of grass ninjas in Ghost City were killed by the cloud ninjas, only the moderate faction was left. The grass ninjas who chose to lie down were already mentally prepared.

It's impossible to resist anyway, it's just hitting an egg against a stone.

No matter which side comes first, they will quickly take refuge.

Now that Konoha was one step ahead, they took advantage of the situation and skillfully put on a dog-leg stance, hoping to show their loyalty to the new master.

Seeing that all the grass ninjas had such an attitude, Kushina couldn't say anything else. She could only wave her hands with no interest and handed over the next work to the accompanying Konoha personnel.

Afterwards, with the defection of the Grass Ninja, Konoha's layout in the Country of Grass became smoother.

However, just when Minato was about to continue invading and take advantage of the Earth Kingdom, he was faced with a head-on attack from the Iwa Ninja.

Unlike the half-crushed Kumo ninja before the war started, he had to play with the exhausted Mist ninja and the weaker Suna ninja. The Iwa ninja who had withdrawn from the stage of the third war early had already accumulated very strong strength after recuperating for so many years.
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The latter's so-called inability to answer questions only arises from the level of top ninjas.

In terms of ordinary ninjas, especially in large-scale legion operations, the strength of the Iwa ninja can be said to be the strongest among the five major nations.

Even in the past, Konoha suffered a lot in several battles with the Iwa Ninja army and was beaten in a very embarrassed manner.

In terms of overall strength alone, today's Iwa Ninja is only inferior to Konoha, which is why Onoki became the commander-in-chief of the Five Nations Allied Forces.

Therefore, unlike other allies, the Iwa Ninja, who had more cards in their hands, were led by the cunning Onoki. Although they were caught off guard by Konoha like other allies at first.

But soon, they reacted quickly and launched a powerful counterattack.

Not only were several Konoha troops sent by Minato who entered the territory of Earth Kingdom fought in embarrassment.

Iwagakure Village quickly assembled 20,000 Iwa Ninja troops at a speed that exceeded Konoha's expectations. Under the personal command of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, they pounced on the Konoha army in the Land of Grass.

"I do look down upon this Third Tsuchikage-dono."

In the Konoha base camp of the Land of Grass, Minato, who had just received the news of the defeat of the troops entering the Land of Earth, frowned slightly.

Sure enough, ginger is still spicier.

Konoha wanted to copy the achievements in other areas, and also came to take advantage of Iwa Ninja. Not to mention, it was their own side that suffered a small loss first.

"Being able to defeat the Iwa Ninja back then was a bit of a fluke." Minato shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Akimichi Choza, who had also experienced three battles with the Iwa-nin in the account, regretted: "Indeed, if we had not seized the loophole in the Iwa-nin's logistics supply and cut off the line of Kannabi Bridge, the consequences would be really disastrous.

It’s easy to say. It’s a pity that after the war, Iwaren learned from the pain and spent great efforts to dig mountains and build bridges. Now it is difficult to repeat the victory of the battle of Kannabi Bridge.”

"That's true." Minato sighed.

The Battle of Kannabi Bridge was the famous battle in which I personally pushed the Iwa Ninja under the cliff when I was just an elite Jonin.

Now that he is the commander-in-chief of Konoha, when he faces his old rival again, he must be feeling very emotional when he comes to the Iwa Ninja side.

After all, fatalism is still very popular in the ninja world.

However, when it comes to the battle of Kannabi Bridge, Minato can't help but think of a person who cannot be ignored.

Uchiha Obito.

One of his former disciples.

Regarding everything about Uchiha Obito, after returning from the battle with Madara, Yunting had informed Minato and other relevant people.

Minato was shocked at first, and then he didn't understand.

He didn't understand why the warm-blooded young man who was once so kind and friendly had turned so strange, so cold-blooded towards Master Kushina, who had always loved him, and so hateful towards Konoha, who gave birth to him and raised him.

Minato really wanted to ask Obito the reason face to face, but he never had the chance.

"I just hope that if there is a chance in the future, Obito will be able to find his way back."

As a teacher, Minato has always blamed himself for not protecting Obito well back then.

Therefore, after learning about Obito's current situation, he still wanted to give it a try to see if he could persuade him to look back.

A person who has been willing to help grandma since he was a child, even if he changes quickly, the deepest essence in his heart should still be there.

In addition, Kakashi also has many questions to ask him.

Minato looked at Kakashi who was a little quieter than before in the tent.

At this time, the opponent's Konoha forehead protector was not pulled down diagonally as before.

In the exposed left eye socket that originally belonged to the Sharingan, an ordinary eye that had been reinstalled was looking dull and not knowing what it was thinking.

She is wearing the same clothes as before, but it is just on her back. I haven’t seen a ninja sword for a long time. Now, the ninja sword that finally came out of the dust is particularly eye-catching.

'I have finally returned to the path that suits me best.' Minato thought to himself.

As a top-notch ninja, Minato didn't see that the Sharingan, which outsiders yearned for, was not only not a help to Kakashi, whose ninja talent was not inferior to that of Sakumo-senpai, but also restricted his development.

It’s just that the stubborn Kakashi has always kept the Sharingan for Obito.

Now that the real master has taken back the Sharingan, this is also a relief for Kakashi.

It’s just that Kakashi will question Obito more in the future.

Minato shook his head slightly, and after retracting his gaze, he quickly returned to the topic after suppressing Obito's matter:

"Now that the Iwa Ninjas are on guard, Konoha's policy should be to move forward steadily. There are five thousand more Iwa Ninjas than us, plus they are well-known in the ninja world for their battlefield-level joint ninjutsu. Next, we will

The pressure will be great. But..."

Having said this, Minato looked at all the Konoha ninjas present, and said with confidence: "This disadvantage is only temporary. It won't be long before the Hokage who kills the Kumo ninja will come in person. By then, it will be

Timing of Konoha’s counterattack.”

The prestige of Naruto has now penetrated into the hearts of every Konoha ninja.

Hearing what Minato said at this moment, everyone present who knew Yun Ting's strength was naturally looking forward to it.
Chapter completed!