Hearing this, Hinata Tamaki did not refuse. After all, red wine, a novelty, does have its own unique characteristics. For people from the Fire Nation who drink sake all year round, it is quite attractive to some extent.
He nodded silently, took another sip of red wine, and then put the wine glass on the table. Hinata Huan suddenly straightened his expression, looked at Lei Luo seriously, and asked:
"The war is about to start. Aren't you in a hurry to form the National Defense Force and the General Staff now?"
"Not so fast, we are still in the testing stage now..."
Shaking his head slightly, Lei Luo leaned against the soft sofa, staring blankly at the transparent wine glass in his hand, and murmured to himself:
"War needs to be clear-eyed. Even if the relationship between the two parties has reached a life-or-death level, with you and without me, when will the war officially begin..."
"Still, it depends on when a reasonable introduction will appear."
"Introduction?"
"Fuse for short."
As he spoke, Lei Luo smiled slightly and explained unhurriedly:
"Originally, the situation in the Land of Rain was the focus of contention between us and Sunagakure Iwagakure, and the overt and covert fighting between Akatsuki and Aegakure lasted for several years."
"In my original expectation, with the uninterrupted support of manpower and material resources from the Kingdom of Fire, Akatsuki would be able to defeat Yugakure sooner or later and become the ruler of the Kingdom of Rain. At that time, he would be able to protect our and Kumogakure's troop dispatch strategy."
"It's just that now that Yunyin has withdrawn from the alliance, Akatsuki's pace of replacing Yuyin should also speed up..."
Spreading his hands and sighing helplessly, Lei Luo continued in a nonchalant manner:
"After all, I don't want to see the united old social forces interfere in the situation in the Kingdom of Rain and disrupt our original layout."
"The trigger will be the conflict between Akatsuki and Yugakure."
"Besides, it won't be long before it arrives."
After simply giving a conclusion, seeing Hinata Huan put on a thoughtful expression, Lei Luo bent down and put the wine glass on the coffee table, his expression became a little more serious:
"No matter who wins or loses in the war between Akatsuki and Hanzo, as long as the conflict breaks out, the great names of various countries will have an excuse, and we in the Fire Nation will also have an excuse."
"At that time, it will be time to form the National Defense Force and officially send out troops."
After getting a clear reply from Lei Luo, the doubts that had been weighing on his heart in recent days also dissipated a lot, and Hinata Huan's expression couldn't help but relax a little.
The Minister of Intelligence understands why Lei Luo made such a decision. After all, excuses, in other words, names, are very important factors in wars, especially wars.
From a political perspective, even if the daimyo wants to order the ninja village to send troops and mobilize the people to contribute to the war, he must at least have the title of a righteous soldier. The same is true for the prime minister and parliamentarians of the Fire Country.
In the final analysis, a war between major powers is not something that can be decided with a slap on the head. From strategic planning to strategic layout, from winning the hearts and minds of the people to mobilizing ninjas, from collecting taxes to concentrating materials, there are too many links involved.
There are too many, and it is difficult to achieve anything without the support of the people.
That's why we need reasons and excuses.
That's what Lei Luo said, the trigger...
Used to completely detonate national sentiment and trigger a world war.
In the original time and space, the third Kazekage disappeared, and Sunagakure declared war on Konoha, thus detonating the Third Ninja War. This excuse was very good, even in Lei Luo's eyes, it couldn't be faulted.
But now, the grass on the grave of the Third Kazekage is almost several feet high. Will the Ninja World War not start? This is obviously impossible.
At the very least, neither the daimyo nor Lei Luo can tolerate each other's existence. Sooner or later, war will come one day.
There are fierce ideological conflicts. Even if the Kage of each village does not want to fight, the daimyo will force them to fight. In the same way, even if the Konoha ninjas do not like war, Lei Luo will force them to like it.
Both sides are secretly making preparations, forming alliances and training troops, until a certain event occurs and an excuse is given to send troops, and it is time to officially start the war.
The reason why the Country of Rain was chosen as the focus of the conflict is that, firstly, the strategic location of this country is too important, and secondly, the dispute between Akatsuki and Yuyin Village can also be seen as a dispute between the old society and the new society, as well as the dispute between the Fire Country and the Four
Disputes between great powers.
Members of the Akatsuki organization who have been in contact with Konoha ninjas for a long time and enjoy various benefits from the Fire Country, as well as leaders such as Yahiko and Konan, are undoubtedly influenced by the capitalist ideas of the Fire Country. They are progressive ninjas and leaders of the new social forces.
A member.
Now that Akatsuki's position has been determined, no matter what kind of armed conflict occurs between Akatsuki and Yugakure, no matter whether Akatsuki can defeat Yugakure or Hanzo, Lei Luo can say this in his speech:
"Our friends from the Country of Rain, the progressive ninja organization named Akatsuki are being oppressed by the evil feudal Rain Hidden Ninjas. In order to help them and bring democracy and freedom to the Country of Rain, I decided to launch a nationwide military mobilization campaign and send troops to Rain
country, announcing our existence to the world.”
With such a name and such a righteous slogan, the people can undoubtedly support the war with peace of mind, and actively join the national defense force that will be formed by then, and work together for the great goal of the Fire Nation.
After hearing Lei Luo state all the plans, Hyuga Tamaki pursed his lips. After pondering for a moment, he asked in a curious tone: "Is Jiraiya in the Land of Rain now? By the way, I haven't heard from that guy for a long time.
Already."
The focus of the next action plan was the Country of Rain. Hyuga Tamaki couldn't help but recall the intelligence information about that country in recent years. Among them, Jiraiya's existence was the top priority.
Nominally speaking, Jiraiya is the person in charge of the Akatsuki organization directly appointed by Lei Luo, and is not under the jurisdiction of the Intelligence Department. Therefore, Hyuga Tamaki really doesn't know much about the situation on Jiraiya's side. Asking this question now is
I want to be well aware of the situation and make arrangements in advance for certain subsequent joint operations.
"Although Jiraiya joined the Akatsuki as an advisor, Yahiko and Konan are basically following him now. This guy has some talent for acting, and he has seriously attracted many people from the Land of Rain to join the Akatsuki, and has slightly changed Akatsuki's situation.
The reputation of the Land of Rain.”
"Today's Akatsuki has a genin and chunin-level combat strength of about five hundred people, and a jounin-level combat strength of about twenty people. If we add in the two stronger jonins, Yahiko Konan, Jiraiya in the open line, and Jiraiya in the dark line.
The overall strength of Kakuzu and Akatsuki is hardly inferior to that of most small ninja villages."
After briefly introducing Xiao's situation, Lei Luo paused and then added: "Xiao occupies the territory of two large towns and three small villages in the Kingdom of Rain, and the mass base has been slowly accumulated. Even if it is really
If we have to go head-to-head with Yuyin Village, we can hold on for a while and won't collapse at the first touch."