Orochimaru was standing in front of the sand table map, playing with the flags on the sand table map.
Each small flag represents a team of Iwa Ninjas, and each large flag represents a detachment. Different colors represent different natures of the teams. Some are reconnaissance teams, some are assassination teams, and some are combat troops.
The atmosphere in the camp seemed a bit depressing. Danzo was sitting not far away, also looking at the sand table map, silently. There were several elite jounin beside him who also looked downcast.
"The Suna Ninja's activities have put a lot of pressure on the flanks."
After Orochimaru planted a few flags somewhere on the sand table map, he spoke slowly with a hoarse voice.
The situation is not good now!
I was already under tremendous pressure in dealing with the Iwa Ninja and the Rain Ninja. As a result, just the day before yesterday, the Suna Ninja began activities on the southern border flank again.
These sand ninjas were sent by the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, and their purpose was very strange. It was not just for war, but to eliminate dissidents.
In the previous war, Chiyo was killed by Kaede Ye, and Ebizo's prestige was also dealt a heavy blow. Rasa, who was originally forced to take the upper hand and had an unstable foothold, has firmly established himself as the Fourth Kazekage.
After securing his position as the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa did not stop his pursuit of power. He bribed, suppressed, or coerced the village's higher-ups, and in a short period of time he controlled most of the Suna ninja.
village.
And those who were uncontrollable and organized into groups...similar to the Uchiha clan in Konoha, who were difficult to control, were sent out by him to invade the territory of the Land of Fire.
The Sand Ninja did not completely tear up the previously signed contract.
This batch of Suna ninjas that appeared were only moving around the border area, operating in some areas with unknown origins. They had not yet fought with the ninjas of Konoha, nor had they taken the initiative to start a war.
But the problem is that even if Suna Ninja doesn't take the initiative to start a war and just displays hundreds of troops at the border, it will still put a lot of pressure on Konoha!
It’s impossible to ignore it!
The stationing of these sand ninjas forced Orochimaru to dedicate part of his troops to deal with them. In this case, the conflict between the front and the Iwa ninja became very serious.
Tsuchikage Onoki is extremely cunning and cunning, especially after Kaede Ye and Namikaze Minato became famous, he almost never launched large-scale attacks, but carried out scattered battles. Computer version::/
Thousands of rock ninjas were divided into hundreds of troops, operating along the border, and some directly invaded the interior of the Fire Country.
The purpose of this is simple.
Just to guard against Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kaede.
Even if Minato Namikaze and Kaede Hatake appear on the battlefield here, they will only lose one unit at most, and there will not be large-scale losses. Just evacuate immediately if you notice something is wrong.
Since Konoha was facing three major ninja villages at the same time, there were only seven or eight thousand ninjas on the Iwa Ninja battlefield. After the casualties during this period, the actual combat strength had dropped sharply to less than six thousand.
On the other hand, on the Iwa Ninja side, there were nearly ten thousand ninjas watching eagerly.
The lack of troops also makes it difficult for Konoha to launch a frontal decisive offensive. After all, the opponent has more people than you. If you don't plan to fight you head-on, it is impossible for you to carry out a counter-encirclement with a small number of people.
Therefore, Konoha can only be forced to deal with the small-scale combat method of the Iwa Ninja. Orochimaru and Danzo have led teams out one after another, but the actual results are not ideal, because Tsuchikage Onoki often leads elite troops to launch attacks.
Raid.
"The Sand Ninja's actions do require vigilance. It seems they haven't taken action yet, but they may start another war with us at any time."
Danzo stared at the sand table map and spoke in a deep voice.
Now everyone is clear about one thing, that is, except for the Country of Fire, the other four major countries will no longer attack each other, because once they attack each other, the remaining two countries will inevitably be unable to resist the power of Konoha.
, will be defeated and cannibalized one by one.
The Sand Ninja Village is also aware of this, so they can participate in the war at any time without worrying about the Iwa Ninja sneaking up on them and having no worries about their future!
"If the Rain Ninja Village can be settled, the situation can be stabilized... But that guy Hanzo Sanshouyu..."
There was a gloomy and uncertain look in Orochimaru's eyes.
If it were other small ninja villages, they would not pose a threat to Konoha at all. Just send a group of ninjas to destroy them directly.
But Yu Ninja Village is different. There are not many ninjas in Yu Ninja Village, there are two to three thousand people, and the most important thing is that the leader of Yu Ninja Village, Sansho Hanzo, is not as powerful as the leaders of other small ninja villages.
But an extremely powerful ninja!
Even the Five Shadows can't do anything to the other party!
Under this situation, Yu Ninja Village became an extremely troublesome existence.
In normal times, Konoha would not be afraid, but now that they are facing the Iwa Ninja Village and have to guard against the Sand Ninja Village, the actions of the Rain Ninja Village will be very fatal.
"Is there no news from Fengye yet?"
Orochimaru turned to look at Danzo.
Danzo has always been responsible for the war situation in the Kingdom of Rain. Many of Danzo's root ninjas are scattered throughout the Kingdom of Rain, collecting intelligence, and some of them are keeping an eye on the Rain Ninja Village.
Danzo shook his head and said: "We have lost contact with Fengye, but my people have detected the actions of Yu Ninja. They arrived at a town not far from Yu Ninja Village a day ago, and they should have returned now.
It’s in the village.”
"Hanzo this guy..."
Orochimaru muttered solemnly.
Sanshouyu Hanzo's acting style is too cautious, and he is too cautious to find a chance to deal with the threat of Yu Ninja. In this situation, the only way is to let Feng Ye come back first, and then let Feng Ye deal with the detachments of Iwa Ninja.
As long as a few detachments are eliminated and the Iwa Ninja detects the information that Silver Flash is active on the battlefield here, the level of activity and the scale of the operation will inevitably be greatly reduced.
In this way, the positive pressure can be relieved a lot.
If Sansho Hanzo launches another sudden flank attack, then Feng Ye will lead the team to fight Hanzo. At present, this is the only response strategy that is most suitable.
"Lord Danzo."
While Orochimaru was deep in thought, a root ninja suddenly walked in. While saluting Danzo, he handed a closed scroll to Danzo and said: "This is the information from the Rain Ninja Village.
.”
"Well……"
Danzo took the scroll and slowly opened it. He glanced over and saw that the first line described the news that Sanshouyu Hanzo had led the Rain Ninja back to the Rain Ninja Village.
Danzo glanced at Orochimaru and said: "Hanzo has returned to Yu Ninja Village. I don't know the specific location of Fengye now. Orochimaru, do you have any news? I will ask my people to contact Fengye..."
"No."
Orochimaru shook his head and said: "Feng Ye has spent too little time learning ninjutsu with me. I haven't had time to teach him the psychic skills, and I can't use my psychic beast to communicate..."
As he said this, Orochimaru's voice gradually weakened.
He noticed that Danzo's expression suddenly changed. He was suddenly staring straight at the scroll in his hand, his expression froze, as if he had seen something incredible.
"what happens?"
Orochimaru looked at Danzo's appearance and asked with a slight frown.
Danzo stared at the scroll. It took him a few seconds before he seemed to recover from some disbelief. He slowly lowered the scroll, looked at Orochimaru, took a breath and said: