Since it was the Kumogakure who declared war first and sent out ninjas first, the Kumogakure was the first to build a camp on the border of the Land of Hot Springs.
This time, Yunyin did not choose a particularly hidden place, but chose a place at random, which was not particularly conspicuous, but not hidden at the same time.
The camp looks very large, with numerous tents, but if you look inside, you will find that these so-called tents not only have no people inside, but also no basic items, just wood and a piece of cloth.
This was something that the Hidden Cloud Clan had planned long ago. In fact, the so-called large number of ninjas entering the Land of Hot Springs were only a part of the ninjas, and the others were clones.
The real main force of Kumogakure had already entered the Land of Rice in batches, preparing to launch a surprise attack on Konoha from the Land of Rice, launch a blitzkrieg, directly enter the Land of Fire, and strike Konoha directly.
However, Kumogakure was not in a hurry to attack. After all, even if there was no large army at the border of the Land of Rice, there would still be some ninjas stationed there.
Ninjas are very mobile. If they attack too hastily and the Konoha ninjas here ask for help, then everything they have done will be in vain.
The two small countries of Tian Kingdom are very close to each other. If the ninjas try their best, they can probably reach the destination in half a day.
By then, the Cloud Ninjas who rush into the heart of the Fire Country might be surrounded by Konoha.
So the Cloud Ninjas are waiting for an opportunity. When most of Konoha is attracted by the troops of the Land of Hot Springs and is engaged in deep combat, that is when the Cloud Ninja troops will launch a surprise attack.
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Although Minato said he wanted to fight on the front line, as the Hokage, it was impossible for him to go directly to the battlefield in the first batch.
After the Cloud Ninja Army and the Konoha Army had several tentative battles, Minato finally arrived at the border of the Land of Hot Springs with a part of his troops.
"Yondaime-sama!"
"Yondaime-sama!"
Minato led his troops into Konoha's camp, instantly causing a stir in the camp.
As the Hokage of Konoha, Minato personally going to the battlefield is equivalent to leading the army in person. The commander-in-chief standing in the front on horseback has a great boost to morale.
Minato responded to each ninja with a gentle smile, and then said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
Soon Minato was welcomed into the war room, the largest tent in the camp.
Inside the tent were the captain of the advance team and all the senior ninjas in the camp.
The captain of the advance team is the current head of the Nara family, Nara Shikahisa, and the vice-captains are the other two of Ino-Shikacho, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi.
"Shikaku, what is the current situation on the battlefield?" Minato asked Nara Shikaku while standing in front of a map covered with various markings.
Minato had fought with Ino-Shika-Chou many times during the Third Ninja World War. The process and results were relatively pleasant, so they had a good relationship and Minato just called her by her name.
"The war has just begun, so we can't see much. Right now, everyone is conducting small-scale attacks and testing each other," said Nara Shikaku.
Due to the characteristics of ninjas, there are few scenes where everyone gathers together to fight each other. This usually happens during the decisive battle.
Normally, both sides usually send out small teams to attack each other.
Only after collecting enough intelligence and making sufficient preparations and plans will they gather to attack and start the final battle.
"Have you found out where the enemy camp is?" Minato asked again.
"We haven't found the exact location yet, but based on the battles over the past half month, we can roughly determine an area." Lu Jiu replied quickly.
"Let's send a team of ninjas to conduct a tentative attack tomorrow to determine the location of the enemy's camp," said Minato.
"Yeah." Shikaku nodded.
"By the way, are there any strong people from the Cloud Ninja who can take action? Have the Raikage and the Jinchuriki appeared?" Minato asked again.
Shikaku shook his head and said, “I will give you the information I collected about the Kumogakure jonin who took part in the war, but for now, I haven’t seen the Raikage, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, or the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
I don’t know if he is waiting for his chance in the camp or if he has not yet come to the front line.”
"He hasn't shown up yet? This is a bit out of character for him." Minato frowned slightly.
He and the Fourth Raikage are old rivals and had fought several times during the Third Ninja World War.
The first time they fought was when he led the ninja troops to support Konoha, which was fighting the Cloud Ninja.
As a result, the bold fourth-generation Ai actually brought a group of people to rob and kill their support troops.
Minato was also a little shocked that time. The Fourth Generation Ai could actually rely on his physical body to reach a speed close to that of Flying Thunder God in a short distance.
You know, Flying Thunder God is a space-time ninjutsu, and the Fourth Generation Ai can actually reach such a speed with his physical body.
Minato was sure at that time that the Fourth Generation Ai would become the Raikage in the future.
After a few moves between Minato, the Fourth Generation Ai and Killer Bee, both sides found that they could not defeat the other, so they retreated.
Ai came here by a detour, and if the battle cannot be ended quickly, there will be a risk of being surrounded.
Minato thought that the Fourth Generation Ai would take action immediately. Could it be that in these few years, because he became the Raikage, Ai's personality changed
"Remind the defensive troops in other directions to be careful of the Cloud Ninja raid. They may not have placed their real main force here." Minato said.
"I will. In fact, I had this idea these two days, so I have been looking for the location of the Hidden Cloud Camp." Nara Shikaku nodded.
Nara Shikaku is not a novice who has never fought in a battle. He received sufficient training during the Third Ninja World War.
If the opponent was an Iwagakure, Nara Shikaku wouldn't think there was anything abnormal about the current situation.
But if the opponent is a Cloud Ninja, then Nara Shikaku feels that the opponent seems to be avoiding a fight.
Although it seems that the Cloud Ninjas are very proactive, they only harass in small groups each time and never stay for long.
After changing his uniform, Nara Shikaku still thought he was fighting against the Mist Ninja group.
The Mist Ninjas are good at assassinations and have basically no habit of fighting in large groups. They just engage in small-scale harassment, which, combined with the Mist Hidden Technique of the Hidden Mist Village, is extremely annoying.
But the Cloud Ninjas, they all just draw their swords and fight with their fists. The current rhythm of the battlefield doesn't quite fit the Cloud Ninja's fighting style.
There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Nara Shikaku felt that the Cloud Ninjas were most likely planning this raid somewhere else, and the Kingdom of Hot Springs could only be considered a shepherd attack.
However, something happened that surprised Minato Namikaze and Shikaku Nara.
The next day, just when they notified other places to be careful of the Cloud Ninja raid, the Jinchuriki appeared, although it was not the Eight-Tails, but only the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki led a team of Kumo-nin ninjas to raid a makeshift guard post set up by Konoha.