After the dust of the Earth Kingdom war settled, Konoha held an impromptu emergency meeting.
In addition to the clan leaders of each clan, there are also some jounin of the village, as well as two elders, Koharu Koharu and Mito Kadenen.
It can be said that most of the Jonin forces left behind in Konoha are gathered here.
Looking at this posture, it seems that something important is announced.
After everyone sat down, the Third Hokage went straight to the point: "I am going to withdraw the ninjas from the Earth Kingdom, and then gradually transfer two thousand ninjas from the village to the battlefield."
After the Earth Kingdom War ended, Konoha's next overall strategy was not to choose a large-scale war against Kumogakure to directly force them to withdraw from the war.
On the contrary, the situation is exactly the opposite.
Because Hiruzen Sarutobi was worried that the attack at this time would cause "a tragic victory".
If Konoha attacks Kumogakure at this time, the opponent will definitely show a desperate momentum at this time. They will inevitably shrink the defense line and shrink the battlefield back to the Kingdom of Thunder, and then... it would be better to be broken than to be destroyed.
Therefore, Konoha has no intention of sacrificing a lot of lives. Now a protracted war is more beneficial to the Fire Nation.
After all, although peace is the focus, putting ninja first is the core and center.
As long as the current combat power can be maintained, Konoha will be victorious in the future.
Therefore, instead of taking advantage of the enemy's weakness to launch a large-scale attack, Konoha sent the six thousand ninjas staying in Earth Country directly back to the village to rest.
Next, the overall strategic direction of the village no longer revolves around war, but returns to missions.
Only a large number of tasks can stimulate the prosperity of the village and maintain its advantage over other villages.
The Third Hokage coughed and said: "In addition, I am going to let the three commanders Tatsu, Orochimaru, and Sakumo return to the village with the team, and Tsunade and Shinnosuke will rush to the country of Yu."
What
Everyone looked puzzled. The return of ordinary ninjas was easy to understand, but the commander's transfer was a bit hard to understand.
Does Tang Country lack ordinary ninjas? Of course not, what is lacking is high-end combat power.
If these three people are not transferred to Tang Country, why should they come back
Especially Chen, this is a fierce man who killed the Third Raikage.
Looking at everyone's puzzled looks, the Third Hokage explained: "Let the three of them come back, there are many considerations.
They have been on the battlefield since the Third Ninja War. Fortunately, Orochimaru, Tatsu and Sakumo have already fought in four war zones and really need to rest. "
"Especially Chen, he killed the Third Raikage. With the current situation of Kumo Hidden Village, if he appeared on the battlefield, those Kumo ninjas would definitely go crazy and besiege him.
It's better to be careful. Now he can win step by step. There is no need for him to go to the battlefield again. "
The Third Hokage continued: "In addition, the pressure on the front line should be reduced a lot. Not only because of the death of the Third Raikage, but also just now, Kumogakure Village officially declared war on Iwagakure Village."
"What, Yunyin Village declared war?" Everyone started talking.
This is big news.
The Third Hokage coughed and said, "Yes, the son of the Third Raikage has inherited the position of the Fourth Generation. After he took office, the first thing he did was to declare war on the Earth Country."
Cloud Hidden Village will be fighting on two fronts and will not be able to deal with Konoha with all its strength. This is also the reason why the Third Hokage dared to withdraw his troops.
Everyone nodded, agreeing with the Third Hokage's statement.
"There is one more thing to announce." The Third Hokage drew out a list.
“Because of the declaration of war by Kumogakure Village, the Third Tsuchikage wants to sign a defeat agreement with us as soon as possible, especially regarding the redemption of the tailed beasts.
I decided to let Men Yan lead the team and go to the Kingdom of Earth for negotiations. Here is the list of ninjas. "
After the meeting, the ninjas left quickly.
After turning to bed, Koharu just took a deep look at Mito Kadoyan, and then left directly.
Although the latter felt a little embarrassed, he didn't pay much attention.
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After everyone left, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Mito Kaden stood side by side at the window.
After a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly said quietly: "Did Danzo write you a letter?"
Mito Kadenen once fought in the country of Yu. Later, when he returned to the village, he also proposed that "to deal with Kumogakure, we must send out high-end combat forces with sufficient strength."
Logically speaking, he should be very opposed to transferring Orochimaru and the others back to the village.
But unexpectedly, this time it was Mito Monobu who brought it up, because of Danzo's letter.
The content of Danzo's letter is very simple: let him persuade the Third Hokage to transfer Orochimaru and the others back.
The reason...
First, Sakumo is not a disciple of the Hokage, and is not included in the Hokage lineage.
Second, Orochimaru is too gloomy and may be addicted to human experiments.
Third, Chen is from the Uchiha clan.
And these three people are currently the three most accomplished in Konoha, and they need to be suppressed.
Mito Monoyan didn't take the first two words seriously, but the third one simply spoke to his heart.
Although Chen is Kagami's son, he is also the incoming Uchiha clan leader.
He captured the One-Tailed, Four-Tailed, and Five-Tailed, defeated the Demigods, and even Kirigakure Village was taken over by this young man!
The other party fought at the border of the Kingdom of Wind, and annihilated two thousand Sand Ninja with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hanzo. This was a definite fact.
Even the older generation of ninjas like Mito Kadoen were in awe when facing this Konoha Thunderbolt, and besides being in awe, they also had sincere admiration.
The most important thing about a ninja is strength and military exploits. Chen led the Konoha ninjas to fight in four war zones and defeated the enemy. Now he has killed the third generation of Raikage. How satisfying!
But the more this happened, the more uneasy Mito Menyan became.
He was afraid that the other party would become the fourth or fifth generation Hokage.
Therefore, Mito Kadoyan followed Danzo's suggestion and suggested that Chen should not be allowed to go to the battlefield again and that he should not be allowed to make great achievements again.
Even Mito Kadenyan is willing to go to Iwagakure Village to negotiate in person. Why
The purpose is to send the tailed beast away as soon as possible instead of being in the hands of the Uchiha clan.
Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at Mito Kadoyan and was silent for a long time before sighing: "Duanzo wrote to you, and I was just guessing.
He wrote to me a few months ago, objecting to Orochimaru and the others entering the Yuno Kuni war zone.
You have suddenly been unusually persuasive to me in the past two days. I think it is also because he wrote to you. Although I don’t know the content of the letter, I know Danzo well and can make a rough guess. "
Sarutobi Hiruzen continued: "I am giving in to you this time because I really feel that they need to rest, and it is not good to collapse too tightly.
But it's only this time, there will be no next time. They are all heroes of Konoha. Don't go too far, you and Danzo! "
Mito Menyan said nothing.
He didn't know whether his good friend was really trying to beat him up or trying to trick him.
The autumn wind is picking up outside.
The Third Hokage looked at Mito Kadoyan and thought of his companions who had fought alongside him but had died long ago.
"We are old. Although we can still fight and kill the enemy, compared to young people like Orochimaru, Tatsu and Sakumo, we are still old after all. This village will eventually be handed over to them."
Mito Monoyan nodded in agreement, and after a while, he found an excuse and left.
The Third Hokage, who was in his fifties, looked out the window, dazed, and murmured: "When you get old, you get old, so let's give the young people a helping hand at the end."
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