Reincarnation of Naruto

Chapter 22 War breaks out

It was the third day after Hatake Sakumo, Senju Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya led two teams to set off.

At the junction of the Fire Country and the River Country, 2,000 elite ninjas led by Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade are stationed here at the moment.

The River Country is a small country in the buffer zone between the Fire Country and the Wind Country. When the war seemed to break out last year, it had already reduced all its defenses.

As a small country without its own ninja village, and located in the middle of two major countries, it has always been one of the main battlefields in the war between Konoha and Sunagakure.

The meaning of the ruler of the River Kingdom is also very clear, that is, you can fight as long as you want, as long as you don't come to fight me.

At this moment, in the tent where Hatake Sakumo was resting, a frog half as tall as a man spit out the information scroll in his mouth.

"Great, the teams led by Orochimaru and Jiraiya have also stationed troops at the border of the Country of Tea and can launch an attack at any time." After reading the information sent by Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo said excitedly.

Needless to say, the fate of the Kingdom of Tea is no different from that of the Kingdom of Rivers. If anything, it is just a buffer zone between Konoha and the Kingdom of Water.

"Give me the order to attack the ninja troops stationed in the River Country in Sunagakure Village tonight." Hatake Sakumo, who knew the speed of soldiers, gave the order without even having time to inform Tsunade.

After all, so many ninjas suddenly disappeared in Konoha Village. The longer the delay, the more likely it is that spies in the village would discover anomalies and leak information about the raid.

The chuunin responsible for delivering the news immediately went down.

As for where the ninjas of Sunagakure are stationed in the River Kingdom, this kind of intelligence advance force has already investigated clearly, so that they will not let the raiding force wander around like a blind man after they arrive.

It was also Toki, Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade who led a 2,000-man troop to quietly approach the 3,000-man puppet troop of Sunagakure in the River Country.

There are detective ninjas like the Hyuga clan, the Inuzuka clan, and the Aburame clan in the team. All traps along the way have been checked out in advance.

This time point is also when people are most mentally exhausted, so it took almost no effort. The secret sentries along the way were killed quietly, and they didn't know what happened until they died.

But here, the ninjas responsible for guarding the two guard towers are not so easy to deal with.

Hatake Sakumo gestured to Tsunade next to him, meaning one for you and one for me.

Tsunade returned a gesture of understanding.

After getting close to a certain distance, the two of them performed a teleportation technique at the same time.

Hatake Sakumo instantly appeared behind one of the scouts on the sentry tower, pulled out the White Fang dagger on his back, and before the other party could react, he lightly touched his neck. Blood spattered, and his eyes were still open, but

There is no sound anymore.

The moment the sword light came on, just as the scout on the other sentry tower was about to shout out the word "enemy attack", Tsunade slashed the opponent's neck with a hand sword that contained strange power.

There was a "click", and without looking, it was because the neck was broken.

There are really not many people who can take a surprise attack from Tsunade from behind without dying.

After confirming that no one else noticed their movements, Hatake Sakumo waved his hand towards the hiding position of the troops, indicating that the attack could begin.

Just hearing the sound of "swish, swish", a group of people began to massacre the unsuspecting Sunagakure puppet masters.

Finally, I don't know which lucky Sunagakure ninja reacted first. With a high-pitched shout of "enemy attack", the remaining Sunagakure ninjas who were still alive woke up one after another, preparing to deal with the enemy that suddenly appeared in front of them.

But at this time, half of the ninjas could never wake up from their sleep.

The killing continued, and even if they encountered resistance, it did not weaken the murderous intention of this group of Konoha elite ninjas at all.

Especially Hatake Sakumo, when he was dancing on the battlefield, no one was his enemy. The puppet was instantly defeated when faced with the White Fang dagger.

"Damn it, you despicable Konoha ninjas, Kazekage-sama will never let you go, ah." Before the puppet master of Sunagakure could finish his words, his neck had been wiped by the White Fang dagger.

It's that simple to fight against the puppet master in close combat. The puppet master's entire strength lies in the puppets, and due to Konoha's surprise attack, they had no time to release the puppets.

Even the few who released the puppets were taken care of by the Jonin in Konoha.

"Retreat quickly, the Jonin stays behind and the others must return alive to report to the Third Kazekage-sama that Konoha has launched a surprise attack." This was obviously an order issued by the commander of this team.

Upon hearing these words, about 20 of the more than 500 puppet masters still alive on the field immediately jumped out, while the rest immediately ran towards the rear.

"At the risk of our lives, we will stop you Konoha ninjas here!"

Afterwards, everyone who stayed released the puppets they had mastered. There were some in animal shapes and some in human shapes, but they were all made of ordinary materials. They were not more powerful or more terrifying.

puppet.

Regarding all this, Hatake Sakumo was not in a hurry to stop the escaping ninjas, because he had arranged a team of 500 people to ambush in the rear, and also set up various traps along the way. This battle

No Sunagakure ninja can escape!

White light flashed in the dark night, and Hatake Sakumo was the first to walk towards these 20 puppet masters and fifty or sixty puppets.

The other Konoha ninjas, led by Tsunade, did not launch an attack, but formed a circle, leaving the stage to Hatake Sakumo.

It wasn't that they wanted to see White Fang show off his skills, but that they were preparing to capture alive the remaining ninjas who were suspected to be the leaders of Sunagakure Village. It would be too easy to cause unnecessary casualties if they swarmed them.

"As long as you agree to surrender, I will not harm your lives." Hatake Sakumo first tried to persuade him to surrender.

"Bah, even if we die, we will not surrender to the despicable Konoha ninjas!" the same leading ninja who commanded just now replied.

"Then there's nothing we can do." Hatake Sakumo sighed, already preparing to destroy all the puppets in front of him.

Although it may waste a little time, compared with the gains after the work is completed, the energy is still worth his efforts.

In a flash of white light, a puppet was already split in half. Hatake Sakumo's cold eyes made the more than 20 jounin who were left behind tremble in their hearts.

"How is it possible? You can't see anything. If we all come together, I don't believe he can deal with so many puppets at the same time."

Next, the ninjas from Konoha and Sunagakure experienced what it means to walk under the moonlight with a magical sword.

Between chopping, slashing, stabbing, teasing and slashing, no puppet could go through more than two cuts in his hands.

Not only that, all kinds of hidden weapons, poisonous smoke, senbon, flying needles, shurikens, and kunai, could not touch Hatake Sakumo even a bit, and they were so elegant that they seemed to be dancing.

"No wonder the old man said that even if he faced Sakumo-sama, he was not sure of victory. The outcome of the two sides might only be between 55 and 55." After seeing the strength displayed by Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade couldn't help but sigh.

She believed that even if she tried her best now, she probably wouldn't be able to last an hour in the hands of Hatake Sakumo, but he was still young and would definitely have a chance to surpass him in the future!

This unequal battle ended quickly. In less than half an hour, all the puppets on the field were destroyed by Hatake Sakumo. On average, two puppets were destroyed in one minute!

From here we can also see the gap between ordinary Jonin and strong Kage level masters, not to mention a strong Kage level master like Hatake Sakumo who is at the beginning of his peak period.

As for the Sunagakure ninjas on the opposite side, only about 5 of the 20 or so jounin have reached the level of ordinary jounin. The rest are all special jounin, and there is no elite jounin!

If Hatake Sakumo hadn't wanted to capture these 20 jounin alive and reduce his own losses, for this group of weak puppet masters, he could even kill everyone on the other side in 15 minutes, as long as he avoided the opponent's puppets.

Just attack the main body.

Next, Hatake Sakumo ordered these prisoners to be tied up. If they were willing to hand over information, that would be the best. If not, he would have to use unconventional means.

Anyway, there are people from the Yamanaka Clan and the Torture Department, and even the Uchiha Clan and Kurama Clan can interrogate them through genjutsu. It is really not difficult to extract some information from the minds of these people.

"Sakumo-sama, Tsunade-sama, and all the escaped Sunagakure ninjas have been captured, and not a single one has slipped through the net."

The leader of the 500-man team also returned. He was from the Nara clan.

For a group of Sunagakure ninjas with the most chuunin strength, if they were ambushed and trapped in various ways, if someone on the other side was allowed to escape, it would really be a shame for the brains of the Nara clan.

"Very good. In this way, our raid plan will be considered successful. The 3,000 Sunagakure puppet troops that sneaked into the River Country have been completely wiped out by us. We will wait and see how the battle goes on Orochimaru and Jiraiya's side."

Hatake Sakumo was also very satisfied with the results of this battle. He lived up to the expectations of the Third Hokage and a group of advisors and elders, and successfully achieved the goal of blitzing Sunagakure.

"Yes, next we just need to be on guard against the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure Village jumping over the wall. With such a big loss, I don't believe that the other party still has the courage to compete with us." Tsunade also expressed her inner joy.

As for this time, she followed Sakumo Hatake throughout the entire battle. Tsunade said that if there was a chance, he would still want to fight such an easy battle!

In fact, the Third Hokage sent Tsunade here firstly to train her, and secondly because Sunagakure was accustomed to using poison.

If something really happened, Tsunade's level of treatment could allow more poisoned ninjas to survive.

No, even though this was a surprise attack, Sunagakure's counterattack still took away the lives of about a hundred Konoha ninjas.

This is also the reason why Hatake Sakumo chose to defeat the 20 or so Sunagakure jounin who stayed behind in the end.

Most of them died because they were too deeply poisoned and had no time to receive treatment.

Originally, more people should have died, but most of those who were still alive after being poisoned were saved by Tsunade using medical ninjutsu.

Therefore, although Tsunade, a shadow-level warrior, was dispensable in this battle, in terms of rescuing people, many ninjas did survive.

"Next, let's stay here and report the results to the Third Hokage."

After handing over the prisoners to professionals, Hatake Sakumo unceremoniously occupied the River Country garrison chosen by the Sunagakure puppet master.

After all, everything is available here, not only the facilities, but even the supplies are enough for their 2,000 people to use for nearly half a year.

If that's the case, why bother starting a new one? Not only do you have to re-build the facilities, but you also have to transport supplies. It's all kinds of trouble and a waste of time.

"Moreover, keep the remains of the comrades who unfortunately died and bury them in the village cemetery when they return to the village."

Finally, when he talked about the dead ninja, Hatake Sakumo felt sad in his heart.

However, he immediately regained his composure and issued various orders. No matter how successful the war was, there would always be people who unfortunately died.

What others have to do is to live in the name of the deceased instead of wearing sadness on their faces.

"Yes, Lord Sakumo."

At this point, Konoha's goal has been half achieved!