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Shikaku could guess that when the stronghold of Wuyuan Mountain was lost and the army of Iwagakure Village infiltrated into the Kingdom of Fire, the names of the daimyo and nobles in Kyoto, as well as the Hokage of his own family in the village, and several elders

How violent the reaction will be, this is the first time since the establishment of my ninja village!

Although there were ninjas from other countries who invaded the Fire Country in the past, they were all small-scale troops, with no more than a hundred people at most. With that long border, it was indeed 100% impossible for the Konoha ninjas to stop them.

In the face of human invasion, especially the invasion of some very powerful elite Jonin or even quasi-Kage level experts, it was lucky that the Konoha ninjas in the stronghold were not slaughtered by others.

It is naturally impossible for the senior officials of the Fire Country and the senior officials of the village to blame these problems, but this time it is different. A defensive line on the border has been completely lost, and the gap in the defense line that has been directly opened is just based on the feedback from the previous intelligence.

The number of Iwa ninjas is as high as 5,000. Such a large-scale invasion will definitely cause panic among many people in the country!

Lu Jiu knew very well that he could no longer recapture the Wuyuan Mountain stronghold in a short time, so he had to prevent this panic from further expanding, even if it might require some unnecessary military costs.

That's okay. You have to understand that in any world, military issues can never really be just military issues!

Shikaku is the 'genius strategist' of Konoha Hidden Village!

This point needs to be seen very thoroughly. Of course, how to find the most appropriate balance point between the two is also a very test for Shikaku. Fortunately, in the northwest region of the Country of Fire, the mountains,

There are many hills, not the large plains in the southeast, so it is relatively easy to find a suitable area for defense.

Shikaku also quickly found a location on the map where the terrain was relatively open, and it was easier to detect the Iwa-nin's movements. He could send troops to block the Iwa-nin's attack as quickly as possible, and then immediately made a response.

Defense deployment!

Although the loss of the Wuyuan Mountain stronghold was indeed beyond Lu Jiu's expectations, looking at the overall plan, it was still within the controllable range, and in a sense, it was not necessarily a failure to the plan he had made before.

benefit.

It can make the various countries in the ninja world, especially the Kumogakure Village, see the 'weakness' of Konoha. I can't say that it can definitely divert the attention of the Hidden Cloud Village, but it can definitely improve the influence of the Hidden Cloud Village against the Iwagakure Village.

In terms of vigilance, in terms of hatred value, among the five great ninja villages, Kumogakure and Iwagakure currently have the highest hatred towards each other.

This is not only one-sided, but also two-way. You can't just see that the Third Raikage died in the siege of Iwagakure Village. You also have to see that more than a thousand and nearly two thousand Iwa Ninja died in the Third Raikage.

In Ying's hands, countless people were seriously injured and even slightly injured!

Even if some Iwa nin survive, there are countless cases where they become disabled for life and are unable to become ninjas again. The families of these Iwa nin who died in the battle must be those who are most hostile to Kumogakure. The Third Ninja World War has just begun.

Just ended less than four years ago.

It is impossible for the hatred between them to weaken, which is also the most important prerequisite for Shikaku to formulate this plan. Now what Konoha has to do is to deepen this, weaken the sense of existence of their own ninja village, and continue to

Raise the threat factor of Yanyin Village.

Only in this way can Konoha be able to temporarily escape from this crisis. Not to mention that they must see the Kumo ninja and the Iwa ninja go to war, as long as their own ninja village can avoid the simultaneous attack of the two major ninja villages.

The attack that comes is OK!

One against two.

Konoha really doesn't have that kind of confidence now.

The Third Hokage has lost the courage and spirit he had in his prime. As the leader of the Great Ninja Clan in Konoha Hidden Village, Shikaku possesses super wisdom and is naturally the one who can see things most clearly!

"What did you say? Is Master Jiraiya also in the retreating team in front?"

After Lujiu selected the location, he directed his troops to deploy according to his orders, and at the same time dispatched corresponding personnel to pick up the retreating frontline troops. However, not long after, someone returned to report.

The hero who claimed to be from the Ninja Village actually came with his companions from the Wuyuan Mountain stronghold.

While Lu Jiu was surprised, there was also a hint of deep surprise in the depths of his pupils.

"Yes, Mr. Shikaku, the reconnaissance team has determined the corresponding information. Mr. Jiraiya, and the commander of the Wuyuan Mountain stronghold, Yueguang Zenyi, have already arrived in the area less than ten miles away from us, and are dispatched with you.

The supporting troops are just converging and heading up!"

The one who came to report the news, a chuunin wearing Konoha's standard vest, lowered his head and replied with a very respectful look.

Although I was very confused as to why my Lord Jiraiya would act with the defeated troops on the front line, I was even more surprised that my side finally had a real backbone. Originally, in the past war, their Hidden Leaf Village sent

The ninja regiments that went out were all led by the truly top people in the village, such as Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Namikaze Minato!

After the three wars, these top figures in Konoha have either died, defected, or left the village. Shikaku Nara is really a candidate for commander-in-chief under forced circumstances. Now that he can welcome Jiraiya back, Shikaku Nara is naturally very happy!

He knew his abilities very well, and he was most suitable for responsibilities such as 'staff officer' and 'strategist'. A true commander still needed someone like Jiraiya.

Unlike ordinary warfare, ninjas value personal strength more.

Jiraiya undoubtedly has such super personal strength and prestige!

Not to mention the current war, at this moment Shikaku is even thinking about the future development. For example, this time he must persuade his hero to return to the village completely, and it is best to directly succeed the Fifth Hokage.

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This is the most important thing that Shikaku believes that his Ninja Village wants to regain its momentum. The Third Hokage is already old. In the past three years since the Fourth Hokage died in battle and the Third Hokage returned to his position, it has become even more important.

Good proof of that.

The village needs more courageous and thoughtful leaders.

Of course, these are all things for later, just a circle in Shikaku's mind. The most important thing at the moment is to deal with the dual pressure of Iwa Ninja and Kumo Ninja. Only by getting through this crisis can there be anything to talk about.

While giving orders, let the troops deploy and deploy according to the established plan.

Shikaku also rushed to the front to greet Jiraiya. This was the attitude that a junior and subordinate should have. Not to mention, Shikaku originally belonged to the generation that grew up listening to Jiraiya's reputation.

Deep down deep in my heart, I respect and admire this heroic man of my own.

A short distance ahead at a brisk pace.

Quickly greet the group of people coming up.

In just one or twenty minutes' journey, Shikaku met the returning Jiraiya and his party. When he saw Jiraiya's familiar figure, Shikaku's face also showed a hint of excitement.

With such a look on his face, he immediately strode forward.

"Jiraiya-sama!"

Haven't waited until it's closer.

Lu Jiu took the initiative to stop, then bowed slightly with a touch of extreme respect, looked at the white-haired man coming from the opposite side and said in a deep voice.

The Konoha ninjas who came with Shikaku also bowed their heads with excitement and shouted: "Jiraiya-sama!"

This is the true backbone of Konoha. Although the Third Hokage is very good at creating his own image, and in the eyes of many Konoha middle and low-level ninjas in the village, he is also a very prestigious Hokage, but there is still the same sentence.

, after all, Sarutobi Hiruzen is old, and he has long lost his heroic appearance. Even the Konoha ninjas who are most trustworthy and loyal to the Third Hokage are still a little worried.

But Jiraiya is different.

The outstanding achievements in the Second Ninja World War and the Third Ninja World War all proved the strength of this hero of his own Ninja Village.

The most important thing is that Jiraiya has just turned forty now and is still at the peak of his ninja status. Compared to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is now over sixty years old, Jiraiya brings a sense of security

In the eyes of everyone in Konoha, even if they don't say it, they still think in their hearts that they are better than others!

This time, the northwest of their own ninja village was attacked by Iwagakure Village, and the northeastern part also had to bear the pressure of Kumogakure Village. The middle and high-level Konoha ninjas were somewhat worried, but now when they saw Jiraiya, these

The worry has also been diluted a lot. For Konoha, Jiraiya has such charm.

What's more, Jiraiya is still the direct disciple of his own Third Hokage, and his identity is even more impeccable. Of course, at this moment, these people subconsciously ignored another Third Hokage disciple who made a rebellious act.

"Haha, you are a boy from the Nara family, I haven't seen you for several years!"

As the ninja clan closest to the Hokage clan in Konoha Hidden Village, Jiraiya is naturally no stranger to the Ino, Deer, and Butterfly clan. What's more, Akimichi Torifu, who died in the previous battle, also had guidance during the New Year when he was young.

When Jiraiya and others were young, when the Third Hokage was busy with work and before the three little ones had fully grown up, people like Akimichi Takafu led the three little ones to perform tasks together.

This is true even for Danzo, which is one of the reasons why Danzo was able to trick Orochimaru into entering the root.

Therefore, in terms of familiarity, Jiraiya may be a little unfamiliar with other ninjas, but ninjas like Ino Shikacho are relatively familiar to Jiraiya, not to mention Nara Shikaku himself is a ninja in his own village.

A person with a strong sense of presence.

Jiraiya wandered to a closer position, patted Shikaku's shoulder heavily, and laughed.

"Yes, Lord Jiraiya, please come from this side!"

Although he wanted to ask Jiraiya a lot of questions at the first moment, Shikaku still endured it first, walked sideways, and made a gesture of leading the way. He still maintained a respectful and calm expression as he spoke.

Seeing Shikaku behave like this.

There was also a trace of satisfaction in Jiraiya's pupils.

Among the young generation in the village today, Shikaku can be regarded as the most outstanding one. Although his personal strength as a ninja may be lacking a little, his other qualities and talents are beyond the reach of many people!

Jiraiya's vision is very high. In the Hidden Leaf Village, there are only a few people who can be valued by him, and Shikaku is one of them.

After walking all the way back to the camp that was set up, he saw that the Konoha ninjas were all carrying out their deployment tasks in an orderly manner. The look of relief on Jiraiya's face became more and more intense. There was still a successor to his ninja village.

, Shikaku is indeed a person who can take on important responsibilities. The Konoha ninjas he met along the way all showed excitement when they saw Jiraiya, which was different from the later plots in the original work.

It's only Konoha's 51st year now, and the Third Ninja War has ended less than four years ago. Even the younger generation in the village can easily recognize Jiraiya!

For these people, Jiraiya's arrival is like a needle that calms the sea, making them feel an endless sense of stability.

Facing the very excited greetings from these Konoha ninjas, Jiraiya also responded with a smile and very friendly words, as someone who has led the Konoha ninja troops into battle many times.

Jiraiya knew very well what role he needed to play at this moment.

He needs to bring a sense of confidence and security to these people.

Therefore, this was a deliberate slowing down of the pace. Shikaku also understood this. Even earlier when he went to greet Jiraiya, he consciously asked the people below to spread the news of Jiraiya's arrival to everyone.

It was spread among the army that what they wanted was to cheer up their own troops.

This visible morale increased with Jiraiya's arrival, and a ray of joy emerged in Shikaku's heart.

Many times, things like morale are always considered to be illusory things, but in fact, human beings are still controlled by seven emotions and six desires. It is not a machine that can repeatedly perform a certain operation without any scruples. If people are always timid,

There is a certain probability that a negative emotion like fear will explode, but the greater possibility is self-destruction!

The same goes for ninjas.

In the case of innate fear, it is considered good to be able to exert 60% to 70% of one's own strength. This is also a problem that Shikaku was worried about before, and now this problem has been greatly improved with the arrival of Jiraiya.

of relief.

"Jiraiya-sama, here!"

Walking straight into the camp, under the guidance of Lu Jiu, the group also arrived at the main camp in the core area.

After entering the main account.

He respectfully invited Jiraiya to sit on the throne, and then reported to Jiraiya in great detail a series of information he knew, including the situation of the reinforcements he led this time.

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After Jiraiya listened to Shikaku's report, he also shared some of the information he had learned before with Shikaku, including the detailed process of the fall of the Wuyuan Mountain stronghold.

After listening to the information told by Jiraiya.

Only then did Shikaku fully understand the reason why the Wuyuan Mountain stronghold was lost so easily. In the final analysis, it was Iwa Ninja who acted too irrationally. Strictly speaking, Shikaku had already evaluated and calculated according to the highest standards.

But it still suffered. It can only be said that war is really the most unexpected product. It is difficult for the smartest people to predict or even control the course of war according to their own wishes!

This is almost impossible to do.

Just like this time, even if Shikaku can 100% ensure that his micro-management does not make any mistakes, he cannot control the actions of Shoji and Loess Iwanin, so it is natural for unexpected results to occur.

"Furthermore, I have further detected the arrival of follow-up reinforcements from the Yanyin Village side. The number is estimated to be between one thousand and two thousand people. However, this group of personnel did not move forward together, but stopped in the Country of Grass.

, took over the strongholds previously established by the Iwa Ninja on these three sides. In addition, there is another piece of information that the Kusanagi have completely retreated back to the Kusagakure Village. The entire area of ​​the Country of Grass has been completely emptied. Shikaku,

I need your advice on whether the Wuyuan Mountain area is still possible to be recaptured, and whether the power deployed by our village in the northeastern region can effectively prevent the Yun Ninja from going south!"

Jiraiya looked at Shikaku with a serious expression and asked in a deep voice.

Although Jiraiya himself has rich war experience, this is the first time for this Konoha hero to encounter such a situation. This is not to say that Konoha has not been flanked in previous wars.

Time, let alone talking about the distance, in the three wars, Konoha has enjoyed the most experience of being attacked by three major ninja villages at the same time. However, when Konoha was still in its strong period, the number of Kage-level characters that could be sent out was enough.

There were four or five people, and the pincer attack by the three major ninja villages was not a one-time attack. All the main forces were dispatched. In many cases, the main force of one ninja village was singled out, and then small groups of elite forces from other ninja villages were dealt with.

For example, during the war with Sunagakure, we had to deal with the elite Kumo ninja troops of AB brothers.

When the war with Kirigakure started, we had to deal with the remaining troops of Sunagakure, the invading troops of Iwagakure, etc. To put it bluntly, we have never encountered the main force of the two major ninja villages coming at the same time. This must be said

, Konoha's luck is really good. As long as three of the four great ninja villages, or even two ninja villages can work together to attack Konoha at the right time, Konoha will definitely win regardless of whether they win or not.

lost heavily.

Unfortunately, it is too difficult to do this.

There are also nastiness and conflicts between the four major ninja villages, and it is difficult to join forces. Konoha is in the place of four wars, and there are obviously very dangerous and weak moments, but it can repeatedly overcome the difficulties. This reason is very important!

But this time the situation is fundamentally different!

Even if Kumogakure and Iwagakure are not out in force, the combined strength of the two great ninja villages already exceeds 10,000!

This is fundamentally different from dealing with one side's 10,000 troops unilaterally.

Jiraiya must make corresponding decisions with the most prudent attitude. Only in this way can he ensure that his Ninja Village will survive this crisis in the most stable manner possible.

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