In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 135 Armistice Agreement, Exchange of Interests

However, no matter how powerful the Third Generation is in fighting, it is already very difficult for him to deal with the Third Generation Raikage, and there is more than one master in the Cloud Village.

Every Raikage would form an AB combination with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Although this generation's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Brubi is not as perfect as his successor Killer Bee, he can already borrow the power of the Eight-Tails and exert the strength of a Kage.

The Third Hokage could either risk his life by dealing with the Third Raikage, who was no less powerful than himself, while accepting the siege of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, or release the latter and tie down the Jinchuriki at the cost of the death of a large number of Konoha ninjas.

No matter which one is chosen, Konoha will be the losing side in the long run.

The Third Hokage would not let himself lose, so he could only let the commanders of the battlefields in the other two directions negotiate, give up some of Konoha's external interests in exchange for a strategic breathing space, and send Orochimaru, Jiraiya and others to assist him.

Usually at times like this, it is time for Danzo, the Third Hokage's scapegoat, to come into play.

As long as the blame is put on Danzo, then he, the Third Hokage, is still wise and brave and can lead the Konoha ninja to victory.

"Konoha is willing to give up all its interests in Loulan, the River Kingdom, and the Valley Kingdom, and withdraw from its sphere of influence in the Rain Kingdom in order to sign a peace agreement?"

Shimizu learned the news when Chiyo called all the ninjas above the rank of Special Jonin in the camp to a meeting.

"Given Shimura Danzo's personality, will he agree to a truce? Could this be a conspiracy by Konoha?"

Feng Shang Qianlan asked calmly.

After learning three days ago that the Hidden Cloud Ninja had dispatched troops, they knew that such a development might occur in the future.

It's just that all the Sand Village ninjas think that this possibility is relatively small. After all, whether it is Danzo from the Rain Country or Orochimaru from the Southern River Country, these two Konoha commanders who play an important role in the war with Sand Village are real hawks.

"Danzo will definitely not be willing, but as long as the Third Hokage is willing, it's fine."

Chiyo shook her head and spoke.

"I just received news that Danzo was removed from his position as commander by the Third Hokage because of his poor command of the battle, and Jiraiya took over."

This is just putting the blame on Danzo.

Konoha suffered heavy casualties due to Danzo's improper command, so it was forced to negotiate with Sunagakure.

Copies of the Third Hokage's handwritten letters were delivered to the hands of the jonin and special jonin present.

The beginning is a bunch of flowery nonsense, and the rest of the content describes how much damage this war has brought to both sides. Master Sarutobi is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the Sand Village ninjas suffer, so he proposed that both sides resolve the dispute peacefully, and attached the conditions that Chiyo just mentioned.

It even advocated that the two sides restore their pre-war relations and resume trade, with Konoha providing Sunagakure and other scarce desert supplies, but required that Sunagakure and Konoha conduct military exercises at sea together to deter other countries with the use of force to prevent other countries from disrupting the peace talks.

"This old monkey is quite resourceful."

Shimizu could easily figure out what the Third Hokage was planning.

First, they put the blame on Danzo, and then used this so-called peace negotiation to turn Konoha's unilateral request for negotiation into a common demand of both parties.

In this way, the Third Generation can completely say that Konoha did not lose the war, but that the two sides were tied. If the stalemate continued, no real changes would occur except wasting resources and lives.

The following operations were the exchange of interests by Sarutobi Hiruzen, who gave up the interests of the Valley Country and other places, and provided some of the materials that Konoha could currently provide to Sunagakure. As for this naval exercise, the purpose was also very clear - the Land of Lightning was a peninsula country similar to India and Spain.

The purpose is to take advantage of the power of Sunagakure.

Even though they knew that the probability of Sand Village attacking the Land of Thunder was low, the Cloud Village certainly would not dare to be unprepared, because if the Sand Village was found to be unprepared, they would really go to the Land of Thunder to rob them.

In this way, the Sand Village only needs to follow Konoha's wishes, recognize that negotiation is the common demand of both parties, and send some people to the sea. Not only can they secure the existing harvest, but they can also gain additional benefits.

"What is Hanzo's attitude? Even if Konoha agrees to peaceful negotiations, it will still be a difficult matter if Hanzo takes a tough stance."

A jonin asked.

Speaking of her old rival, a smug smile appeared on Chiyo's face.

"Hanzo had no other choice. He let the Sannin go and chose to cooperate with Konoha because Konoha was the strongest and most likely to help him end the war in the Rain Country. But now, haha, this guy sent someone to contact me yesterday."

Judging from the current situation, the Sand Village is the strongest in the Rain Country. Even at the current point in time, the top combat power of the Sand Village is second only to Konoha among the five major ninja villages.

Apart from Ōnoki and the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, there is only one other classmate of Ōnoki in Iwagakure, and Shiratsuchi is considered half a classmate. It will take a few more years for the Four-Tails Jinchūriki to grow up.

The same is true for Kumogakure, with the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, plus Dodai who is a retainer of the Raikage, who can be counted as half a clan. The Kirigakure is even worse.

The Sand Village has the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo, and the other ninja villages don't know how bad the Sand Village's sealing techniques are. In their opinion, the One-Tail Jinchuriki has not had any problems in many years. Although he is a little older, before his death, the Sand Village was a mature Jinchuriki who could be used as a weapon of war.

With the addition of Rasa and Karuura who have grown up, their strength is almost enough to challenge Konoha.

Now that Konoha has decided to withdraw from the battlefield in the Land of Rain, Hanzo wants to end the war as soon as possible and save the Land of Rain, and cooperation with Sunagakure is the only option.

"Hanzo hopes to form an alliance with us Sunagakure and end the war in the Rain Country as soon as possible."

Chiyo said to everyone.

"And what's the price? Hanzo isn't the type to agree to cede land."

Another jonin stepped forward and said.

"Yes, Hanzo's condition is to fully open up the economic and material exchanges between the two countries, and even agree to dig a canal connecting the two countries of Feng and Yu, with the Rain and Sand Ninjas stationed together along the coast to protect it. It is a win-win situation for both sides, but the Sand Ninja will definitely gain more benefits. I have already made the decision and agreed to Hanzo's conditions."

Chiyo replied.

"What about the negotiations with Konoha? Should we agree to it? And Iwagakure, we are allies now after all. Once we cease fire with Konoha and Amegakure, how will we get along next?"

Feng Shangqian Lan continued to ask.

　I'm not in a very good state today, probably because I didn't get enough sleep. I feel a little dizzy, so I can only finish two chapters. I will find a chance to make up for it when I have time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)