Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

And here there is more heavy rain, which has a greater impact.

"Konoha will definitely not choose to attack during a thunderstorm, so it won't affect your performance."

Tiancun Hao squeezed under the young lady's umbrella and thought Ye Cang's worries were unnecessary.

After the baptism of Thunder Purgatory last time, Konoha would have to be crazy to come for a decisive battle in a thunderstorm.

"But there's too much moisture here."

Ye Cang still couldn't adapt.

"After the river channel here is successfully excavated, we will land in the Wind Country and then head north. We in the Cloud Village will support you, but those Iwagakure Ninja Army will just use the road to pass through.

You can write to the Third Kazekage and ask him to invite the Three Thousand Rocks Ninja Army to stay in the River Country to modify the river course, and divert most of the river water from the River Country to your Wind Country. Even if you cannot modify the Wind Country on a large scale, it will be enough to form countless oases."

Tamura Hao revealed something and hoped that the Sand Village could help transform the Wind Country in advance so that they could better carry out follow-up work after unifying the ninja world in the future.

Otherwise you will have to start from scratch, which is a waste of time.

"Is this what you wanted to talk to Luo Sha about?"

Ye Cang was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

This is indeed a good thing. Their Sand Village did divert the river from the River Kingdom to the Wind Kingdom, but not much can be transformed.

The current idea is to transform the land near the River Country into an oasis.

But if there is this group of Iwagakure ninja troops, it is not impossible to divert the entire river course of the River Country, and the number of oases that can be created will increase tenfold or a hundredfold.

In terms of earth-style ninjutsu, especially the application of large-scale earth-style ninjutsu, the Iwagakure Village is the strongest in the ninja world, and their Sand Village is far behind them.

"This is Lord Dodai's suggestion. Since Luosha-kun is not here, it is up to Sister Yecang to take care of it."

"It's too far to think about these things. Let's talk about them after this battle."

Ye Cang understood that this proposal must be made, but the top priority now was to win the next war, and Konoha would never let them wait too long.

What they thought here was correct. After Konoha and the Fire Country Daimyo received the intelligence, they were extremely anxious and issued death orders to start a war immediately, in order to destroy the four-village coalition's river excavation plan at all costs.

"They want to dig a river that's over 600 kilometers long and 300 meters wide?"

At the front-line camp, everyone who heard the news was stunned. They really didn't expect such a miraculous operation could happen. This was truly changing the world.

"A river three hundred meters wide is enough to form an absolute barrier, which can more than double the combat power of the Kirigakure ninjas. Once the river is dug, we will have no chance of breaking through it."

Nara Shikaku, with bloodshot eyes, smiled bitterly. He finally understood what the Hidden Mist Village was going to do. It was even crazier and bolder than he had imagined. It could be said to be a groundbreaking strategy and tactic.

The most they could do was to build defensive fortifications and form a battle line based on their geographical advantages, but the Hidden Mist Village was going to directly dig a river that was at least 600 kilometers long and more than 300 meters wide.

Given the characteristics of the Mist Village ninjas, they are able to build an indestructible line of defense based on the river.

This is equivalent to dividing that piece of land. I really don't understand how the Hidden Mist Village came up with this idea.

"This doesn't seem like the style of the Hidden Mist Village. Could it be the work of the Hidden Cloud Village again?"

Yuhi Shinku felt that this might be related to the assistant Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village. It was even possible that the other party had this idea during the war in the Land of Whirlpools.

He was in awe of such extraordinary wise men, and only such people could come up with such imaginative tactics and even strategies.

"The orders from the village and the daimyo prefecture should be on the way. We have to fight no matter what."

Yutarashi Zixiao sighed, knowing that this battle would be very dangerous and it was hard to say how many of them would survive.

But we have to fight, otherwise we will not be able to fight in the future.

"Let's start the battle on a better day."

Jiraiya sighed. Now all he could do was fight.

Even if all of them were killed, the plan of the Hidden Mist Village would not succeed. Otherwise, the nature of this Ninja World War would completely turn into the destruction and annexation of the Fire Country, and then everything would be over.

"The initiative now lies with the four-village coalition. They have the advantage of location and time, as well as numbers and strength. It will be difficult to defeat them."

Yueguang Xuanfeng, who has always had a low presence, held a long sword and was not optimistic about this battle.

He is not afraid of death, he just wants to win more.

His child was about to be born, and he wanted to go back alive to reunite with his wife and son.

Of course, if there is no other way, then we can only die on the battlefield.

"We can only attack with force. We can't come up with a better tactic in such a short time. The Hidden Mist Village has been planning for so long, they must have thought of all possibilities.

Not to mention that this strategy is likely to be the work of the Raikage assistant from the Hidden Cloud Village, so we can't even think of winning in terms of tactics and strategy. A strong attack is the best option."

Mitarai Shishao suggested a strong attack, not thinking that it was unrealistic to come up with a strategy or tactics that could counter the Raikage's assistant Dodai's strategy or tactics.

“Use all available medical supplies to help the injured recover as quickly as possible.”

Jiraiya agreed with this view that a strong attack was the best way, and it had to be quick.

The crowd continued to discuss for a while before dispersing. When they left, Yue Guang Xuan Feng and Hatake Sakumo walked together.

"If I die in battle, please bring my sword back to my children."

Yueguang Xuanfeng was relatively pessimistic. This battle was destined to be an extremely brutal one. Even if they could win, it would definitely be a pyrrhic victory.

Even though he was a powerful Kage-level warrior, he was likely to perish in a war of that level, not to mention that they were at a disadvantage.

"Forget about my sword. It was made by the village, and Kakashi has his own sword now."

Hatake Sakumo was also relatively pessimistic and prepared to die.

"Why did it become like this?"

After walking for a while, Yueguang Xuanfeng couldn't help but ask, he didn't understand why this Ninja World War turned out like this.

Hatake Sakumo remained silent about this. He knew some of the reasons behind it and understood that many problems were caused by the conflicts and struggles within the village.

It’s just that these things are too sensitive and cannot be said or discussed. Otherwise, there will only be endless troubles and may even affect my wife, children and family.

Sometimes he thought that it might be a good idea to develop in the Hidden Cloud Village.

At least according to the information we have, the Hidden Cloud Village has truly abolished the ninja clan system, and there are far fewer conflicts and struggles within it. At the same time, since the rebellion during the First Ninja World War, the Hidden Cloud Village has had the fewest rebellious ninjas.

This is enough to prove the atmosphere within the Hidden Cloud Village. Compared to it, the atmosphere in Konoha is too bad.

Chapter 224 Death Gate Showdown

The Daimyo of the Fire Country was very angry and gave a direct death order to Sarutobi Hiruzen, ordering him to go into battle personally and destroy the Hidden Mist Village's conspiracy against the peninsula.

If you can't do that, don't be the Hokage.

If it were any other period, Sarutobi Hiruzen could have used the art of words to deceive and ease the situation, or even acted tougher.

But the current situation is very bad. If I can't handle it, I will really be driven out of office.

At least the Senju faction will be happy to support the daimyo's order, and the half-crippled Uchiha will definitely take the opportunity to retaliate.

That was not the situation he wanted to see, so he had to fight in person, but he made a secret move before leaving.

"Father, go and secretly contact the daimyo's third son. We can help him take the throne and become the new daimyo of the Land of Fire."

In the basement, Sarutobi Hiruzen finished examining Hashirama's face and Mangekyō Sharingan on his chest, and suddenly said something to his father.

He must be prepared for the consequences. If the war fails, he can only take radical measures.

The daimyo can influence the inheritance of the position of Hokage in the village, and conversely, Konoha can also influence the inheritance of the position of daimyo.

Although there will be many consequences of doing so, I won't care about that when it really comes to that.

"Don't you want me to follow you?"

Sarutobi Sasuke was very worried. This battle was destined to be cruel and the chances of winning were not high. The best result would be a tragic victory.

"No, I can handle it."

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head slightly. It was more important for his father to keep an eye on the daimyo's third son, as that was their only way of retreat.

Otherwise, once he loses the position of Hokage, many subsequent plans will be difficult to carry out.

"Do you want to use the Impure World Reincarnation?"

Sarutobi Sasuke asked, still very worried.

"Just use Uzumaki Ashina-senpai's. I will try to see if I can capture the Four-Tails."

Sarutobi Hiruzen had long been eyeing the Four-Tails. According to the information obtained from the Second Tsuchikage, the power of Dust Release was enormous, but the consumption was also terrifying.

Although he possesses chakra qualifications of all attributes, his chakra amount is relatively average, far from comparable to that of the Uzumaki clan.

He needs a huge source of chakra to assist himself, and the Four-Tails is the best choice. It just so happens that their Sarutobi clan has been with the monkey clan for generations, so they should be able to use this to persuade the Four-Tails. If that doesn't work, they can use the Mangekyō.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stayed in the village for a few days, made many arrangements, and waited for Tsunade and Orochimaru to arrive before heading to the southeast front together.

Naturally, he would not go to the battlefield alone, so he sent orders for Tsunade and Orochimaru to come and assist.

However, Tsunade and Orochimaru were both silent and seemed very depressed along the way.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had nothing to say about this. After all, Nawaki was Tsunade's younger brother and Orochimaru's disciple, and their relationship was special.

Even though he did it perfectly, he also let his father erase all traces of the past.

But for some people, no evidence is needed, just suspicion is enough.

The three of them traveled quickly and silently and finally arrived at the front line.

"teacher!"

Jiraiya was surprised and happy to see his teacher arrive, but also relieved.

He has been having a hard time these days, and the situation here is completely beyond his control. It's great that the teacher is here.

"Orochimaru! Tsunade!"

He immediately turned his gaze to his two teammates, but unfortunately got no response.

Tsunade didn't even look at Jiraiya, and walked straight into the camp to find the injured ninjas for treatment.

Orochimaru didn't leave, but he didn't say anything either.

The reason why he came here in person was mainly because he was interested in the white eyes of the Hyuga branch family.

In such a brutal war, it is reasonable to lose a few pairs of Byakugan and a few Hyuga ninjas.

"Take me to the combat meeting room and call all the jonin on the front lines to come to the meeting."

Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke in a swift and decisive manner, ordering to hold a combat meeting immediately, agree on an attack tactic, and then start the war right away.

Can't wait any longer.

"Teacher, please follow me."

Jiraiya's face became serious and he led the way.

The information that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other two had arrived at the front line was quickly discovered by the four-village coalition forces, mainly because the three did not hide their whereabouts and entered the camp openly.

Not to mention that there is a clone of Black Zetsu and many White Zetsu watching here, and Black Zetsu has been keeping an eye on Sarutobi Hiruzen for a long time and knows more.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen dares to think so!"

Tamura Hao smiled. Sarutobi Hiruzen had a nice idea.

"Do you want to stop it?"

The Black Zetsu clone asked.

"Of course we have to stop him. Only a weak Sarutobi Hiruzen can suppress Konoha's more talented and powerful people."

Tamura Hao would never let Sarutobi Hiruzen obtain the Four-Tails. He could tolerate Sarutobi Hiruzen fusing with the Dust Release, but he would never allow him to become the Jinchūriki of the Tailed Beast.

Otherwise, once the huge amount of chakra of the tailed beasts is combined with the Dust Release, the strength will not be as simple as one plus one.

"The Kage is the ceiling of a ninja village. He determines the highest limit of the ninja village. Once someone exceeds this limit, they will inevitably be targeted, especially in a situation like Konoha."

He understood this kind of thing very well. In his previous life, there was a saying that meant "one's achievements surpass his master's".

In the ancient feudal dynasties of the past, why did some emperors kill their meritorious officials and high-ranking officials in their later years? It was because they were afraid that the new emperor would not be able to suppress them and thus cause chaos.

Some emperors even killed people during their heyday, the most famous of which are Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Both of them are relatively weak, so we have to kill them.

Of course, there are also those people who are asking for death and crossing the bottom line, and they can only die.