The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

It's not that they want to see White Fang show off his skills, but they are preparing to capture alive the remaining ninja who is suspected to be the leader of the Sand Village. If they rush in at once, it will easily cause unnecessary casualties.

"As long as you agree to surrender, I will not harm your lives." Hatake Sakumo first used verbal persuasion to persuade them to surrender.

"Bah! Even if we die, we will never surrender to the despicable Konoha ninja!" The leading ninja who had been in command just now answered.

"Then there's nothing we can do." With a sigh, Hatake Sakumo was ready to destroy all the puppets in front of him.

Although it may waste a little time, compared with the gains after the success, this effort is still worth it.

A white light flashed, and one of the puppets was split in half. Hatake Sakumo's cold eyes made the more than 20 senior ninjas who stayed behind feel a chill in their hearts.

"How is it possible? He can't see anything. Everyone, come at him together. I don't believe he can handle so many puppets at the same time by himself."

Next, the ninjas from Konoha and Sunagakure experienced what it meant to walk in the moonlight with the magical swordsmanship.

Between chopping, slashing, stabbing, poking and slashing, no puppet could survive more than two strokes of his hand.

Not only that, all kinds of hidden weapons, poisonous smoke, thousand blades, flying needles, shurikens, and kunai, could not touch Hatake Sakumo at all, and he was so graceful that he seemed to be dancing.

"No wonder the old man said that even if he faces Lord Sakumo, he is not sure of winning. The chance of winning between the two sides may only be 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 would not be able to last more than an hour against Hatake Sakumo. But he was still young and he would definitely have the 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, with an average of two puppets destroyed per minute!

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

As for the Sand Village ninjas on the opposite side, among the 20 or so jonin, there are only about 5 who are ordinary jonin, and the rest are special jonin. There is not a single elite jonin!

If Hatake Sakumo was not trying to capture these 20 or so jonin alive and reduce his own losses, he could have eliminated all of these puppeteers with weak bodies in just 15 minutes. He just had to avoid their puppets and attack their bodies.

Next, Hatake Sakumo ordered all the prisoners to be tied up. If they were willing to provide 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 interrogation department, and even the Uchiha clan and the Kurama clan can interrogate them through illusions. It is really not difficult to get some information from these people's minds.

"Shuo

Master Shigeru, Master Tsunade, all the escaped Sand Ninjas have been captured, not a single one has escaped. "

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

For a group of Sand Village ninjas with at most Chunin strength, if anyone of them were allowed to escape after being ambushed and trapped in various ways, it would really be a shame for the Nara clan.

"Very good. In this way, our surprise attack plan has been successful. The 3000 puppet troops of Sand Village that infiltrated the River Country have been completely wiped out by us. We just have to wait and see the combat situation of Orochimaru and Jiraiya."

Hatake Sakumo was also very satisfied with the outcome of this battle. He did not disappoint the expectations of the Third Hokage and a group of advisory elders, and successfully achieved the goal of launching a surprise attack on Sunagakure.

"Yes, next we just have to be on guard against the Sand Village's Third Kazekage becoming desperate. With such a huge loss, I don't believe that he still has the courage to fight us." Tsunade also expressed her inner joy.

Regarding this time when he just followed behind Hatake Sakumo the whole time, Tsunade said that if he had the chance, he would still like to have such an easy battle!

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

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

Although it was a surprise attack this time, the counterattack of Sunagakure still took the lives of about a hundred Konoha ninjas.

This is also the reason why Hatake Sakumo chose to defeat the more than 20 Sunagakure jonin who stayed behind to guard the rear alone.

Most of them died because they were too severely poisoned to receive treatment in time.

Originally, there should have been more deaths, but most of those who were poisoned but not dead were saved by Tsunade using medical ninjutsu.

Therefore, although Tsunade, a Kage-level strongman, was dispensable in this battle, she did help save lives and saved many ninjas.

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

After handing over the captives to professionals, Hatake Sakumo unceremoniously occupied the River Country garrison base chosen by the Sand Village puppeteer.

After all, there is everything here, not only facilities, but even supplies are enough for 2000 people to use for nearly half a year.

If that's the case, why bother starting from scratch? Not only do we have to rebuild the facilities, but we also have to move supplies. It's simply too much trouble and a waste of time.

"Also, preserve the bodies of the comrades who died unfortunately, and bury them in the village cemetery when you return to the village."

Finally, when talking about the dead ninja, Hatake Sakumo felt sad.

However, he immediately calmed down and issued various orders. No matter how smoothly a war goes, there will always be people who unfortunately sacrifice their lives.

What others have to do is to live on with the names of the deceased, instead of showing sadness on their faces.

"Yes, Master Sakumo."

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

Chapter 23: Manabu and Gamabunta

Turning our attention to the Tea Country, after Orochimaru and Jiraiya led their troops to their destination, they immediately sent a message to Hatake Sakumo's team.

In order to be able to launch surprise attacks on Sand Village and Kirigakure at the same time, the two sides agreed to launch the attack together at the hour of Yin the next day after Jiraiya sent out the information.

So after sending the information, Jiraiya and Orochimaru prepared to rest. After all, if they launched the attack at Yinshi, they would have to set off around Choushi.

In the middle of the night.

Everyone has gathered and is waiting for the order from Orochimaru and Jiraiya to set out to raid Kirigakure.

"Set off."

With just two words, Orochimaru succinctly led the way and sneaked towards the direction of Kirigakure's base in the Land of Tea.

There are only 2500 Kirigakure soldiers stationed in the Tea Kingdom. After all, the Water Kingdom is an island country surrounded by the sea, and its population is not large.

"Orochimaru, how are you going to launch a surprise attack? Are we going to go in and assassinate him?"

After reaching the vicinity of the Kirigakure ninja's base, Jiraiya couldn't help but ask.

"Jiraiya, are you an idiot?" Seeing Jiraiya come up with such a brainless tactic, Orochimaru wanted to pry open his brain to see what was inside.

"Orochimaru, what did you say?" Jiraiya felt his fist harden as his little friend Orochimaru always talked about his IQ.

As expected, Orochimaru and I are naturally incompatible. Whenever we are together, whether we are doing missions or studying with an old man, we will definitely quarrel with each other in the end!

"Damn it, it would be fine if I was on a mission with Tsunade, or even if I was in a team with Lord Sakumo, but it had to be you, a poisonous snake." Jiraiya said indignantly.

"Heh, you have no right to say such things, Jiraiya. I think if I do it alone, the success rate of completing the mission should be higher." Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya with a look of disgust in his mouth.

Seeing that the two commanders were ready to deal with their own people before dealing with the enemy, the senior ninja following behind hurriedly persuaded the two men to leave.

"Hmph, then tell me, you stinky poisonous snake, do you have any way to make it easier for us to complete the task?" Although both himself and Orochimaru were at the Kage level, they were not as fast as White Fang, who could not eliminate the enemies on a sentry tower in a flash, and then distract the enemies on another sentry tower, so that his teammates could successfully launch a surprise attack.

"If you're not an idiot, you can only be the 'deputy commander'. Don't you have a summoning beast?" Orochimaru mocked Jiraiya again.

"Forehead."

Jiraiya was stunned for a moment. Indeed, he seemed to have forgotten about this.

However, Orochimaru was the commander of the team and he was only the deputy commander. He had complained to the old man at that time, but was refuted by the old man.

The question "Are you smarter than Orochimaru?" blocked Jiraiya's response.

After all, to be honest, no matter how much he would not admit it in his heart, it seems that he is indeed not as cunning and scheming as Orochimaru, otherwise why is he called a poisonous snake?

"I will use psychic magic to summon two poisonous snakes to kill the two ninjas on the sentry tower with one attack. Then all the ninjas who know earth escape techniques will sneak in and kill a group of them first, and then we will launch a total attack."

Orochimaru arranged the mission actions concisely and clearly.

"As expected of Lord Orochimaru, your plan is impeccable." One of Orochimaru's subordinate jonin immediately came over and complimented him.

It's not really a compliment, it's indeed a good strategy, not only can it effectively reduce the probability of being discovered by the enemy, but it can also take the opportunity to steal a trick.

Then Orochimaru moved a little further away from this place, and used the summoning technique to summon two Ryuchidong venomous snakes that were only as long as an adult's arms, but could carry a fatal blow.

"sizzle"

Soon, the two poisonous snakes summoned by Orochimaru crawled towards the top of the tower.

"uh"

Before they could utter these two words, the two Kirigakure ninjas on guard died instantly with foam at the mouth.

"Successful, Earth-style ninja, follow me in the raid." Orochimaru licked the kunai in his hand with his long tongue again, his pair of vertical snake pupils

He said with coldness.

I have to say that Jiraiya felt very safe when carrying out missions with Orochimaru, even though it could be very frustrating sometimes.

Then, about 600 ninjas came out from a group and simultaneously performed earth escape techniques to dive into the ground beneath their feet.

The ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village had no idea that the ground beneath them was full of murderous intent!

"Puff puff"

Blood splattered in the tent. After each of Konoha's earth-style ninjas killed about two or three Kirigakure ninjas, they were finally discovered.

However, nearly 1500 Kirigakure ninjas have already paid their lives.

The main reason for being discovered was that enough people had died and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

"There's no other way. From now on, I'll just have to fight hard." After entering the battlefield, Jiraiya would no longer have unwarranted mercy in his heart, as that would only hurt others and himself.

"Ninjutsu--The Hidden Mist Technique."

Unlike the puppet masters of Sunagakure, they have no ability to fight back even if they react when faced with sneak attacks and close combat.

For the Kirigakure ninjas who are proficient in assassination, faced with such an unfavorable situation, they can react at the fastest speed and launch a counterattack.

The Mist Hidden Technique is undoubtedly the best choice among counterattack-type ninjutsu. It can not only hide oneself and interfere with the enemy's vision, but also make perfect strategies according to the current situation.

After several Kirigakure leaders communicated with each other, they decided to fight back!

Yes, you read that right. For the Kirigakure troops, which only have about 1000 people left at the moment, even if they are outnumbered, they are confident that they can defeat the powerful enemy that is attacking them!

Because the ninjas educated under the "blood mist" policy of Kirigakure can only attack and cannot retreat when facing the enemy!

This is also the reason why the Third Hokage and others were so conflicted when they chose to attack ninja villages other than Sand Village.

The combat power of the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village is extremely strong at the mid- and low-end levels. Some ninjas even bite off a piece of flesh from their opponents before dying.

"Wind Style - Suppress Harm."

Faced with this Mist Hiding Technique, Orochimaru, as the commander, had already anticipated it. Seeing the fog around him gradually getting thicker, he immediately used Wind Release Ninjutsu to blow away the fog.

In an instant, the fog that had just enveloped everyone was blown away by a strong wind.

But not long after, the mist drifted towards the people of Konoha again.

"cut."

Orochimaru was very dissatisfied with this situation, but after all, this was the Mist Hidden Technique performed by nearly a thousand people from the Mist Hidden Technique, and it was not something he could break alone, even if the Mist Hidden Technique was restrained by the Wind Style.

With Orochimaru's current strength, taking into account the restraint of Wind Style on the Mist Style, the most he could do with Wind Style was to completely disperse this technique performed by the Mist Style coalition forces of over a hundred people.

"Orochimaru, this is not a solution. Not only will our companions be hurt, but it is also likely that the advantage we have worked so hard to build will be wiped out." Jiraiya seemed very anxious about this.

"Haha, in that case, I can only use my killing move." After using Wind Style - Harm Suppression to disperse a wave of fog again, Orochimaru smiled cruelly.

"Hey, Jiraiya, now is not the time to hesitate." Turning around, Orochimaru stared at Jiraiya and said.

"I know. You don't need to explain more, you stinky snake." No matter how reluctant he was, Jiraiya knew that he shouldn't hesitate at this moment.

"All Konoha ninjas, withdraw from the battlefield and surround the area. Don't let any Mist Ninja escape." After Jiraiya gave the order, he looked at Orochimaru and nodded to each other.

They are ready to summon the ultimate killer on the battlefield!

They formed hand seals, bit their left thumbs, and drew a line of blood on the palm of their right hands. Orochimaru and Jiraiya performed the movements in one smooth motion.

"Ninjutsu - Summoning Technique 2."

"Bang", "Bang"

As two soft sounds were heard, a burst of white smoke emerged from the foggy forest, making it even more difficult for the people whose vision was already obstructed to see the direction. They could only run as far away from the center as possible.

As the white smoke dissipated, people on both sides could see that two huge monsters suddenly appeared on the field.

A giant purple snake with its tongue sticking out and a red toad wearing clothes, holding a knife and a pipe in its mouth?

"oh?","

Um? "

Two words came out from the mouth of a snake and a toad respectively.

"Manda and Orochimaru? Hey, Jiraiya, you summoned me not because you broke up with Orochimaru. Now you want to fight to the death, right?" Gamabunta had an expression as if he saw through everything, and teased Jiraiya who was above his head.

"Bunta, now is not the time to reminisce about the past. The war has broken out. For the sake of Konoha and the people I want to protect, I hope you can lend me a hand." Jiraiya was not angry as usual about what Gama Boss said, but spoke seriously.