Camp Konoha

Inside the tent in the very center.

Orochimaru was standing in front of the sand table map, fiddling with the flag on the sand table map.

Each small flag represents a squad of Iwa Shinobi, each large flag represents a detachment, and the different colors represent the nature of the team, some are reconnaissance squads, some are assassination squads, and some are combat units.

The atmosphere in the camp tent was a little depressing, Tuan Zang was sitting not far away, also looking at the sand table map, silent, and there were several elite Shangnin next to him with low faces.

"The activities of the sand shinobi have put a lot of pressure on the flanks."

Orochimaru was somewhere on the sand table map, and after planting a few flags, his voice was a little hoarse and slowly spoke.

The situation is not good right now!

He was already under tremendous pressure to deal with Iwa Shinobi and Rain Shinobi, and as a result, the day before yesterday, Sand Shinobi began to operate on the southern border flank again.

These sand ninjas were sent by the four generations of Kazekage Rasha, and the purpose is very peculiar, not just for war, but to eliminate dissidents.

In the previous war, Chiyo was killed by Kaede Night, and Ebizo's prestige was also hit hard, and Luo Sha, who was originally forced to gain an unstable foothold on the throne, has firmly sat in the position of the fourth generation of Kazekage.

And after securing the position of the four generations of Kazekage, Luo Sha did not stop taking power, he either bought, suppressed or coerced the upper echelons of the village, and controlled most of the Sand Ninja Village in a short period of time.

And those who are not controlled, formed into groups...... The Uchiha clan, which is similar to Konoha and is difficult to control, was sent by him to invade the territory of the Fire Country.

Shinobu didn't completely tear up the contract he had signed before.

This batch of sand ninjas who appeared only operated along the border, operating in some areas where their place of origin was unknown, and they had not yet fought with the ninjas of Konoha and did not take the initiative to go to war.

But the problem is that even if Sand Shinobi doesn't take the initiative to start a war, but only displays hundreds of troops on the border, it will still be a lot of pressure on the Konoha side!

It's impossible to leave it alone!

The stationing of this group of sand ninja forced Orochimaru to divide some of his forces to deal with it, and in this case, the conflict between the front and the Iwa ninja became very serious.

Tsuchikage Onoki is extremely sinister and cunning, especially after Kaede Night and Bo Feng Shuimon became famous, he almost never launched large-scale attacks, but engaged in scattered battles.

Thousands of Iwa ninja, divided into hundreds of troops, operate along the border, and some directly invade the interior of the Fire Country.

The purpose of this is simple.

It is to guard against the wave of wind and water gate and Qimu maple night.

Even if Bo Feng Shuimen and Qimu Fengye both appear on the battlefield here, they will not lose one army at most, and there will be no large-scale losses, so they can just evacuate immediately if they notice something wrong.

Due to Konoha facing the three major ninja villages at the same time, the number of ninjas in the Iwa Shinobi battlefield was only seven or eight thousand, and after this period of casualties, the actual combat strength has been sharply reduced to less than six thousand.

On the other hand, on the side of the rock ninja, there are nearly 10,000 ninjas eyeing them.

The lack of troops also makes it difficult for Konoha to launch a frontal decisive offensive, after all, the opponent has more people than you, and if you don't plan to fight head-on, it is impossible for you to carry out a counter-encirclement with a small number of people.

Therefore, Konoha can only be forced to deal with this small-scale combat method of Iwa Shinobi, Orochimaru and Danzang have led the team out one after another, but the actual results are not ideal, because Tsuchikage Onoki often leads elite troops to launch surprise attacks.

"The actions of the sand ninja do need to be vigilant, and it seems that they have not yet moved, but they may start another war with us at any time."

Tuan Zang stared at the sand table map and said in a deep voice.

Now it is clear to everyone that except for the Fire Country, the other four powers will no longer attack each other, because once they attack each other, the remaining two countries will inevitably be unable to resist the power of Konoha and will be defeated and eaten up one by one.

The Sand Ninja Village is also aware of this, so without worrying that Iwa Shinobi will sneak up on them, they may participate in the war at any time without worrying about the future!

"If we can settle the rain ninja village, the situation can be stabilized...... But Sanshoyu Hanzo ...... that guy."

Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a gloomy and uncertain look.

If it is replaced by other small ninja villages, it will not be a threat to Konoha at all, and a random group of ninjas can directly destroy the other party.

But the rain ninja village is different, the number of ninjas in the rain ninja village is not small, there are two or three thousand people, and the most important thing is that the leader of the rain ninja village, Sanshoyu Hanzo, is not as strong as the leaders of other small ninja villages, but an extremely powerful ninja!

Even the five shadows are helpless against each other!

In this case, the Rain Ninja Village has become an extremely troublesome existence.

In normal times, Konoha is not afraid, but now that he is facing the Iwa Ninja Village head-on, and he has to guard against the Sand Ninja Village, then the actions of the Rain Ninja Village will be very deadly.

"Isn't there any news from Kaede Night?"

Orochimaru turned his head to look at Danzo.

The war situation in the Land of Rain has always been in charge of Danzo, and many of the root ninjas under the command of Danzo are scattered in the territory of the Land of Rain, collecting intelligence, and some are staring at the Rain Ninja Village.

Tuan Zang shook his head and said, "I have lost contact with Kaede Night, but my people have detected the actions of the Rain Ninja, they have arrived in the town not far from the Rain Ninja Village a day ago, and they should have returned to the village by now." ”

"Hanzo this guy ......"

Orochimaru muttered with a calm face.

Sanshoyu Hanzo's style of acting is too cautious, so cautious that he can't find a chance to solve the threat of rain ninja, and in this situation, the only way to do this is to let Kaede come back first, and then let Kaede Ye deal with those detachments of Iwa Shinobi.

As long as a few detachments are wiped out, Iwa Shinobu will perceive the intelligence that the silver flash is active on the battlefield here, and the degree of activity and the scale of the operation will inevitably be greatly reduced.

That would relieve a lot of positive pressure.

If Sanshoyu Hanzo launches a sudden flank attack again, then let Kaede Ye lead the team to meet Hanzo, and at present, only this one response strategy is the most suitable.

"Danzo-sama."

Just as Orochimaru was pondering, a root ninja suddenly walked in, saluted Danzo, handed a closed scroll to Danzo, and said, "It's information from the Rain Ninja Village." ”

"Hmm......"

Danzou took the scroll, slowly opened it, and swept his gaze, and saw the first line describing the news that Sanshoyu Hanzo had led the rain shinobi back to the rain ninja village.

Tuan Zang glanced at Orochimaru and said, "Hanzo has returned to Rain Ninja Village, I don't know the specific location of Kaede Ye now, do you have any news about Orochimaru?" I asked my people to contact Kaede ......"

"Nope."

Orochimaru shook his head and said, "Kaede Night has been following me to learn ninjutsu too little, and I haven't had time to teach him psychic arts, so I can't use my psychic beast to contact ......"

At this point, Orochimaru's voice gradually weakened.

He noticed that Danzang's expression suddenly changed, and suddenly he stared directly at the scroll in his hand, and his face froze, as if he had seen something incredible.

"What's going on?"

Orochimaru looked at Danzang's appearance and asked with a slight frown.

Danzang stared at the scroll for a few seconds before he seemed to come back to his senses from some kind of disbelief, he slowly lowered the scroll, looked at Orochimaru, took a breath and said:

"Hanzo is dead."

"The Rain Ninja Village has collapsed."