Chapter Seventy-Eight: Surrender
"It's true that we suffered a loss, but it's too ······ to surrender like this It's too shameless, right? ”
An elder said unwillingly.
"Even if you admit defeat, you have to win a battle, otherwise it's too ugly······"
Another elder spoke, with a similar opinion.
For a while, he echoed the crowd, and generally said that he couldn't admit defeat so singlely, no matter how he said that Shayin Village was also one of the five poles of the ninja world, and he would lose face if he lost, so as not to be looked down upon.
Hai Laozang looked at the elders who were talking speechlessly, the corners of his mouth twitched, these old guys had been nesting in the village for too long, and their brains were ossified.
"Ahem!!"
He coughed loudly twice, stifling out the cacophony of conversation.
looked at Hai Laozang with dissatisfaction, but they didn't know that Hai Laozang didn't have the slightest affection for these old stubborns who ate the ancients.
"Fight a winning battle? Given the current state of the village, do you elders think that the war can continue? Not to mention whether to start a war or not, is it just the money, food, and materials consumed to bear it? The cost of rebuilding the village is astronomical, and all the materials looted from the Land of Rain are not enough to fill in, and after a big war, the bereavement of the war dead alone can directly bankrupt the village's finances······"
Ebizo's questioning made the elders who were clamoring for another battle shut their mouths.
It's always easier to destroy than to build.
It's okay to say that the houses are mostly earth and stone buildings, and the ninjas can rebuild them with a little effort, not as laborious as the wooden houses of Konoha to rebuild, but the houses can be rebuilt, and other furniture and property can't be conjured, and the residents are in a hurry to evacuate, and most of the things are left in the house, but after a chase battle, things have long been destroyed.
These are all needed to be built with the help of the village, although it is impossible to compensate for the original price, but the expression that should be there is indispensable, otherwise an empty house will not be able to live in, especially those shops, the losses are even more heavy, and the village is estimated to be deserted for a while.
The country of wind is notoriously poorest among the five major powers, so that the daimyo of the past dynasties are quite stingy masters, and they have not been happy once for the allocation of Sand Hidden Village, and they have not been happy once, in this regard, Sand Ninja is extremely jealous of Konoha and Yun Ninja, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire is rich and rich, and the allocation to Konoha has always been much or less, and although the country of thunder is not as tyrant as the country of fire, but it can't stand the fact that the Lei Daimyo is also a fanatical martial artist, and he has always done his best to support Yunyin Village.
All in all, the sand ninja is very poor, and now the pots and jars in the village have been smashed again, and they can be used as pants for the poor.
This is also something that can't be helped, the land area of the country of the wind is very large, but most of the area is desert, a huge country is stunned that there is no special product that can be handled, like the country of the earth, although it is also desolate, the territory is full of rocky mountains, but it can't stand people have mines!
Compared to each other, Sand Hidden Village is really poor, among the five major ninja villages, it is difficult to distinguish between the high and low combat power, and in terms of financial resources, the country of fire is the richest, and the country of sand is the poorest.
The three generations of Wind Shadow were numb, and his heart was filled with bitter water, Hai Laozang's words could be regarded as poking his sadness, especially Shayin Village was too poor, and he was almost white-headed when he was poor, and when he thought of the cost of rebuilding the village next, the whole person was not good, and he had no strength to speak, so he let Hai Laozang play alone.
Anyway, these old antiques can't make any waves.
"If the fight continues, the village will not be able to bear that kind of consequence at all, and it will waste the lives of its compatriots for the sake of indifferent face······ That was the stupidest decision. Hai Laozang stared at the elders, and the old men and ladies looked left and right, not looking at Hai Laozang.
"The current Konoha is definitely very strong, it can be said that it is another heyday after the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara, the three generations of Hokage are in the prime of life, Konoha White Fang is a murderous monster, and what is the newly rising three ninjas, plus the little ghost who destroyed half of the village this time······" Speaking of this, Hai Laozang paused for a moment, suppressing the bitterness surging in his heart, how could Konoha be so good, there were so many geniuses, he simply didn't give them a way to live.
"In short, we can't afford to fight any longer, the war can't continue, we must end the war as soon as possible, take over the mission, and train the next generation of ninjas, this is the top priority."
Ebizo breathed a sigh of relief, and finished speaking.
"Any other objections?"
The three generations of Kazekage asked softly, his sharp gaze looking around at everyone.
Half silent, the elders closed their mouths tightly, and at this time there was a fart objection, the poor people in the village were going to be pants, and they raised objections, hehe, the word funding can kill people to death.
"That's ······" The three generations of Kazekage's face turned blue, and the word surrender was really hard to say, "Negotiate a truce with Konoha······ Ebizo, you are responsible, try to minimize the loss, you also know the situation in the village······"
The meeting was dispersed, and the three generations of Kazekage stood in front of the window, looking out at the flow of people.
Leaving the shelter, the villagers found that the house they had lived in for decades was gone, and they immediately stood in front of the ruins and cried, cursing endlessly, but fortunately there was no greater chaos under the pacification of the sand ninja, and it was fortunate that the ordinary villagers did not suffer casualties compared to the loss of property.
Under the hard propaganda of the sand ninjas, the trend of thought has changed, and the villagers have begun to accept the reality.
The three generations of Wind Shadow also breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, they were most afraid of internal trouble, and that was the most tormenting.
On the street, the red-haired little boy broke free from his aunt's embrace and ran towards Chiyo.
"Grandma!"
The cute children's voice is not much different from the past, but when Chiyo heard this shout, she only felt that she had been stabbed in the heart, and she could barely breathe in pain, and reached out to hug the little boy.
"Grandma, what about Daddy and Mommy?"
The little boy's eyes widened and asked innocently.
“······”
Chiyo looked at her well-behaved grandson wordlessly, and in an instant she seemed to be more than ten years old.
"Scorpion ······"
"What about Mom and Dad? They said they were going to pick me up······" The boy pursed his lips and complained dissatisfiedly, but saw tears falling from the corners of his grandmother's eyes, "Grandma, why are you crying?" ”
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After this battle, as many as 59 upper ninjas died at the hands of Guanyue, and a total of 327 middle and lower ninjas, that is to say, nearly 400 families lost their loved ones, and unlike the front-line deaths, the ruins in front of them were undoubtedly more impactful, and the entire village was filled with an atmosphere of grief.