People are poor and short-minded, which is the best description of the current situation of Yunin Village.

Under the joint oppression of the three major powers, Hanzo angrily raised troops to declare war, and fought with Iwakure, Sand Hide, and Konoha repeatedly, although he was not defeated, but it also consumed the vitality of the Rain Ninja Village.

Even the relatives from Hanzo have been almost worn out on the cruel battlefield like a meat grinder.

And the ninja army strength accumulated by the rain ninja village for decades has been consumed like water in one battle after another.

Even under the leadership of Hanzo, the rain ninja crisscrossed the battlefield of the rain country and won more and lost less in the battles with the three major countries, but the rain ninja, who was at a disadvantage in terms of both personal combat power and numbers, was quickly exhausted in battle after battle.

Therefore, Hanzo acquiesced to the garrison of Konoha in the southeast of the Land of Rain, and also acquiesced to the de facto occupation of the Northwest Frontier Defense Force in the northeast.

Even the few small towns in the northern border region that were occupied by Iwakure were unable to recover them.

And even if it is recovered, so what?

As soon as he leaves the station, the comeback Iwakuin will easily crush the remaining rain ninja into pulp.

Even the ruined Rain Ninja Village Headquarters, Hanzo has no money to repair it.

Not to mention continuing to cultivate ninja power.

So earlier, when Uchiha Homon was instructed by Uchiha Tokumitsu to send an envoy to Rain Ninja Village to try to communicate about employment, Hanzo was only a little reserved and readily agreed.

Later, the Uchiha clan sent materials to offset the remuneration for the mercenary task, which also relieved the dying Rain Ninja Village.

Therefore, Hanzo is also very concerned about the war mission of the Uchiha clan, and deliberately transferred the elite from the green and yellow rain ninja army to his cronies Kaminin Yutian to lead to the water country to participate in the war.

It's just that Hanzo didn't expect Yutian to come back so quickly.

I didn't expect that there would be so many seized materials, loot, and funds that could be brought back!

The wealthy Uchiha clan and the once wide Mist Hidden Tribe had all kinds of unsightly materials that they discarded, and the rain ninja, who did not refuse, packed them all back.

Yutian returned to the village with a total of twenty people, each carrying a huge scroll, which was sealed with all kinds of useful and useless materials.

……

"Uchiha Tokumitsu wants to expand the number of hired ninjas?"

After hearing Yutian explain the reason one by one, even Hanzo, a sansho fish known as a "demigod", couldn't help but lose his mind for a while.

Uchiha Tokumitsu allowed the ninjas of the rain ninja to retain seventy percent of the value of the booty, but Yuda still had to collect the ninja village tax again.

However, his heart is not dark, as long as he draws thirty percent, and he also gives it to the village.

It is precisely because of the income of these thirty percent of the loot that Sanshoyu Hanzo was deeply shocked.

"That's too much......"

Although he still kept a silent and thoughtful look, this sentence kept echoing in Hanzo's mind.

Immediately, he thought of another question: he has so much in thirty percent, wouldn't it be in the hands of the hired Yu Shinobi......

Not to mention anything else, among the twenty people brought back by Yutian, it is estimated that all of them are worth a lot of money, right?

Although he thought about it in his heart, Hanzo still restrained his urge to kill chickens and take eggs.

And, isn't that an opportunity coming soon?

Uchiha Tokumitsu is going to spend a lot of money to hire a large number of rain shinobi to go to war!

Not to mention the food, shelter and equipment, but also enjoy a large proportion of the spoils!

Sincerely, Sanshoyu Hanzo was not willing to accept large-scale war employment.

Because this is a naked act of standing in line, it is equivalent to declaring war with the Daimyo of the Land of Water and the Foggy Hidden Mizukage with Uchiha Tokumitsu.

After experiencing the siege of the three major countries and the undefeated and defeated real beating, Sanshoyu Hanzo also learned to judge the situation.

But......

"I wanted to say no to ......"

As soon as Hanzo's words came out, Yutian was first shocked and then delighted.

He heard the 'rejection' before he noticed the 'idea'.

"However, the water shadow is violent, the name is unreasonable, and the ninja is regarded as an enemy, and if the ninja is idle, this is definitely not a virtuous person! Since General Deguang is willing to uphold justice, we should also send troops to help! ”

Sanshoyu Hanzo's words were sonorous and powerful.

"Hanzo-sama is wise and powerful!"

When Yutian heard this, he immediately knelt down and bowed.

"I've made up my mind! The headquarters will send another 800 troops! Hurry up and gather the ninja army! ”

Sanshoyu Hanzo ordered the squire ninja under his command.

"Yes!"

Immediately, a rain ninja attendant was ordered to leave.

"Lord Hanzo, if you transfer another 800 ninja troops, the defense of the district will ......"

On the other side, the squire ninja asked with some trepidation.

He is also in charge of border defense affairs, so he has to bite the bullet and say more.

"Say a word to the Uchiha Fire Gate in the northwest, and let him send troops to assist in the defense of the northern border of the Rain Country!"

Sanshoyu Hanzo thought for a moment and gave an unexpected answer: "This is a prerequisite for the rain ninja village to accept mercenaries to participate in the war, otherwise the rain ninja will never send troops!" ”

After saying that, Sanshoyu Hanzo casually asked someone to bring a pen and paper, and personally handed a secret letter to Yutian, ordering him to go to Midway Island immediately to discuss with Uchiha Tokumitsu about the mercenaries joining the war.

"Obey the order!"

Yuda Shinobu left happily.

He hurried to Midway Island to report the good news to Uchiha Tokumitsu!

After Yutian left, one of the attendants who was hiding in the shadows behind Sanshoyu Hanzang said softly, "Lord Hanzang...... It seems that something is wrong with Yuda Kamishinobi......"

"It's nothing strange, it's just that my legs were smashed by Uchiha Tokumitsu's golden judgment......"

Sanshoyu Hanzo replied lightly.

"What about this ......"

The attendant was puzzled.

Loyalty is not absolute is absolute disloyalty.

According to Sanshoyu Hanzo's previous temperament, he will definitely be caught in the water prison as soon as possible and punished severely, so that his mind can return to the right track of rain ninja, how can he become so tolerant?!

"He's still useful, so you don't have to deliberately control him." Sanshoyu Hanzo stood up and walked towards the training ground with his trademark scythe.

After slacking off for a long time, Sanshoyu Hanzo also felt that he had a full spleen, and his skills had regressed a little.

But now that you have decided to go to war, you have to hone your skills well.

The Fog Hidden Ninja Village in the Land of Water is famous for its water escape, and the five escape ninjutsu that Sanshoyu Hanzo happens to be best at is the water escape, and he also wants to use this to confirm that the water escape of his rain ninja and the water escape inherited by the fog hide are higher or lower.

……

When the Shinobi of Amada rushed to Midway Island again, the alliance of the pro-ninja clan that happened to have been assembled from Konoha had just arrived.

Standing on the dock, Yutian Shangnin watched with some horror as a group of Konoha ninjas came out of the ironclad ship, all of them were imposing and well-equipped, and the only thing that Yushinobi Village could compare with was the few elite guards of Sanshoyu Hanzo.

"More than 1,000 people ......"

Yutian Shinobu muttered to himself.

Since Uchiha Tokumitsu has such an elite ninja army, why hire Rain Shinobi? It can't be too much money to spend!

"Fifteen hundred people, all of them are elite ninjas of the Konoha ninja clan."

A woman's voice sounded behind Yutian.

"Hello, I didn't mean to snoop on ......"

Yutian suddenly heard someone talking behind him, and his hairs immediately stood on end in horror.

When I turned around, I found that it was a female shogunate ninja with red hair and wearing a shinobi vest.

"You are ......"

Yuda had a slight impression of the person in front of him, and seemed to be one of the acolyte ninjas of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"At the lower Uzumaki Kae, I came to greet His Excellency Amada on the orders of Lord Tokumitsu."

The squire ninja Kae Uzumaki replied politely.

As soon as he arrived, Uchiha Tokumitsu knew his whereabouts and sent an envoy to meet him......

Yutian swallowed his saliva and replied politely: "Then please let the venerable envoy lead the way......

……

"Eight Hundred Ninja ......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu stroked his chin and carefully read Hanzo's handwritten letter.

Yutian stood under the hall, cautious.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's main concern is the issue of Sanshoyu Hanzo's participation in the war.

As for the hiring fees that he thought were sky-high in his handwriting, Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't pay attention to them.

"Since Mr. Hanzo is willing to work together to uphold justice, it would be great."

With a smile on his face, the Uchiha folded the Hanzo handbook and put it away.

"I've agreed to the hiring fee, as long as Mr. Hanzo arrives at the headquarters early."

"As for the issue of border assistance...... That's easy, I'll inform the Fire Gate Commander of the Northwest Frontier Defense Force. At that time, three detachments were dispatched to the north to assist in the defense. ”

Uchiha Tokumitsu also took out a pen and paper and explained to Amada as he wrote.

"Thank you, Lord Tokumitsu, for your support!"

Yutian also threw away the boundless thoughts in his mind and replied excitedly.

"In three days, in the direction of the country of grass, there will be a detachment of the border army, the first team of the Red Reserve Army, and the two teams of the Grass Ninja to set off together, and the Rain Ninja Army can come with them at that time."

Tokumitsu Uchiha continued.

"Grass Country ......"

Yutian felt that his brain was also a little stuck.

With so many ninja villages in so many countries, coupled with such a large ninja army, does Uchiha Tokumitsu really intend to destroy the fog in one fell swoop?

But he didn't dare to ask more, but after receiving the Uchiha Tokumitsu's handwritten secret letter, he resigned and left.

In fact, the scale of the Fog Hidden Expedition would evolve so much was also unexpected by Uchiha Tokumitsu.

In the beginning, Uchiha Tokumitsu's envisioned war steps were to first probe, then harass, and finally see the opportunity to concentrate his forces to bleed Kigakure, and then plunder and leave quickly.

But just a few hundred people turned the eastern archipelago of the Water Country upside down, which Uchiha Tokumitsu never expected.

In fact, it is also the fog hidden in the country of water, and the defense is too lax.

According to the reports of Ghost Lantern Masahiko and Mizuki Chino, the deployment of air defense in major ports and cities was extremely weak, resulting in most of the original battle plan was just a test to easily capture the target cities in the war zone, and then under the temptation of low-hanging fruit, the Zhengyi ninja army took the initiative to expand the scope of operations and plundered all the major cities in the eastern archipelago of Mizuno Country.

But the arming of the fog is also a helpless move.

As an archipelago country, the terrain of the water country is already fragmented, the islands are isolated from each other, and the nobles in some places are still very at odds with the ministers of the daimyo's mansion.

When it came time to set up defenses, the local nobles felt that the so-called shogunate attack was just an attempt by the daimyo to erode the power of the local area by destroying the ninja clan, so they did not cooperate.

The local nobles who are easy to talk just transfer the fog hidden ninjas who are deployed to their own castles as guards, and the local nobles who are not easy to talk directly refuse to settle in the ninja army.

As a result, the defense line of the Fog Hidden Ninja Army, which was originally well planned on paper, was naturally full of loopholes, and the Fog Hidden Elder Clan, who were complacent in the Fog Hidden Ninja Village, still didn't know it, and they were still happily celebrating that their own forces had replaced the influence of Mizukage himself in the Land of Water.

In addition, although the three clans have been destroyed, there are still a lot of sympathizers within the fog and concealment, and they are still willing to surrender when the situation is unfavorable to them.

Is it so ridiculous, how can it be invincible?

And this time, the reason why Uchiha Tokumitsu transferred the ninja army from Tiannan and Haibei, and did not let go of the dying grass ninja, was also to fight with all his strength and defeat the fog that had endless internal problems as much as possible.

Of course, the price given by Uchiha Tokumitsu was enough to make the leader of the Grass Ninja Village willingly go crazy with a stud.

And at this time, the inside of Konoha was also a mess.

In the eyes of the Konoha ninja, whether it is the two major generals of the shogunate or the three clans of the Misty Hidden Annex, including the so-called Daimyo of the Grass Country, the guardian of the Shinobi Tokumitsu Akaken, to put it bluntly, are all the forces of the Uchiha clan, but they are just in charge of the most powerful Uchiha Tokumitsu.

So this war, in Konoha's opinion, is actually a war waged by the Uchiha clan against the water country Kigakure.

Fighting against the great ninja village with the power of one clan is definitely unprecedented in the ninja world.

As ninjas in the same village, the Konoha people not only hope that the Uchiha Tokumitsu can show their might on the battlefield to defeat the fog and raise the name of Konoha and the outside world, but at the same time, they are deeply afraid that the power of the Uchiha clan will further expand to the point of uncontrollable after the war.

Therefore, the ninjas of Konoha's non-Uchiha forces are just watching this conquest with a complicated mentality.

However, in the eyes of the Hokage, the conquest launched by Uchiha Tokumitsu was already a clear transgression, infringing on the war power held by the Hokage.

Especially after the Uchiha clan and its affiliated ninja clan large-scale ninjas were drawn to form a ninja army to fight, the Hokage clan jumped up and down, clamoring to punish the bold Uchiha Tokumitsu.

But this was all blocked by Qimu Shuomao with another plan of the Military Command Department.

In private, Hachiki Sakumo also wanted to write to Midway Island to ask Uchiha Tokumitsu if he needed his own help, but he thought that his identity was more special, as the leader of the Konoha Shinobi squad and the head of the military command department, if he participated in the war, I am afraid that a full-scale war between Konoha and Kigakuin would break out completely.

It was also in such a complex situation that Uchiha Tokumitsu methodically prepared for the war.

Today's update (1/2), Chapter 2 is late

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