ALL NOVEL Chapter 143
This army is indeed a mob. Now they know they can join forces. Even if the other side intends to use them as cannon fodder after joining forces, it is still better than facing the Konoha ninjas hiding in the dark alone. On the other side, on this secondary line of defense, the one who was asked to respond to the Kirigakure ninjas led by Mei Mei was the head of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Hiashi.
In addition to his own clansmen, he only had about 2,000 ninjas drawn from various places.
Their basic qualities are certainly better than those of ordinary ninjas in Kirigakure, but they are also very troubled by the elusive assassination techniques, and they suffered a great loss in high-end strength a few days ago.
Many Hyuga clan members who originally had the strength of a jonin were turned into pools of liquid by the Kirigakure woman's bloodline of the dissolution escape technique.
Whenever they wanted to lure the Kirigakure ninjas into the traps set up in the rear, the other side would always retreat with one strike and would not pursue them at all.
This made the ninjas of Konoha very uncomfortable. The news that the armies of the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village were about to merge was discovered recently.
It may be due to the interception of the communication between the two sides, or the escaped rebel ninjas leaked the news, or the high-level Konoha commanders saw through the plan.
In short, Konoha's consultants immediately gave a new plan, which was to make some modifications to the original plan of the decisive battle outside Konoha Village. While the front line was also resisting the attack of the Hidden Cloud Village, a detachment was launched to defeat the ninja army of the Hidden Mist Village in front.
In this way, the enemy's strength can be weakened before the two sides merge. This plan has been questioned to a certain extent due to the previous unsuccessful raid on the front line of Iwagakure.
Many people think that this is not feasible. The reason is very simple. If the troops launching the raid cannot eat the enemy as soon as possible, then this elite force will fall into the internal and external attack of the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village.
This is as easy to see as the news that the two sides are going to merge.
Therefore, there is a lot of controversy among the top leaders.
However, Tsunade, as the Hokage, still announced that she had passed the resolution of this operation against all odds, and said that she would personally lead the army to raid.
Considering that if the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village were really attacked from both inside and outside, some ninjas who were not very strong would not be able to escape and would suffer heavy losses, so Tsunade only brought her own direct Anbu and Konoha's high-end forces.
The core forces of the Chunin remained at the front line to deploy defenses. She planned to use the high-end forces she had drawn to cooperate with the more than 2,000 troops under Hyuga Hiashi to launch a raid with a smaller number of people.
Although the number of people may not be as good as the opposite Mist Shadow Army, they crushed the opponent at the high-end combat level, and if something went wrong, they could retreat calmly.
After making a decision, Tsunade immediately led her ninjas to the front line.
During this period of time, the outposts on the border of the Fire Country were ravaged by the Mist Shadow Ninjas under Mei Terumi.
A large number of outposts were destroyed, and patrolling ninjas were also attacked one after another.
Although the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village were in a state of uncertainty due to the issue of loyalty, they did not take the Konoha ninjas in front of them seriously.
Although their assassination techniques in the mist could not achieve the effect of a surprise attack for the Byakugan with a 360-degree field of vision and penetrating ability, the opponent's soft fist also lacked the ability to kill with one blow.
Therefore, over time, coupled with the news that the army of the Hidden Cloud Village would actively move closer to them, many of the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village also lost their vigilance.
On this day, when the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village plundered the territory of the Land of Fire and returned to the base for repairs, they suddenly saw a fire rising to the sky behind them. Then there was a noisy sound.
Mei Terumi, who was in charge of the command, immediately asked the reason and found that the ship behind was burned by a small group of infiltrating ninjas that suddenly appeared.
This means that their retreat has been cut off to a certain extent. Some people do not think it is just harassment by a small group of troops, and ships and other things can be requisitioned when the time comes.
But Mei Terumi felt something was wrong. She immediately asked the Kirigakure ninjas to release the thick fog and first ensure their own concealment.
They were at the border of the Kingdom of Hot Springs, which had become a battlefield. Although this small country had a decent land area, it lacked powerful ninjas, so it was inevitably reduced to a battlefield.
They usually operated within the borders of the Kingdom of Hot Springs. As long as Konoha regrouped its forces on the border, they would launch targeted raids on those strongholds. After they succeeded, they would withdraw to the Kingdom of Hot Springs, divide up the looted spoils, and sell them to the local snakes in the Kingdom of Hot Springs.
But it seems that the good days are over now.
Suddenly, a wind escape-type ninjutsu came from afar, blowing away all the thick fog without exception.
Then, the elite forces of Konoha appeared in front of everyone in the Kirigakure Village, including the fifth generation Hokage Tsunade herself, who had opened the blood-free mode through Uchiha Itachi's illusion.
When Mei Terumi saw Tsunade, she knew that she was going to suffer. The worst situation she had expected had come.
However, this time, she fully learned the lesson of the attack on the Hidden Rock Village and arranged warnings and traps around the base.
Although Mei Terumi was not prestigious enough, no matter how many times she ordered, she could not make her subordinates obey her orders and remain vigilant.
But she did her best in the preparation of materials and traps.
Boom boom boom.
A large number of traps were suddenly triggered under the feet of the Konoha ninjas who tried to approach this side quickly, and rows of detonating tags exploded.
The flames and smoke of the explosion instantly engulfed their green figures.
Damn! The other party actually made so many arrangements!
Some detonating tags were even connected in series by silk threads, and many other places would be affected if one exploded.
However, most of the figures engulfed by the flames in the explosion turned into white smoke, which were just shadow clones.
Although the time was very short, after the plan of the surprise attack was selected, there were still Konoha ninjas who confirmed the large number of detonating tags and other defensive measures arranged under the enemy base through the Byakugan.
They had also opened up a safe passage through earth escape in advance. Most of the remaining detonating talismans could not be removed without being noticed by the enemy due to time constraints, so they could only lay mines through shadow clones.
At the same time, they used the firelight to attract attention, and the real elite quickly advanced along the cleared passage.