Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 126 The sudden change in the north
As the time for points distribution approached, the two began to discuss how to use the points one month later.

"Based on the current situation, it is enough for Grandpa to help me with the development of the family. In addition, Grandpa has been more and more active in the family recently. It is inevitable that someone will notice Grandpa. I think it is better to use this point to strengthen Grandpa."

In the study, Shisui kept persuading Sima Yi, hoping that the other party would accept his opinion.

Sima Yi did not agree with Shisui's analysis, although he was also very curious about to what extent this point could strengthen him and in which aspects.

But unless the points can directly strengthen him to the level of Eternal or ordinary Mangekyō, his strength or weakness will have little impact on the Uchiha, and will not mean much to him personally.

His actual strength is mediocre, and he is okay at leading troops, but fighting with real swords and guns is a bit difficult for him, and he has no pursuit in this area for the time being.

On other aspects, as the situation with Uchiha opened up, Shisui had more and more ideas, and various matters inside and outside the clan gradually increased, and he even began to secretly develop power outside Konoha.

And he needs a lot of time to study sealing techniques and human science, so it would be nice to have someone to help him share the Uchiha affairs.

"There is no need to worry about strength for now. There is a barrier in the yard, and you will protect us when we go out. However, there are many family affairs, and many things are not on track yet. It is better to find someone to help us share the burden."

"This"

Shisui was a little hesitant. Sima Yi's strength was indeed not important to the family, but the other party had helped him so much, and he wanted to repay the other party as much as possible.

However, he knew that Sima Yi was always rational, so since the other party insisted on doing so, Zhishui would not refute it.

Of course, Shisui still made a final insistence, "Then let's wait and see. If the situation is unstable, we will first enhance Grandpa's strength. If the situation is stable, we will summon others to help advance family affairs."

Sima Yi nodded and did not insist too much. Things are unpredictable. There is still more than a month left and no one can tell what may happen.

North of the Fire Country, the entire northern front was divided into two battlefields, the Eastern Frontier Soup Country and the Western Frontier Field Country.

While the two were discussing, the balance between Konoha and Kumogakure that had been maintained for nearly a year was finally broken.

After nearly a year of friction, the Hidden Cloud Village finally could not hold back any longer, and when the news of Orochimaru's rebellion came, they took advantage of the turmoil in Konoha and suddenly launched a large-scale raid.

That night, the two Two-Tails Jinchuriki were led by Bokuto to the front line, leading hundreds of Kumogakure ninjas to attack from the front line of the Land of Rice to tear through Konoha's defenses.

The Hyuga ninja in charge of detection soon discovered the changes in the west, and the information was quickly transmitted to Konoha's northern command headquarters.

However, before they could issue orders, the Yunyin army launched a full-scale attack at the same time, and the conflict between the two sides evolved from local conflicts to all-out war in a short period of time.

The two wooden men rushed into the western garrison ninja army of Konoha under the cover of the elite ninjas of Kumogakure, and then fully demonstrated the strength of the perfect jinchūriki. Large fireballs fell from the sky like meteorites, and the two wooden men were like a team in an empty space. For a while, Konoha suffered heavy losses.

"Sealing Class!

Quickly cover the ninjas of the sealing squad and go to the west to provide support and prepare for the sealing.

"Dongyan Jonin, bring your men to support immediately and plug the gap in the west, cut off support from the western frontier Kumogakure, and buy time for the Sealing Squad."

At the northern command post, Nara Shikaku's forehead was covered with sweat as he listened to the incoming intelligence.

Because of Orochimaru, many ninjas were sent to the northern front. The third generation also considered the problems of these people, so he temporarily transferred Nara Shikaku to take charge of the command, hoping that he could stabilize the situation.

Not to mention the change of commander before the war, most of the ninjas implicated by Orochimaru were very innocent and had great resentment.

There were so many of them and so much negative emotion that it soon affected the entire army.

Nara Shikaku had reminded the Third Hokage many times before, but the Konoha high-level officials continued to do their own thing, and today the Hidden Cloud Village finally discovered the flaw.

Beside him, there were several senior ninjas standing. One of them was a middle-aged man in a grey robe, and he was Hyuga Touhiko, the head of one of the Hyuga lineages. The Hyuga ninjas he led were the main force to resist the Hidden Cloud Village.

Hinata Touhiko did not hesitate after receiving the order, and immediately led a group of ninjas under the protection of a number of branch families towards the defense line of the country of Tanaka.

The Country of Tian is not big and not far from them. They can get there in half an hour. The battle line between the two sides is mainly within the territory of the Country of Tang.

After Hinata Touhiko left, Nara Shikaku fell into deep thought.

A breakthrough on the western front and a full-scale offensive on the eastern front. It was obvious that one was a main attack and the other was a feint.

If the attack on the eastern front was a feint, then those on the western front would definitely not be able to stop the large number of elite Kumogakure troops led by the Two-Tailed.

Once the enemy breaks through the defense line, they can drive straight in and go around behind them, forming a double-sided encirclement situation, and the enemy's first target will definitely be him, the northern line commander and the rear camp.

If the attack on the western front was a feint, the enemy's target was the entire first line of defense.

After thinking for a moment, Nara Shikaku sighed. It was a pity that he had not been there for long and the internal problems had not been resolved yet. Now he could only focus on stability.

So Nara Shikaku turned his attention to the two Yukitos.

The power of the tailed beasts is indeed strong, but in the era of the ninja village, the power of the ninjas was gathered together, and even the Nine-Tails could only be locked in a cage.

If this is the case with the tailed beasts, the jinchūriki who obtains the power of the tailed beasts will naturally not be spared. In the face of war between ninja villages, even a perfect jinchūriki can only go to the battlefield under the cover of his teammates, of course, except for those who are proficient in sealing techniques.

The Jinchūriki's presence on the battlefield is a double-edged sword. If used well, it can certainly defeat the enemy at very little cost and gain victory. However, if used poorly, both humans and animals will be lost, and all the money will be lost.

After thinking for a moment, Nara Shikaku decided to send a group of reserve ninjas to the eastern battlefield to delay the Hidden Cloud Sect, and then transferred a large number of elite ninjas from the eastern front to cover the sealing squad and head straight to the western front.

The battle line on the eastern front is long, with more than 10,000 middle and lower ninjas on both sides, and many attack and defense points. With him watching here, he believes that even if some elite ninjas are missing, the Kumogakure ninja will not be able to break through for a while.

So he chose to concentrate his elite forces to besiege the two wooden men. The importance of the Jinchūriki is self-evident. Once the Jinchūriki is surrounded and shows signs of decline, the Hidden Cloud Village will have to consider reinforcements.

If Kumogakure insisted on attacking the eastern front without reinforcement, they might be able to take this opportunity to capture the Two-Tails. Even if they lost some ninjas or lost the first line of defense, they would not lose anything.

Anyway, they haven't been beaten into the territory of the Fire Nation yet, and they still have the second and third lines of defense.

The eastern front cannot be breached in a short time. If Yunyin wants to support Yumujin, they can only choose to continuously transfer manpower to the west to help.

Then Yunyin will not be able to implement the tactic of breaking through the whole area with a single point and disrupting the overall situation. Once he stabilizes the situation and is on guard, the opponent will suffer more casualties if he wants to achieve the same effect.

Not only that, the situation will evolve from an all-out infiltration and advancement war between the two sides to a brutal offensive and defensive war in local areas.

If Yunyin is unwilling to stop, the Western Front will become the main battlefield for the two sides to fight and become a meat grinder for both sides.

Of course, Kumogakure will have the upper hand with the tailed beasts present, and Konoha will suffer heavy losses.

But he believed that Kumogakure would not fight them to the death. Being forced to reinforce the Jinchūriki would mean that the Kumogakure strategy had failed. If the losses were too great, Ohnoki in the northwest would not miss this good opportunity to take advantage.

You have to know that Konoha has never invaded the territories of the four major countries, but Kumogakure has actually invaded the Land of Earth, and the hatred between the two sides is much deeper than that of Konoha.

If both Konoha and Kumogakure are defeated, Ohnoki will definitely bring people to the Land of Lightning for a visit.

However, Nara Shikahisa obviously underestimated the extent and consequences of the military's morale swing.

On the Tian Kingdom front, blue flames surrounded the two Yugitos, and she revealed the huge body of the Two-Tails, and then spit out large balls of fire.

Many Genin were unable to dodge and were swallowed up on the spot. This powerful strength and visual impact caused some people who were already weak-willed to quickly abandon their defenses and choose to flee the battlefield.

Any deserter on the battlefield can shake the fighting spirit of those around him, and morale will dissipate, and the army's defeat is often imminent.

Their escape caused the gap in the defense line to become larger and larger, and a large number of Kumogakure crossed the defense line and fought fiercely with Konoha ninjas on the flat ground. More than a dozen leading jonins gathered together and tried to stop the two-tailed Jinchuriki at all costs to buy time for reinforcements to arrive.

However, in front of the perfect Jinchūriki, there was no difference between ordinary jonin and genin. They quickly died or fled, and could only allow the other side to roam the battlefield freely.

Their performance not only failed to arouse resistance from others, but instead further undermined the morale of the army.

There were only a few Konoha ninjas who fought to the death, but they were soon overwhelmed by the Hidden Cloud ninjas.

It was not until Hinata Touhiko led his men to the west that he saw only the defeated western defenders. Before he could think about what to do next, he received a new order from Nara Shikaku.

'The Western Front collapsed, the support mission was cancelled, and the large Western Front troops were covered to retreat to the second line.'

Hinata Dongyan was shocked. Although the Jinchuriki was powerful, he had appeared on the battlefield before and had been repelled by them several times.

Now there are at least two thousand ninjas on the western front, and they were completely defeated in just half an hour. He led his troops to attack the entire way without any intention of delaying.

Has the strength of Konoha Ninjas weakened to this extent?
Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound, and the huge movement in front attracted him.

With the help of his Byakugan, he clearly saw a large number of ninjas chasing after the defeated army not far behind them.

The amount of chakra of the leader is even more astonishing, he must be the Jinchūriki.

If there was only one Jinchūriki, the ninjas behind him would be enough to delay until the Sealing Squad was ready, but the other side had more people behind them than them, so he could only gather the defeated soldiers and retreat to the second line.

The Two-Tails looked at the fleeing Konoha ninjas with human contempt in his eyes.

Yukito even said: "The Konoha ninjas are just like this, and Nara Shikaku is just a name that he has earned in vain."

However, the ninjas who were responsible for covering her were very cautious. Other Kumogakure ninjas had arrived from behind. They completely captured the defense line of Konohagakure. They were a little confused by the easy victory.

"Konoha retreated so easily, maybe there is an ambush, should we continue to chase them?"

Everyone hesitated, but Yu Muren didn't care at all. He said in a loud voice: "What kind of ambush can they have? They are just cowards. Follow me!"

After saying that, he chased after him alone. Seeing this, the other Yunyins followed him without thinking any more.

Then he ran head-on into Hinata Dongyan who was preparing to retreat.

"Bai Yan! Hyuga clan!"

With just one encounter, Hinata Dongyan attracted a lot of attention.

Hinata Dongyan had no choice but to lead his men to cover the retreat of the main force, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

At the same time, fighting was still going on on the Eastern Front. Although it was a surprise attack that caught Konoha off guard, the Hidden Cloud Ninja here still had a hard time at the beginning.

However, as the battle went on, they found that the pressure in front was greatly reduced, the battle line was gradually advanced, and results were achieved at each point.

Has the strength of Konoha Ninjas weakened to this extent?
Of course it won’t be so exaggerated.

In order to avoid a total defeat and heavy losses, after the reconnaissance ninja brought news of the defeat on the western front, Nara Shikaku knew he had to retreat.

So he decisively cut off his arm to save his life, left some people behind to cover his retreat, and then led the main force to retreat to the second line to avoid being attacked from both sides.

However, the movement of thousands of people made a huge noise and was discovered by the wooden man who came from the west in just two hours.

At this moment, there were only three people guarding her. The others could not keep up with the speed and had to leave the team temporarily. They came here with only one important thing to do.

Four people hid in high places, one of them was a perception ninja. When the Konoha army passed by, he suddenly opened his eyes, pointed in a direction and said, "It's right there."

Upon hearing this, Youmujin transformed into a tailed beast without any hesitation, then condensed the Tailed Beast Ball and rushed towards the direction indicated. After the Tailed Beast Ball was thrown out, the four of them turned around and ran without any hesitation.

Several miles away, where the Konoha army was located, the reconnaissance ninjas scattered around immediately noticed the huge amount of chakra the moment the Tailed Beast Ball approached the reconnaissance range and reported it immediately.

However, the Tailed Beast Ball flew over their heads in an instant and fell into the army. Nara Shikaku, who was rushing in the army, noticed it and looked up, his pupils suddenly contracted.

I saw countless earth walls breaking out of the ground and connecting into one, followed by a loud rumbling sound.

The ground shook and smoke and dust flew everywhere.

When Konoha received the news, it was already three days later. Within day and night, the first line of defense in the north was broken. The Cloud Hidden Village assault force advanced eighty miles continuously and used the Tailed Beast Ball to attack the army command. The command center and the rear camp were almost wiped out.

Nara Shikaku was seriously injured but still insisted on commanding. After safely leading the army back to the second line of defense and setting up defenses, he fell into a coma.

Afterwards, Hyuga Touhiko led the remaining troops on the western front to escape back to the second front. Hyuga Touhiko himself was only slightly injured, but the branch family that was covering him suffered heavy losses.

Before dawn, they attracted the Yin-Yang army to pursue them. After several places of the second line of defense were broken, they were recaptured. The two sides fought fiercely until dawn, and the other side had no choice but to leave.

According to preliminary statistics of this battle, there are 600 deaths and countless wounded. The northern front is in danger and we request support.

bang~
The Sandai's hands were shaking and he didn't even notice that his pipe had fallen to the ground. He stared at the battle report, feeling so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

What is the concept of six hundred ninjas?
The main way the two sides fought in the Kingdom of Hot Springs was through small-scale infiltration and raids.

The casualties in a month of fighting of this magnitude are less than 600, they are wounded and dead!
So far, there are 600 confirmed deaths, and this is just preliminary confirmation. It is estimated that there are many more deaths, and the number of injured is at least three times that.

In other words, Konoha suffered at least two thousand casualties in this battle, accounting for 30% of the entire northern front's military forces.

The three assistants were also stunned when they heard the news, and they regretted it to the core at this moment.

Those ninjas should never be sent to the northern front. It would be more reliable to even throw them to the police department.

"Hiruzen, now is not the time to be sad. You should find a way to reinforce us as soon as possible."

Seeing that the three of them remained silent, Mizuto Menyan had no choice but to speak up and remind them.

If these were casualties on a frontal battlefield, they would not be so miserable, but this was obviously a major defeat. The casualties of the Land of Lightning were estimated to be less than half of theirs. If word of this were to get out, Konoha, which had finally stabilized, would become turbulent again.

But reinforcements are not something that can be obtained by just talking. The direct property losses in this battle and the subsequent loss of pensions and medicines are enough to give them a headache.

Not to mention the manpower and material resources needed to mobilize reinforcements, which would make the already poor Konoha even worse.

"The village's finances are insufficient, so we can only ask the daimyo for help with the money. We need to send some people to persuade the daimyo to add additional military funds." Mito Menyan continued. He has always been in charge of financial matters and knows the inside story very well.

Upon hearing this, the Sandaim covered his forehead and sighed, and said in a dejected tone: "First, call the heads of the various families in the village. Also, call Jiraiya."

After saying this, he coughed several times, his face turned red, and he almost had a heart attack.

"Hiruzen, you should take care of your body first."

Utane Koharu and Mitomon En were shocked when they saw this and tried to dissuade him, but the Sandai just waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's just a minor problem."

Danzo stood aside, looking at the Third Hokage with a gleam in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)