From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 507 What is a large-scale flanking maneuver strategy?

The huge conference room fell silent instantly.

The clan leaders, led by Hiashi Hyuga, and the elite Jonin looked at each other in disbelief.

Are they hallucinating?

"Lady Tsunade, Fourth Hokage, you're not joking, are you?"

Hiashi Hyuga looked at Tsunade and Muneki Uchiha with a shocked gaze, hoping to get an accurate answer from them.

However, Tsunade seemed completely unsurprised. Under everyone's gaze, she nodded slightly and said, "In the name of the Fifth Hokage, I have decided to appoint Uchiha Madara as the Sixth Hokage."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

"Did you hear that?"

Madara Uchiha sat in his chair, exuding an air of authority, lightly tapping the table with his index finger, and said calmly, "Now, I am the Sixth Hokage of Konoha."

Hiashi Hyuga's expression was priceless, and the others' expressions were also quite strange.

Madara Uchiha, according to Konoha legends, co-founded Konoha with the First Hokage, but his reputation afterward was not so good.

He betrayed Konoha and fought a fierce battle with the First Hokage at the Valley of the End. The battle ended with the First Hokage emerging victorious, and Madara Uchiha was declared dead.

To appoint a traitor as the Sixth Hokage?

Moreover, it was the granddaughter of the First Hokage who made the decision on her own initiative. Isn't that a bit too perverse?

No one spoke, but judging from their expressions, they were clearly dissatisfied with Tsunade's decision.

After all, the Hokage isn't the one who calls the shots in Konoha.

Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten that the person sitting in the Hokage's seat now is not Tsunade Senju, but Madara Uchiha.

"After I finish speaking, who agrees? Who disagrees?"

Madara Uchiha glanced sideways, a chilling atmosphere filling the room: "If anyone disagrees, they should voice their opinions now, so that you won't jump out again after I speak."

Who would dare disagree? That's hilarious!

The clan leaders, led by Hiashi Hyuga, kept their eyes downcast and remained silent, none of them wanting to provoke anyone at this time.

Back when he dominated the ninja world, his nickname was "Ninja World Asura"!

There are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

It is said that when the various clans established their ninja villages, Madara Uchiha proposed to the First Hokage to wipe out the remaining ninja villages in one fell swoop, but unfortunately, the proposal was rejected.

This alone reveals Madara Uchiha's style of doing things.

If Danzo belonged to the radical faction, then Madara Uchiha belonged to the conservative faction.

Of course, from Madara Uchiha's perspective, he would most likely think that Danzo was too conservative and not radical enough. If he had followed his ideas, he would have wiped out the other ninja villages.

"Since no one is saying anything, then it's settled."

Seeing that no one spoke, Madara Uchiha said directly, "All clans, prepare for war immediately."

"Um... Hokage, sir," Hiashi Hyuga asked with difficulty, "who will be in command?"

"Uchiha Munetsuki, as the front-line commander."

Madara Uchiha directly assigned this task to Muneki Uchiha, saying calmly, "There's something I need to remind everyone of: I have a bad temper. Anyone who outwardly complies but inwardly defies me will lose their head. Don't blame me for not giving you face then. Do you understand?"

When the Ninja World Asura said these words, it was more than just a threat; it was a real knife held to his throat.

"Well"

Hiashi Hyuga and the others were still somewhat hesitant and indecisive.

"say."

Madara Uchiha's cold gaze fell on everyone: "I have a bad temper, don't make me angry."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Upon hearing this, the previously silent crowd began to speak up and express their opinions.

This scene secretly pleased Tsunade, who was watching from the side. These old fogies were always hindering her, but today Madara Uchiha had finally brought them under his thumb.

Hiashi Hyuga and the others were suffering.

Tsunade left, and this old man came in!

Unlike Tsunade, who could be manipulated at will, this guy was a pure violence maniac.

The fact that the Hokage advisor was dismissed after only two sentences speaks volumes.

You try to reason with them, but they resort to violence.

It's that simple.

If you agree, then everyone is happy.

If you disagree, then let's see who has the bigger fist.

Previous Hokage, such as the Third and Fifth Hokage, found it difficult to suppress the major clans on their own.

After all, the major families have a simple idea: no matter how powerful you are, can you kill them all by yourself?

Obviously, even at the peak of the Third Hokage's reign, it would have been impossible to achieve this, which is why Danzo, the Hokage's advisor, was needed to balance the situation among the various clans of Konoha.

But the methods that were once invincible became clearly insufficient after encountering Madara Uchiha.

That person really could kill them all by himself.

Seeing everyone playing dead like quails, Uchiha Muneki, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh out loud and teased, "This is so funny, hahaha. You guys play politics, but you've run into someone who doesn't play politics. It's just too interesting."

Hiashi Hyuga and the others were extremely embarrassed. They had thought they could secretly use political coercion against Madara Uchiha, but instead, Madara directly pulled out a knife.

All politics must originate from force.

Clearly, even if all the ninjas in Konoha were united, they wouldn't be a match for Madara Uchiha, so politics would be out of the question.

"Get lost."

Madara Uchiha looked down on this group of people from beginning to end.

If it weren't for his morbid curiosity and intention to disgust Hashirama and Tobirama, he wouldn't have bothered becoming the Sixth Hokage.

The reason for doing this was largely to prove to Hashirama who was really in the wrong back then.

Thus, under the powerful orders of the Sixth Hokage, the entire war machine of Konoha was set in motion!

Countless supplies were transported to the front lines. Members of the three major clans—Kakashi, Hyuga Neji, Might Guy, Sarutobi Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune, Hyuga Hiashi, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio—donned their armor and led their respective teams and clan members to the border between Konoha and the Land of Rock.

Uchiha Muneki, as the frontline commander-in-chief, had full command authority.

As for Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, they were protected by Madara Uchiha, and Tsunade also stayed in Konoha Village.

The main force stationed on the border of Konoha sent out ANBU in batches to serve as outposts and scout out enemy positions.

Soon, the secret service finally brought back the intelligence, despite losing dozens of men.

Inside Konoha's military tent, a blood-soaked ANBU soldier burst in, handing over a painstakingly prepared intelligence scroll: "Iwagakure is very close to us. We estimate they've amassed at least 20,000 men, divided into three groups, commanded by Huangtu, Chitu, and Kurotsuchi!"

After saying those words, the blood-covered ANBU breathed his last.

Clearly, he was driven by a burning desire to rush back from the front lines, solely to deliver intelligence.

Tearing open the intelligence scroll, Uchiha Muneki stared expressionlessly at the information on it, then casually handed it to the others to read: "The enemy has split into three groups, led by Onoki's son and granddaughter, and his disciple, respectively. Kurotsuchi is the main force, with Yotsuchi and Akatsuchi on the flanks, attempting to encircle us. What do you all think?"

"The number of ninjas we have assembled is in no way inferior to theirs."

Hyuga Hiashi, brimming with confidence, patted his chest and declared, "I think we don't need to pay them any attention. Since they've split into three groups, then we'll split into three groups as well. I'm willing to lead the Hyuga clan members to intercept Akatsuchi; I know him very well!"

"That's right, we absolutely cannot let them set foot in Konoha!"

Jiraiya nodded in agreement: "I think Hiashi's method is good. We can also split into three groups. We have the numerical advantage, so there's absolutely no need to fear them!"

Uchiha Muneki remained silent, then turned to Kakashi: "What do you think?"

"I have fought Deidara of Iwagakure." Kakashi hesitated for a moment before saying this: "Everyone underestimates Iwagakure. As far as I know, Onoki has been planning the war for a long time and has already given many Jonin in the village 'magic potions'."

The people of Konoha were not surprised by the term "potion".

Based on prior intelligence, everyone basically knew that this was a different kind of power from the chakra system.

However, neither Hiashi Hyuga nor anyone else believed that the power of the "potion" could surpass the Sage of Six Paths' chakra system.

"Kakashi, I think you're exaggerating."

Aburame Shiki and Yamanaka Inoichi did not seem to agree with his opinion.

"What do you think?" Uchiha Muneki looked to his right, at Nara Shikaku, who was serving as an advisor.

"I don't think we should split up our forces."

After pondering for a long time, Nara Shikaku said solemnly, "Iwagakure is already at a disadvantage in terms of troop strength, and now they have taken the initiative to divide their forces. This is very tempting. I don't think the two great shrew Onoki would be so foolish as to let us defeat them one by one. Therefore, we must not divide our forces."

"But what if we don't divide our forces to stop them?" Jiraiya worriedly asked, "What if they manage to penetrate deep into our territory and get right into our heartland?"

"What you all say is correct, but you've overlooked one thing."

Uchiha Munezuki reasonably accepted everyone's opinions and slowly said, "But war is not child's play, and we cannot be passive. We must turn the tables and take the initiative."

"Turning a passive situation into an active one?"

Everyone was completely confused by his explanation.

Uchiha Muneki pointed to a certain place on the map and slowly said, "If we always passively defend and are led by the nose by Iwagakure, even if we have the advantage of numbers and terrain, it will be difficult to gain the initiative at the strategic level. Instead, we will be completely bogged down and held back by Iwagakure."

"The Fourth Hokage is right, we cannot afford to be passive." Nara Shikaku quickly understood his thoughts and nodded slightly. "To win the war, we must take the initiative, and the situation with the other ninja villages is not optimistic. We must break through Iwagakure's blockade as soon as possible."

"Therefore, I believe..."

Uchiha Muneki pointed and smiled, "We need to take the initiative strategically and fundamentally reverse the situation, so we must fight our way here."

Everyone was momentarily stunned, staring at the spot he was pointing at, swallowing hard: "Fourth Hokage, are you... serious?"

It turned out that the place Uchiha Munegetsu was pointing to was none other than Iwagakure!

"Of course I'm serious." Uchiha Munetsuki chuckled, looking at the somewhat bewildered crowd, and teased them in a deliberately relaxed tone, "What? You're all ninjas, you don't think you can't do this little bit of difficulty, do you?"

"It's not that it can't be done."

Jiraiya gasped, "You mean, you want us all to attack Iwagakure?"

"No, we need to divide our forces, but we must not let them lead us by the nose."

Uchiha Munetsuki looked at Nara Shikaku and said calmly, "Nara Shikaku will command the Second Army Corps, responsible for holding the front lines and blocking the Iwagakure army. No matter what, you must hold the line. I will personally lead an elite force to outflank the enemy and strike at their heart!"

The strategy of flanking maneuvering is something everyone has heard of, but the problem is that no one has ever dared to directly flank someone into their own territory!

This strategy, in particular, is a huge test for both defenders and flanking squads!

The slightest mistake could lead to the annihilation of both sides!

"Once we advance straight into Iwagakure, we will cut off their supply lines."

Uchiha Muneki continued, "Then, we'll seize the opportunity to destroy Iwagakure. At that time, the Iwagakure army ahead will inevitably turn around and annihilate us."

Pointing to the map, where the Iwagakure army's defensive line was marked, he smiled and said, "Once Iwagakure turns back, the blockade will naturally be lifted. We can then join forces with Kumogakure and Kirigakure, gather our superior forces, and completely annihilate Iwagakure in a localized area!"

The group listened to the strategic plan, which, although very risky, also promised great rewards.

Jiraiya looked at Nara Shikaku, hoping to get some information from this strategist.

"This tactic is very bold!"

Nara Shikaku stared intently at the map, pondered for a long time, then gasped and looked at Uchiha Muneki with admiration: "As expected of the Fourth Hokage, he single-handedly stormed into the Cloud Village and beheaded the Third Raikage. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't have been able to devise such a daring strategy."

Looking at everyone, Nara Shikaku said in a deep voice, "The only difficulty with the Fourth Hokage's strategy lies in its execution, but I have faith in the ninjas' ability to execute, so I believe there won't be any problems!"

Since even the staff officer agreed, the others naturally wouldn't say anything.

Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "I am willing to join your elite squad."

"Heh, even if you didn't say that, you'd still be included."

Uchiha Muneki smiled and then looked at Yamanaka Inoichi and Hyuga Hiashi: "You two clans play a crucial role in this flanking maneuver into enemy territory, so please allocate me a group of elites."

Hiashi Hyuga and Inoichi Yamanaka exchanged a glance, then immediately stood up: "We're willing to go with you, Fourth Hokage!"

(End of this chapter)