I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Not long after, despite sustaining several injuries, Mifune merged into the fleeing army of the Land of Iron and disappeared in a few flashes.

"All troops, accelerate! Capture as many of these routed Iron Country warriors as you can!"

Seeing this, Shirakumo Hayama, who could only vent his anger on the deserters from the Land of Iron, gave the order.

After winning the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konoha will definitely invest heavily in infrastructure.

These warriors, possessing chakra and powerful physiques, were undoubtedly excellent candidates for the construction corps, and Shirakumo Hayama would certainly not let them go.

Thus began a massive operation to capture prisoners across the mountains and plains.

After this battle, the Iron Country's fighting force was basically wiped out by more than half.

In the time that followed, it would be quite an achievement for the Land of Iron to be able to protect its own territory.

As for invading the Land of Fire, that's no longer possible.

......

On the other side, it is clear that the warriors of the Land of Iron have already clashed with Konoha, but it is not yet known that the defeated Iwa ninja army, led by Onoki, has crossed the border of the Land of Earth and entered the territory of the Land of Grass, which is controlled by Konoha.

"We can't keep our allies waiting any longer, let's make our move now!"

After surveying the Konoha defenses ahead with binoculars, Onoki quickly issued the attack order.

"Yes!"

After responding, Huang Tu, the frontline commander, immediately ordered the first wave of Iwa ninja to launch an attack.

Unlike the warriors of the Land of Iron who were deployed in dense formations, the Iwa ninja, who were mainly in small squads, were spread out, which gave them enough room to dodge when facing attacks from ninjutsu and ninja tools.

Boom! Boom!

Just like the chakra cannonballs on the battlefield of the Land of Iron, they were fired from behind the Konoha positions.

It wasn't a steel tank, but a chakra cannon specially equipped by Konoha for positional warfare.

Although the Steel Chariot can also play a significant role when facing other ninjas.

However, when facing the Iwa ninja who are skilled in Earth Release techniques, their casual changes to the terrain are enough to make the steel tanks, which can only move on wheels, suffer terribly.

Konoha would never do something so thankless.

At that moment, a large number of chakra projectiles flew in from all directions.

However, compared to the gains made against the samurai of the Land of Iron, the losses suffered by the Iwa ninja were much smaller.

This is not only because there are gaps for them to hide, but also because the Iwa ninjas, who are skilled in Earth Release techniques, either defend themselves or dive underground.

Although the casualties were relatively small, the attack depleted the Iwa ninja's chakra, so the Konoha's attack could be considered to have achieved its objective.

However, the Iwa ninja, who hadn't taken it seriously, quickly retaliated.

"Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon Technique!"

Almost simultaneously, all the charging Iwa ninjas quickly formed hand seals, and then small stones formed from chakra were spat out of their mouths, growing larger and larger as they rose into the air.

In the end, under the combined ninjutsu of the Iwa ninja, the only time it could be artificially unleashed was at the moment when a rock rain was generated within the Land of Earth.

Soon, rock cannonballs, far more powerful than the previous chakra cannon attacks, rained down from the sky, covering the entire Konoha position.

Casualties among the Konoha ninja began to appear.

This is just the beginning.

As long-time rivals who have fought for decades, the Konoha ninja and Iwa ninja, with their diverse and skillful tactics, delivered a brilliant and well-executed offensive and defensive battle, in contrast to the samurai of the Land of Iron.

In the end, after paying a slightly higher price than Konoha, this group of Iwa ninja finally charged onto the battlefield and began close combat with the Konoha ninja.

From the sky, it appears that Iwa ninja are launching a continuous offensive on all the key defensive lines that Konoha has set up on the front lines of the Land of Grass.

In some remote, less valuable areas where large armies cannot deploy, small groups of ninjas from both sides are also fighting.

Further away, behind the Iwa ninja army and the Konoha army, elite squads from both sides were infiltrating and carrying out various sabotage missions.

Among them, the Konoha team led by Kakashi, with his white hair and ninja sword, achieved the most fruitful results.

This forced Onoki, upon learning of the situation, to send a pursuit force to surround and kill Kakashi and the others.

However, for the Iwa ninja who have learned from the lessons of the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, these are just minor troubles and do not affect the overall situation.

The current situation mainly depends on the main battlefield.

The Iwa ninja, who outnumbered Konoha by a significant margin and whose ninja quality was in no way inferior to Konoha's, undoubtedly had the upper hand on large-scale battlefields.

Of course, Onoki and the other Iwa ninja leaders did not forget one person.

That is the culprit who not only single-handedly caused the Battle of Kannabi, but also killed dozens of Iwagakure Jonin in one fell swoop, directly causing the shortage of talent in the upper echelons of Iwagakure. He is known as the Yellow Flash and is now the commander-in-chief of Konoha, Minato Namikaze!

Chapter 257 Minato, Madara Uchiha

"Art is an explosion! Drink!"

Bang~ Bang~ Bang~ Bang~

In an instant, a series of explosions rang out from the sky.

The next second, numerous fragments of Konoha's flying ninja tools fell from the sky.

"Is this the Leaf Village's flying squadron? Nothing special~~ Hmm!" Deidara, the culprit behind all this, stood proudly on the white clay bird and said with his chin held high.

that's the truth.

Although the flying ninja tools piloted by the Konoha ninjas were very agile, when faced with Deidara, who also had outstanding aerial combat abilities and was significantly stronger, the former became easy targets and were easily shot down.

Seeing that there were no more Konoha flying ninja tools in the sky, Deidara, losing interest, ordered the large bird beneath his feet to turn back to the Iwa ninja camp.

Soon, he landed on the clay bird and came to Onoki's side, saying casually, "Old man, all those annoying mosquitoes in the air have been taken care of."

"Well done, Deidara." Ōnoki, noticing that there was no longer any Konoha interference in the air, nodded to his disciple.

It was worth it for him to have endured the constant explosions in Iwagakure all these years, and not to use Dust Release to blow Deidara away.

Now that the hardships are over, the other party can finally be truly put to use.

Deidara readily accepted his teacher's rare praise, then said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Too easy, not challenging at all. Old man, when are you going to let me give those Konoha ninjas a real 'big' performance, so they can truly witness my art!"

"Not urgent."

Onoki, who used to get a headache whenever he heard Deirada use the word "art," was surprisingly calm this time.

Not only because Konoha would be the next to suffer, but also because his focus was now on the already intense battlefield ahead.

Just as Onoki was about to say something, he saw something in his field of vision, his expression changed, and he solemnly said, "The Golden Flash is here!"

The moment Onoki finished speaking, a number of Iwa ninjas had already broken through on the front line, and who were on the verge of success, suddenly fell one after another.

Others might not understand, but with Onoki's strength, how could he not see a golden figure moving through the Iwa ninja at an extremely fast speed that was difficult for the naked eye to detect?

Wherever they went, none of the latter survived.

"The Golden Flash? Is that guy named Minato Namikaze?" Deira, who had heard his teacher and other high-ranking Iwa ninjas talk about this name and were always on high alert when it was mentioned, was also very interested in this person.

Like a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, he immediately said, "Let me go and meet that guy! Huh? Where is he?"

Just as Deidara was about to turn his gaze to Minato Namikaze, he discovered that the other man had vanished without a trace.

"Flying Thunder God Technique! Minato Namikaze has already gone to reinforce another battlefield," Onoki said, frowning.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is a space-time ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Although it had already gained considerable fame before, it was Minato Namikaze during the Third Shinobi World War who truly made the entire ninja world remember this technique.

In this great battle against the Iwa ninja, although he was the overall commander, Minato still habitually went to the front line in person. He used the advantage of the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave Flying Thunder God kunai on every position so that he could provide support at any time.

Just like before.

In the following period, as Minato frequently appeared on one position after another like a firefighter, the Iwa ninja's originally very rapid offensive had to be temporarily suspended due to heavy casualties.

Taking advantage of this lull, the new batch of Konoha ninjas successfully handed over the duties to the original unit, which had also suffered significant casualties.

This also means that all the efforts that the Iwagakure ninja had made before would have to be started all over again.

"Hmph! Minato Namikaze has certainly got a good plan!" Onoki said with a very unpleasant expression.

He did want to send someone to stop Minato Namikaze, but the opponent, who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique, was too agile and he simply couldn't catch up.

Similarly, every time Deidara tried to challenge Minato Namikaze, the latter would teleport to the other side after only a few steps, leaving Deidara unable to even get close. Frustrated, Deidara said, "Does this guy just like flashing lights? If he's so capable, stop and fight me one-on-one!"

Upon hearing this, Onoki glanced at his disciple and shook his head slightly.

Even if they could fight one-on-one, he wouldn't send Deidara.

Although the latter is stronger than many others, he is still too inexperienced compared to Minato Namikaze and needs more time to grow.

'If only Old Purple and Han were still here!' Ohnoki thought to himself.

The true role of the Jinchūriki who bears the tailed beast is on the battlefield.

In the situation just now, if the two of them had unleashed their powerful punches in their tailed beast forms, even with Minato Namikaze blocking them, the sheer volume of tailed beast chakra would have been enough to help the Iwa ninja truly break through Konoha's defenses.

pity......

'Damn it, Akatsuki!'

Although Akatsuki is now an ally of his side, Onoki is still furious when he thinks of the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails.

He didn't believe any of that nonsense, like "the capture of the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki was done by the former Akatsuki leader, who didn't even know what happened to the former."

Given the current situation, we can only play along for now.

At this moment, the battlefield situation once again reached a stalemate due to the intervention of Minato Namikaze, whose support capabilities are at MAX level.

Just as Onoki was pondering the next move of the Iwa ninja, a distorted space suddenly spun around him.

Inside, two men named Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara emerged.

"You guys finally decided to come out!" Onoki waved his hand to disperse the group of Iwa ninja who had been surrounding him and sensed the commotion, and said to his "ally" whom he had just been cursing in his mind.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect Konoha to initiate the battle, which caused some delays." Obito Uchiha said calmly, though his words showed no remorse.

Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha, who completely ignored Onoki, merely raised his eyelids slightly and critically examined the battle in front of him.

Seeing this, Onoki, knowing the seriousness of the matter, did not question him further.

To ease the tension, Obito took the opportunity to inquire about the current situation.