Chapter 289 The turning point of the third battle

Just when the entire Tang Ren Village was caught up in the wave of horse arrests, the intelligence spies lurking outside brought Shangguan Mo shocking news.

"The Kumogakure army, headed by the Third Raikage, suddenly disappeared from the Land of Fire. When it appeared next, it had already arrived in the Land of Earth, and without saying a word, it destroyed dozens of command stations. Finally, Then he disappeared into the Kingdom of Earth. So far, our intelligence personnel have not learned what the third generation Raikage’s true intention was for this action!”

After frowning, Watanabe Mousse looked at the information scroll in his hand and fell into deep thought. Shangguan Mo was also confused for a moment.

This incident will undoubtedly become a turning point in the Ninja World War. Not only has the pressure on Konoha been greatly relieved, but it has also successfully caused premature conflicts and cracks among the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces of Thunder, Earth, and Wind.

Moreover, it was not that he did not believe in the authenticity of the information sent by the intelligence personnel he had personally arranged, but the actions of the Third Raikage really made him confused.

"Leave Konoha right in front of you and go all the way to Earth Kingdom just to destroy those dozens of outposts and kill those two hundred or so Iwa ninjas. What's the point of doing this?"

The more he thought about it, the stranger his expression became.

The Third Raikage may look like a reckless man, but he is actually a very shrewd man.

At least in Shangguan Mo's interactions with him, the black barbarian left a deep impression on him.

Strong strength, long-term strategic vision, ability to take things up and down, advance and retreat with a degree of control, plus a bold and sinister heart, that is, shameless.

For such a heroic figure like Cao Cao, no matter what he does, Shangguan Mo will not be too surprised.

Now I can't understand the fundamental reason why the third generation Raikage acted, it still lies in the asymmetry of information.

He turned to look at Watanabe Mousse and asked softly.

"The intelligence didn't say anything about the dozens of outposts in the Kingdom of Earth that are worth taking action on?"

Watanabe Mousse was slightly startled, then picked up the scroll and checked it carefully, his expression finally became enlightened.

"At the end of the intelligence, it was mentioned that a Iwagakure ninja saw the Third Raikage using the Heavenly Sending Technique to transport a large amount of supplies! The area he raided was an area rich in mineral materials in the Earth Kingdom, and the mineral storage was also quite large. rich."

Shangguan Mo nodded clearly, that would make sense.

The Third Raikage actually played a trick on Chen Cang, openly leading troops into the Land of Fire to start a war with Konoha, but secretly he was eyeing the various rich mineral resources of the Land of Earth.

Compared to the fertile territory of the Fire Country, which attracted him more, but also took more bites of meat, the minerals hoarded by the Earth Country were undoubtedly much easier to obtain, and this kind of material was also scarce in the Thunder Country.

Then it is not so strange that the Third Raikage would make such a choice.

"Besides, that black barbarian has probably already seen the true nature of this war!"

Shangguan Mo confirmed this idea in his mind.

With the shrewdness of the Third Raikage, it was not difficult to see that in this seemingly fierce battle between the four villages, in fact, each side had hidden agendas.

Shangguan Mo, who knows the original work, understands even more clearly that the three-nation alliance of wind, earth, and thunder seems to be cooperating very well, but in fact no one is willing to really go to great lengths to fight life and death. This will consume many years of his own village. savings since.

As one of the five great ninja villages, and as the strongest ninja village, how could Konoha be destroyed so easily?

If we say that the cause of the First Ninja World War was the death of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama, the God of Ninja World, which then led to the disintegration of the peace agreement signed by the five major powers. The other four major ninja villages took advantage of Konoha's lack of pillar ninjas and launched the first ninja war.

So the cause of the Second Ninja War was the competition between the various forces for territorial resources.

Amegakure Village developed very rapidly due to the sudden rise of Sanshouyu Hanzo. In order to expand his territory, the ambitious Hanzo directly and arrogantly declared war on the Iron Kingdom, Sunagakure Village and Konoha Village. The major countries that were already ready to take action because of unbalanced economic development also naturally started wars.

So the Third Ninja War that has completely broken out now, although the trigger was the disappearance of the third Kazekage, has left Sunagakure Village leaderless and panicked. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kumogakure, who was already dissatisfied with the status quo and whose entire village was a martial arts sect, directly declared war on Konoha, Iwagakure and Sunagakure. Because Konoha was in the center of each country and was also the richest. , every village set their sights on Konoha Village, and the Third Ninja War broke out.

"All forces want to gain benefits from the war, but only the Third Raikage is the most decisive and shameless in doing so!"

Shangguan Modu couldn't help but marveled.

The Third Raikage built the plank road openly and secretly to seduce Chen Cang. How can I put it, he played it really cheaply!

The Third Raikage Ai's ideas are simple and crude, but his vision is very long-term.

Konoha is not that easy to bully. The other two ninja villages refuse to obey anyone and each has their own evil intentions. Instead of working in a direction with little hope, it is better to directly plunder Kumogakure's scarce resources.

Shangguan Mo could even think of the face of the Third Raikage.

"Why should I fight with others to death when I can use them to rob? Isn't this a tiger?"

And he finally understood why the Third Raikage had such a clean truce in the battle between Yunin Village and Kumogakure years ago.

"That's not because of timidity at all, but because there is nothing in my little country of soup that people like! Naturally, people don't want to fight with my insect army!"

With a slight wry smile, Shangguan Mo also admired that cunning old man.

"It's just that in this way, the war that was deviated due to the rise of our Yunin Village seems to have returned to its original trajectory. Iwagakure and Kumogakure have formed a grudge and are about to start fighting to the death. Sunagakure is a lonely tree. Zhi, how can he be Konoha's opponent..."

"The plot...is indeed corrective!"

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