Chapter 46 The upcoming local war

In the Hokage's office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru looked very solemn.

Because the current situation in Konoha is quite bad.

Once the war breaks out, the four major ninja villages will most likely attack Konoha at the same time, and Konoha will be attacked from both sides.

Sarutobi Hiruzen began to discuss with Orochimaru how to break the current situation.

Qianyu did not interrupt. He was able to stay here because he was Orochimaru's disciple. As a Genin, he had no right to interrupt. It was already good enough for him to be able to listen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly: "According to the intelligence, the Third Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village has started a new policy called the Blood Mist Village, which allows bloody battles between ninjas. It seems that they are training for the war to come.

No wonder they were unwilling to establish contact with our Konoha before. It turns out that they have already been in cahoots with the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village.

Now ninjas from the enemy village have sneaked into Konoha, and there may be more ninjas still lurking in the dark of Konoha. It seems that the war is about to break out.

Orochimaru, given the current situation, do you think Konoha has the ability to fight?"

Orochimaru shook his head and said mercilessly: "If the war starts now, Konoha will definitely lose. If it's just the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Rock Village, Konoha can barely resist, but if the Hidden Mist Village also joins, we need to divide our forces to resist, not to mention the Hidden Sand Village who is eyeing us covetously.

We only have so many troops in total, and the battlefield is unfolding on multiple fronts. If we divide our forces too much, we will not be able to launch an effective counterattack, and we will only be dragged down to death."

Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into deep thought.

What Orochimaru said was exactly the same as what Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking.

No matter how strong Konoha is, it cannot withstand the simultaneous attack of four ninja villages.

What Sarutobi Hiruzen is thinking about now is how to find a way out of this seemingly dead end situation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked: "Orochimaru, how do you think Konoha can break the impasse?"

Orochimaru was also thinking about this just now.

Orochimaru replied: "The only solution I can think of now is to delay. The later the war starts, the better it will be for Konoha."

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and said, "But the initiative of the war is not in our hands now. They can start a war at any time if they want."

Orochimaru took a pen and drew a circle in the Land of Grass, the Land of Hot Spring, the Land of Rivers and the Land of Waves.

Orochimaru put down his pen and began to analyze, "The four major ninja villages are still testing each other, and the spies hidden in Konoha must be cleared out immediately so that those ninja villages can no longer know the situation inside Konoha.

At the same time, Konoha has begun to divide its forces and sent ninjas to be stationed in the four countries I drew circles to fight against the ninjas from the four major ninja villages, and try its best to maintain the battle within these four countries.

Although the four major ninja villages have cooperated, they are not a monolithic entity. As long as Konoha does not show any weakness and looks like it is determined to fight them to the end, they will not dare to act rashly.

Because they all understood that if Konoha chose to go all out, they were fully capable of invading any of the opponent's countries and villages, and they could not afford the consequences.

If Konoha is defeated, then the other ninja villages will target the ninja village we have invaded with all our might.

As long as it is not a full-scale war but a local war, Konoha, with its rich resources, can fully afford it.

As time goes by, if the war makes no progress, they will most likely fall apart internally.

I once asked Qianyu how he thought the situation would be resolved if the four major ninja villages attacked Konoha at the same time. Qianyu said that he would use interests to make the two villages turn against each other.

This method is very applicable now. As long as we delay the start of a full-scale war and let them have internal problems, we can use the benefits to persuade some of the ninja villages to rebel, and maybe even achieve a counterattack and make up for all the previous losses."

Sarutobi Hiruzen tapped the table rhythmically, thinking about the feasibility of the method Orochimaru mentioned.

Chiyu looked at Orochimaru in surprise. He didn't expect Orochimaru to mention him.

However, in Chiba's opinion, Orochimaru's method does seem feasible.

The four major ninja villages united for the sake of their own interests and prepared to launch a war against Konoha, but if they only paid without gaining anything, they would definitely weigh the pros and cons and reconsider whether launching a war against Konoha was really profitable.

And if Konoha promises clear benefits at that time, it is very likely that one of the ninja villages will rebel.

At the same time, Qianyu was also very clear.

If Orochimaru's plan went according to plan, he would most likely have to go to the battlefield.

Because Orochimaru's plan is to fight against the four major ninja villages of Rock, Cloud, Sand and Mist in the Land of Grass, the Land of Hot Spring, the Land of Rivers and the Land of Waves to prevent the four major ninja villages from entering the Land of Fire, dividing the troops is inevitable.

Konoha only has so many ninjas capable of fighting, so almost all of them must be sent out.

After thinking about it, Sarutobi Hiruzen also felt that Orochimaru's plan was feasible.

After all, Konoha was in a passive situation and did not have many choices.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a deep voice: "Then proceed according to your plan, Orochimaru. Tomorrow I will send the Anbu to join forces with Danzo's Root to wipe out the enemy village ninjas hiding in Konoha.

At the same time, Orochimaru, you are also going to the battlefield. The Sand Village is not to be feared now. The current ninja troops stationed there are enough to stop them in the River Country.

As for the Hidden Mist Village, I plan to temporarily send a small team of ninjas to the Land of Waves to see how many ninjas are stationed there by the Hidden Mist Village, and then decide how to assign ninja troops to go there. After all, every bit of combat power in Konoha is precious now.

As for the Iwagakure Village, Ohnoki is a very smart guy. Before the official war begins, he will not choose to engage in too many head-on confrontations with us Konoha ninjas. It is enough to have Sakumo leading the battle there.

The biggest threat is to the Hidden Cloud Village. In the Land of Hot Springs, Jiraiya and his ninja troops have fought against the Hidden Cloud Village ninjas countless times. The fighting there is the most intense, and the Hidden Cloud Village ninjas are also constantly supporting the battle in the Land of Rivers.

Since your plan, Orochimaru, is not to show weakness in front of these ninja villages, then you must resist the Cloud Ninjas of the Land of Hot Springs, so what do you think of sending you to the Land of Hot Springs?"

Orochimaru nodded and agreed, "I understand. Tomorrow I will set off for the Land of Hot Springs to meet up with Jiraiya. At the same time, I would like to take Chiba with me. Please agree, teacher."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled with a straight face: "Okay, I would have planned to do so even if you didn't tell me. I heard that Jiraiya's disciple Minato shined on the battlefield of Yu Country. If Chiba also trained on the battlefield, I think he would soon shine and become a ninja who can stand on his own."

After hearing this, Qianyu felt a little excited and murderous. He didn't expect that he would be able to face the ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village so soon. He was already prepared to settle the score with the lives of the Cloud ninjas for kidnapping Uzumaki Kushina!