Chapter 440: You are merciful for not cancelling the covenant

With families like Sarutobi and Shimura supporting the battlefield, fewer civilian ninjas were sacrificed, and the impact on ordinary villagers was minimized. Secondly, the number of ninjas sent by Konoha was not large, and the support from the Cloud Village was sufficient to cover the front-line expenses, which meant that Konoha was getting paid to go to war.

It does not take a village to pay for war expenses.

The finances will not be affected too much.

In this situation, stable development is enough. As for the matters on the front line, leave them to the Third Hokage and others.

"So you mean, there is no need to continue supporting the front line?"

Tsunade thinks this is not a good idea:

"What if the Kumogakure is not satisfied?"

After all, the alliance relationship is there. The Cloud Village is fighting desperately with the Iwagakure, and they also need to fight against the Mist Village. As a result, Konoha is slacking off. If this gets out, it will be a bit unpleasant.

"If you are not satisfied, just terminate the alliance. The village has not yet recovered from the war with the Sand Village. It is already good enough to send troops to help. Besides, you are the Fourth Hokage, and the alliance was not signed by you."

"When the village fell into chaos, you, Tsunade, became the new Hokage and did not cancel the previously signed covenant. You still helped the Kumogakure. What else do they have to say?"

As long as the slacking off is not too serious and Konoha is not dragging its feet, the Third Raikage cannot blame Tsunade for anything.

Only the Third Hokage would take the alliance with the Cloud Village too seriously.

The front line, the Grass Kingdom battlefield camp.

Because of the harmonious relationship between the two sides, and the fact that the Sand Village followed Konoha to send troops, the two villages shared a combat camp. The ninjas from the Sand Village and Konoha were gathered together, which also made it easier to command and fight.

As for the command issue, the two commanders will negotiate together.

Originally, the commander-in-chief of Konoha was Mito Kado En, and the Sand Village sent Chiyo out, but unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, the Third Hokage came to the front line.

So Mizuto Kado En had to retreat to the second line to manage the camp supplies and handed over the command rights to the Third Hokage.

"I never thought that there would be a day when I would work with you, Sarutobi Hiruzen, old woman."

"I heard that the situation in Konoha is a bit chaotic. Is this true?"

Chiyo must know what happened in Konoha, but she still brought it up on purpose, clearly intending to hit the Third Hokage in the heart.

"I never thought that there would be a day when I would work with you, Chiyo."

The Third Hokage said indifferently: "As for the situation of the village, you don't have to worry about it, Chiyo. Tsunade will take care of everything. Chiyo, if you are worried about Konoha, it would be better to think about the compensation next quarter."

"With the war starting, Fengying shouldn't have much time to go mining."

Are you poking my heart?

Then don’t blame me for fighting back. Let’s see who is more embarrassed.

The dignified Kazekage turned into a professional miner, running around in the desert all day, digging for minerals everywhere as compensation. Wow, among the five major ninja villages, only the Kazekage had this ability.

Of course, among the five major ninja villages, only the Kazekage of the Sand Village would offer mining as compensation.

"you........."

Chiyo’s mockery failed and she was defeated instantly, her face full of age spots turned red with anger.

She just taunted the Third Hokage out of habit, but she didn't expect that the Third Hokage would give her a Jedi counterattack.

Are you two bored?

Especially you, Chiyo, you were fine before, but why did things change after Hiruzen came?

Mizuto Menyan looked at the two men speechlessly.

Before the Third Hokage came, he and Chiyo worked together and got along well, but after the Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu came, the atmosphere changed.

I always like to make some sarcastic remarks and ridicule people for no reason.

It was as if the two sides were not partners but enemies.

"You two, now is not the time to argue. We are facing the Earth-Escape Army of the Iwagakure. Although our mission is to hold back a portion of the Iwagakure's manpower, you two don't want to be accused by our allies of slacking off and not contributing, right?"

Even though everyone is slacking off, it's okay to slack off, but you can't let anyone find out.

Once we go too far, the people from the Cloud Ninja Village will not help but ask what to do.

Then both villages will be embarrassed.

Chiyo smiled coldly: "I'm sorry, the Sand Village is just cooperating in the battle. Even if it is questioned, it has nothing to do with the Sand Village."

The Sand Village went to war, which was similar to the mercenary model. They took the benefits and sent troops to attack the Rock Village. It was that simple.

It doesn’t matter. Why are you so dedicated?

It's because they're afraid that the Cloud Village will accuse you, the Sand Village, of being dishonest and taking benefits without doing anything.

The Third Hokage hasn't said this yet, because Chiyo would be furious if he said it.

Just blow it.

If the Cloud Village raises questions, Konoha can still use the village's affairs as excuses, but you, the Sand Village, will not be able to escape even if you want to, and if you are not careful you will be branded as untrustworthy.

The Third Hokage did not continue to poke the old woman Chiyo in the lungs. After all, everyone would need to work together and fight together for a long time until the war was over. It would not be good for both sides if the relationship became too strained.

So the Third Hokage decisively shifted the topic to the war.

"Although Konoha and your village have joined forces, our military strength is far less than that of the Iwagakure. The ninjas of the Iwagakure are good at joint operations, which we cannot compare with."

In the entire ninja world, only the Earth Style Corps of the Iwagakure Village can be brought out to show off, the corps of other villages... are just so-so, including the puppet corps of the Sand Village, which are all a mess.

Konoha has even less say in this matter.

The ninjas of the Iwagakure are basically good at earth escape and joint operations, which means that the Iwagakure will not disperse its forces to fight small-scale battles with the enemy, as that would expose its own shortcomings.

After knowing that Konoha and Sand Village would not launch a desperate attack, the Iwagakure became fearless.

Our Iwagakure's main army position is right here. Come and attack if you have the guts.

"They are unwilling to disperse and form small-scale operations."

Chiyo's face turned serious. The Sand Village had often been bullied by the Iwagakure. She knew very well how the ninjas of the Iwagakure fought.

Either we fight a tough offensive or we use human wave tactics. As for the small-scale combat mode, I'm sorry, my Iwagakure will not accompany you.