Chapter 183 Once back before liberation

As for Yamanaka Haiichi and Akimichi Choza, Orochimaru didn't even bother to comment, which shows how high-minded he is.

The three major families of Ino, Deer and Butterfly have always been in the same spirit, advancing and retreating together, and are quite famous in the ninja world.

But in Orochimaru's opinion, it also reflects to some extent that the three major families are not strong enough or each has its own limitations, so other ninja clans are needed to make up for it.

"Okay, let's forget it this time."

"If the higher-ups in Konoha don't follow the hints in the order, then Mr. Orochimaru, you can't stop me anymore." Uchiha Gen said seriously.

"Don't worry, if the old guys dare to go back on their word, I will work with you to teach them a painful lesson!"

"Since the old guys don't take us seriously, there is no need for us to take them seriously..."

The corners of Orochimaru's mouth curled up slightly on his pale and bloodless face, and he said with a half-smile.

Uchiha Gen smiled slightly when he heard this, and he actually expected the top management of Konoha to take advantage of it, and became arrogant.

After confirming each other's attitudes, Orochimaru and Gen Uchiha returned to the tent to rest.

The next day, Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru left in a light car as before, with Sarutobi Shinnosuke and others seeing them off.

Not long after the two left, Kumogakure's Toshiro and others got the news, and everyone was beaming with joy.

The two of them put too much pressure on the frontline leaders of Kumogakure, fearing that they would be targeted and assassinated whenever they left the camp.

As for the ninja who knows the art of spiritual transformation, the top brass at the Kumogakure Front unanimously believe that either Orochimaru, Gen Uchiha, or both can do it.

Only these two people can assassinate ten jonins in succession. How can ordinary jonins have this ability?

Assassinating two jounin is already a remarkable achievement, and it is only possible if there is a huge gap in mental strength.

The strength of spiritual power is closely related to the strength of chakra. On the entire front line of Konoha, the chakras of Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen crushed the Jonin.

In fact, the top brass at Kumogakure's front line did guess right.

As soon as the two evil stars left, Yunyin's top management immediately held a military meeting. At the meeting, it was agreed that they could be appropriately arrogant and radical.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke?

Nara Shikaku?

Pig deer butterfly?

Although it is worthy of attention, it is just attention, and it is not enough to make them afraid.

It's not like they haven't fought before. Overall, Konoha has not taken advantage of them, but they have taken some small advantages.

Kumogakure ninjas who have the upper hand will not be timid.

Kumogakure Village was originally a famous martial arts village in the ninja world. There were no conservative ninjas in the village, only radicals and less radicals.

Therefore, on the day Sarutobi Shinnosuke and others officially took office, Kumogakure changed their tactics and launched a frontal attack.

This made Sarutobi Shinnosuke and others very angry, and they treated them as soft persimmons, right?

Sarutobi Shinnosuke immediately ordered a head-on battle.

The ninjas from both sides began to fight head-on. With the elite power of Konoha they brought, Konoha repelled Kumogakure and took some advantage.

Although they suffered some losses, Kumogakure was not depressed because they basically figured out Konoha's combat power.

Toshiro immediately reported back to the village and applied for a group of elite reinforcements.

Since reinforcements have come to Konoha, it is extremely reasonable for them, Kumogakure, to send a group of reinforcements, as long as they don't send too sensitive strong men.

After receiving the news, the Fourth Raikage readily agreed and immediately sent out a group of elite reinforcements, and used the excuse of rotation to confuse Konoha spies.

The chicken thief's Todai sent people to keep in touch with the reinforcements, calculated the arrival time of the reinforcements, and then launched a frontal attack.

To show the enemy's weakness and lure them deeper, when the two armies are exhausted, reinforcements will raid the rear or sides. This is Todai's idea.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke was unaware of Toshiro's conspiracy, and neither was Nara Shikaku.

However, Nara Shikaku doesn't believe that Kumogakure doesn't have a long memory. How could anyone adopt such a strategy despite knowing that they would suffer losses in a head-on fight?

Nara Shikaku felt that there was a conspiracy, so he suggested that Sarutobi Shinnosuke not to invest all the ninjas in it and leave a reserve force to prevent emergencies.

Regarding Nara Shikaku's opinion, Sarutobi Shinnosuke felt that it was not necessary.

Even if the enemy has a conspiracy, as long as the Kumogakure ninja is defeated before the conspiracy takes effect, the army will be defeated like a mountain, and any conspiracy will be ineffective.

I thought so, but Sarutobi Shinnosuke attached great importance to Nara Shikaku, and the pressure on him could not tolerate defeat, so he agreed with Nara Shikaku's opinion.

Afterwards, Sarutobi Shinnosuke was overjoyed. If the reserve team left behind had not blocked the surprise attack of Kumogakure's reinforcements, things would have been very serious.

The Kumogakure ninjas are extremely resilient. Although Konoha gained the upper hand on the frontal battlefield with its combat strength advantage, it was never able to overwhelm the Kumogakure ninjas.

At that time, most of the ninjas on both sides of the frontal battlefield had little ninja tools, physical strength, and chakra left. At this time, a new force that was almost at its peak was the last straw to reverse the situation and break the camel's back.

It was precisely because of the desperate obstruction of the reserve team that the Konoha ninjas were given the opportunity to retreat safely and orderly, otherwise Konoha would suffer a big defeat.

Despite the smooth retreat, Konoha still suffered a lot.

Because Sarutobi Shinnosuke put most of Konoha's elite combat forces into the frontal battlefield.

The reserve force's combat effectiveness was not as good as that of Kumogakure's reinforcements. In order to cover the retreat of the large forces, the reserve force was almost wiped out.

Toshiro used the remaining reinforcements as sharp knives, and the large force in front followed Konoha's large force, but he did not launch an attack to avoid being bitten back, it was just a deterrent.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who was at a disadvantage, no longer had the courage and determination to risk everything, and was afraid of defeat in the battle, so he could only order a retreat all the way.

With this retreat, the Konoha camp was lost, and the battle line moved all the way back until Kumogakure near the middle of Tianno Country, so as to prevent Sarutobi Shinnosuke from jumping over the wall.

At this point, Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen led Konoha to basically spit out the results achieved, and the situation once again returned to when Sarutobi Shinnosuke left Tian Country and went to Whirlpool Country.

In fact, it was even worse, because Konoha did not lose corresponding ninjas and supplies.

After this battle, Sarutobi Shinnosuke became completely prudent. He did not worry about victory in everything, but thought about defeat first, which was a bit too prudent.

Although Kumogakure took advantage and made some money, he could not do anything to Konoha who was as stable as a mountain.

Because the losses of Konoha's elite and large troops were limited, the overall combat power of the two sides was not very different whether it was high or low. If they wanted to win, they could only build up a small advantage into a big one.

The two sides fell into the previous tug-of-war again...

Because of the defeat, except for the ninjas brought by Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the original Konoha ninjas had some complaints in their hearts.

After all, under the leadership of Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen, they had achieved a big victory before, and then they were forced to fight at the border of Tian Country.

Now, not long after changing the commander, they suffered a defeat. Although the situation has not completely reversed, it has returned to before liberation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was far away in Konoha, sighed after receiving the news, feeling a little disappointed.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen did not despair. Although he suffered a loss, the situation was just that he was back on the starting line. There were not no opportunities in the future.

After receiving the news, Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen didn't make any sarcastic remarks. They just looked at each other and smiled. Then they added a few dishes and had a drink that night...