Chapter 332 Retreat
Unknowingly, the time has come to the second half of the night.
Night sky.
The moon has moved from the center to the west.
However, the Mist Ninja still failed to break through any of the three lines of defense.
This made the commander of Kirigakure Village very angry.
Coastside.
A warship in Kirigakure Village.
A Kirigakure jounin looked at the battle report in his hand, his expression changing again and again.
Finally, he threw several battle reports on the table with a "snap" and cursed in a low voice: "Trash! They are all trash!"
Just now, news came from the front line that the area previously occupied by them on the Eastern Front battlefield had been recaptured by the Konoha ninjas.
Moreover, judging from their posture, they still have the idea of continuing to move forward.
In addition, the same goes for the southern battlefield and the southeastern battlefield. Konoha's ninjas are also exerting their strength and gradually regaining the lost territory.
It can be said that on the third-line battlefield, Kirigakure Village is being defeated.
How could this not make Qian Yuliu angry?
As for the culprit who caused all this, Uchiha Qingmei, known as the "Ghost Sword", Qian Yuliu hated it to the extreme.
But, then again, for a mere twelve or thirteen year old brat to be unable to win, this is simply a disgrace to Kirigakure Village.
If it weren't for Qing Ming's previous record of killing Loquat Juuzang and Black Hoe Leiya.
Not long ago, Kotaro Kaguya was killed right under his nose. Qianyu Ryu almost thought that Terumi Mei and others were deliberately cheating.
But even so, it's a little too outrageous.
The jounin of the Uchiha clan is indeed one of the best among ninjas of the same level, but it is not that even the combined strength of seven or eight jounin cannot defeat him.
Not to mention, among these seven or eight people, there are also double-blooded ninjas like Mei Terumi, and ninja sword holders like Kushimaru Kurihara. They should take down each other no matter what?
But what's the result?
Qing Ming was like a weakling who couldn't be killed. He survived tenaciously and even injured several of them by counterattacking.
This made Qian Yuliu puzzled.
However, he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
As the saying goes, if you can't afford to offend, can't you afford to hide?
Therefore, Qian Yuliu tried to send people away, leaving only one or two people to contain them.
However, Qing Ming's strength is so strong that leaving an ordinary jounin is basically to deliver food to him.
And if Terumi Mei and other strong men are left behind, Qing Mei will take the initiative to avoid the battle and then forcibly insert himself into other jounin battle groups.
That time, due to the cooperation of other Konoha jounin, Qingming directly killed one of their jounin, which made Qian Yuliu feel heartbroken.
As a last resort, Qian Yuliu could only re-mobilize his manpower and launch a siege against him.
Even if he later knew that Qing Ming was deliberately stalling for time, Qian Yuliu would not dare to arbitrarily transfer the men besieging him.
It can be said that Qingming single-handedly held back nearly half of the jonin in Kirigakure Village on the eastern battlefield.
Its effect is not small!
And this is the role of high-end combat power in this kind of melee.
It was precisely because of Qingming's delay that Konoha's side was able to successfully counterattack.
Otherwise, how could it be so easy?
Forcibly suppressing the annoyance in his heart, Qian Yuliu asked towards the dark corner next to him: "How long until Konoha's support arrives?"
Hearing this, a ninja wearing a black robe and a mask walked out, and he was another Kirigakure ANBU ninja.
Just listen to him say: "The Flying Fish Team has just sent news that Konoha's support troops have arrived near the Red Coral Reef and will arrive here in about three hours at the fastest."
"Three hours?"
Qian Yuliu murmured and fell into silence for a long time.
He tapped his index finger on the table, making a clicking sound.
Almost ten minutes later, Qian Yuliu suddenly straightened up, took the battle report on the table again, and read it carefully.
After a moment, he sighed softly and said: "Hey~, that's all, give me the order to retreat!"
After saying this, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He leaned on the seat behind him and was speechless for a long time.
Qian Yuliu knew that after this time, it would be difficult for him to stand up again.
As a jounin with mediocre combat power and no background, commanding ability is almost his only strength.
If this battle goes well, then there is a high probability that he will still have hope of entering the center of power in the village.
Now.
Don’t even think about it!
This time the village has been silent for so long, just to make a successful attack after being fully prepared.
However, now, not to mention the loss of troops and generals, none of the strategic goals have been achieved.
Originally, the village's plan was to first capture Konoha's forward base in the Country of Waves, and then use it as a springboard to attack the mainland of the Country of Fire, eventually pushing the front to the heart of the Country of Fire.
It's a pity that now, they haven't even secured the forward base for exploring the path, let alone the follow-up arrangements.
Therefore, let alone taking credit this time, whether or not you take responsibility has already been settled.
In this way, there is no need to think about going further.
Of course, he can continue to fight, but with the current situation, the probability of their failure is as high as 89%.
Under such circumstances, continuing to fight would be gambling with one's life.
After all, Qian Yuliu still had some conscience and didn't want his men to die in vain, so he finally chose to retreat.
Of course, there was another reason that prompted him to make this choice, and that was that even if they won the bet this time, they would not be able to hold on when Konoha's support troops arrived later.
In that case, it would be better to keep some fighting power for the village!
Hearing his order to retreat, the Kirigakure Anbu next to him turned around and left without saying anything.
Soon, the Kirigakure ninjas on the three fronts began to retreat in an orderly manner.
The Konoha side naturally discovered their actions, but the Uchiha Jonin in charge of the command gave up the idea of pursuing after some thought.
It was not that he did not want to pursue, but the situation did not allow it.
Although they blocked the Kirigakure's surprise attack this time, they lost a lot of manpower, and the surviving Konoha ninjas were all injured.
Moreover, after several hours of fighting, everyone was already exhausted and had no strength and chakra to pursue again.
Maybe, if they pursued like this, it would give the Kirigakure a chance.
Therefore, the Uchiha Jonin chose to stay put. Anyway, their mission this time had been exceeded, and there was no need to take risks again.
For the same reason, Qingming watched the Kirigakure Jonin who besieged him leave, and did not choose to pursue.
Although he was in good condition, his performance in this battle was already outstanding enough. It was really unnecessary to chase after them and kill a few Mist Ninjas.
Maybe, it would attract more people's attention!
Qingming did not forget why he was transferred to this battlefield. Now that he had provoked a root organization, he did not want to have another one.
Although the possibility of him not being noticed was small, he should try to reduce the possibility as much as possible.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, Qingming shook off the blood on the blade, and then "clang" put the long sword back into the sheath.
After glancing around and confirming that the Mist Village was really leaving, he walked back to the base.
However, before he could rest for a while, a Chunin came in front of him.
Before he could speak, Qingming opened his eyes, stared at him, frowned and said, "What's the matter?"
Hearing this, the Konoha Chunin swallowed his saliva, and then said carefully, "It's like this, Qingming Jonin, the medical team is a little short of manpower now, what do you think?"
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Qingming was silent for a while after hearing this.
