Chapter 344 344 Xiao’s Battlefield
When Izuna led the combined armies of Konoha and Tsukakure Yugakure, they were preparing to attack Kumogakure Village in one fell swoop.
On the other side, the battle between Amegakure Village and Iwagakure Village is still in full swing.
In terms of overall strength, Amegakure is far inferior to Iwagakure, but because of the addition of an organization, the two sides have fallen into a stalemate, and even Amegakure is even more powerful than Iwagakure.
Needless to say, this organization is "Xiao".
After all, four Kage-level ninjas already possess the power to destroy a small country.
Among them, Kinkaku Ginkaku was a ruthless character who assassinated the Second Raikage and sniped the Second Hokage. Not to mention Kumogakure, he was the leading criminal even in this era.
It has a great deterrent effect on Iwagakure.
But after all, Iwagakure is a powerful village second only to Konoha in economic strength. The current Akatsuki alone wants to overturn the world, but it is still not enough.
The two sides fell into a stalemate for a short time.
But at this time, other ninja villages who were ready to take action began to make their own plans.
The first one is Sand Hidden Village.
The Second Kazekage Samana, for many years since his succession, had to pay sky-high compensation to Konoha every year because of his defeat in the First Ninja War.
The living conditions of the people in Sand Hidden Village are extremely poor. He, the Kazekage, is really not very comfortable in his job.
After all, think of some ways to improve Sunagakure's current living environment and consolidate his political status.
Among them, war is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.
Even though Konoha is now heading north to fight another military power, Kumogakure, Sunagakure does not dare to offend Konoha casually and poke Konoha in the butt.
He has been focusing on the other battlefield at war - Amegakure and Iwagakure!
Originally, they had been in a wait-and-see state, but as the war gradually developed, the second generation Kazekage gradually came up with his own plans.
He's going to raid the Earth Kingdom!
That's right, now that the unknown organization called "Akatsuki" has intervened, the battle can be said to be evenly matched.
They say that persimmons are soft when picked.
However, Amegakure Village really had no resources to plunder, so at the beginning of the war, even though Amegakure was at an absolute disadvantage, the Second Kazekage was not in a hurry to launch troops against Amegakure.
It was because compared to the poor Rain Country, the fat land of the Earth Country was what he really wanted.
Before, it was just because Iwagakure had the advantage that the second Kazekage was hesitant to take action.
Now Iwagakure himself is almost exhausted. If he doesn't take action now, then when will he do it? ?
Thinking of this, the Second Kazekage immediately summoned the senior staff of Sunagakure and held a high-level decision-making meeting in a conference room that smelled of sand.
"This time the vanguard force will be led by two Kage-level members of my Sunagakure puppet team, Mr. Monzaemon and Chiyo."
The Second Kazekage ordered.
As the founder of the puppet technique, Monzaemon is nearly seventy years old this year, but he still barely maintains the strength of the Kage level.
The one who is preparing to succeed him is Chiyo, a rookie of the puppet team who is only twenty-five years old this year.
She has reached Kage level strength, but is still slightly inferior to Hiruzen Sarutobi who is the same age as her.
Yes, this Chiyo is the grandmother of the Akatsuki Scorpion, a member of the future Akatsuki organization, but she is not the dying old woman yet.
Faced with the second-generation Kazekage's decision, no one from the top management opposed it.
After all, life in Sunagakure Village has been too difficult in the past few years.
It’s almost to the point where it’s good to be able to fill your stomach.
Sunagakure needs a way to change this situation.
And war, without a doubt, is the best way.
"Master Kazekage, do you want to send out blessings?"
Qing, a senior member of Sunagakure asked for instructions.
By blessing, Sunagakure's one-tail jinchūriki is able to control the one-tail perfectly, and has always been Sunagakure's ultimate weapon.
The second-generation Kazekage thought for a moment and said: "There is no rush, let's use the puppet troops as the vanguard first, and then make strategic planning."
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Under the decision of the Second Kazekage, the 2,000-strong Sunagakure vanguard army led by Monzaemon and Chiyo headed north and poured into the Land of Earth.
Because most of Iwagakure's forces were focused on dealing with Amegakure at this moment, Sunagakure attacked like this and attacked all the way to the border of Earth Country.
Faced with this incident, the second generation Tsuchikage Mu was naturally furious and personally led the army to block the advance of the Sunagakure vanguard led by Monzaemon and Chiyo.
Under the terrifying Chendun attack, the footsteps of the Sunagakure army temporarily stopped.
However, the situation in Yangakure is no longer optimistic. The sudden appearance of "Akatsuki" in Yangakure was enough to give them a headache.
Now that Sunagakure actually took advantage of the situation, he felt even more pressured.
Even the Tsuchikage, who was supposed to be sitting in the rear and taking overall command, had to go to the front line.
Under Sunagakure's constant pressure, the second Tsuchikage finally decided to release the two jinchūriki now owned by Iwagakure.
That is, four tails and five tails.
They are also the only country among the countries that have tailed beasts to have two tailed beast jinchūriki.
This is an extremely dangerous approach, because both the four-tailed and five-tailed jinchūriki have perfect control over the tailed beasts.
Even far inferior to Kumogakure's Kirubi and Sunagakure's blessings.
But Iwagakure, there was no other way.
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The country of thunder, from Cloud Valley.
Congyun City, the city where the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Thunder is located, was built at the foot of this valley.
As the most fertile area in the Kingdom of Thunder, it is also a place where merchants circulate all year round.
They transported tea, weaving, and various animals and plants that were not found in the Kingdom of Thunder, and sold them at prices several times higher than the original price.
In the town, a caravan traveling between countries delivered the goods to the largest tea shop here. Seeing that the owner of this tea shop did not have the dark skin of most people in the Land of Thunder, he couldn't help but ask: "Boss, you are not People from the Kingdom of Thunder?”
The yellow-skinned boss ordered the clerk to move the goods down and replied: "Well, I am from the Kingdom of Tang. Three years ago, I found that the tea goods in the Kingdom of Thunder were extremely poor, so I moved my family business here, and Settle down.”
The leader of the caravan frowned and said: "But now, the Kingdom of Tang is uniting with the Kingdom of Fire to launch a war against the Kingdom of Thunder. If you don't go back quickly, aren't you afraid of being affected?"
The tea shop owner who was over fifty years old chuckled and said: "The Kingdom of Thunder is the most powerful military country after the Kingdom of Fire. I am also an old man who survived the Warring States Period. In my opinion, Konoha will not be able to do anything in less than two years." After defeating Yunyin's defense line, there is no need to leave in such a hurry..."
Before the tea shop owner had finished speaking, he heard a burst of noise coming from the direction of the city gate.
For a moment, everyone in the city couldn't help but look in the direction of the city gate.
In less than five minutes, a voice resounded through the richest town in the Kingdom of Thunder——
"It's Konoha! Konoha's army has entered the city!"
