Chapter 149: Sand Village Attacked
Konoha March 45.
The Third Raikage passed through the Land of Earth and personally led a surprise attack on the Sand Village.
Since the main forces of the company were sent out to search for the trace of the Sandaime Kazekage, the Sandaime Raikage was like a fish in water and quickly attacked to a position 50 kilometers away from Yixiantian.
At this time, the place where the Sandaime Raikage and his party were located was exactly where Luosha usually dug for gold.
When the Hidden Cloud Village was about to attack here, Luo Sha had just begun to prepare for digging.
Upon learning that the Sandaime Raikage was personally leading the invasion, the young ninja did not show fear. Instead, he persuaded the ninjas who were trying to escape, gathered some of the defeated soldiers on the front line, and built several lines of defense using the terrain advantage.
This is also the reason why the Third Raikage and his party finally stayed here.
However, all Luo Sha could do was to buy time.
Facing the powerful Third Raikage, Rasa was only able to hold him off for five days.
But it was these insignificant five days that bought the Sand Village precious breathing time, allowing the top leaders to gather the surrounding ninjas.
Soon, as Luosha's defense line was completely conquered, a large number of Sand Ninjas had gathered at the narrow gap.
By the time the Sand Raikage arrived at the Thin Line of Sky, the number of ninjas from the Sand Village had already exceeded that of the Cloud Village.
Even though he saw with his own eyes that the Sand Ninjas had built a line of defense, the Sandaime Raikage, who had already fought to the edge of the line, was unwilling to retreat. After weighing the pros and cons, he still gave the order to attack.
The two sides began an offensive and defensive battle around the narrow gap.
......
The news of the Hidden Cloud Village attacking the Hidden Sand Village soon spread to the Konoha Village.
Without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to summon him, Danzo took the initiative to go to the Hokage's office and called the other two advisors.
[It finally begins. 】
Danzo knew very well how important this war was to Konoha, as it would determine whether Konoha would remain as bloated as in the previous life, or would truly become the number one hidden village in the ninja world.
"Danzo, En, Koharu."
As the door was pushed open, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had already learned the news from his Anbu, was not surprised.
"Huruzen, the Hidden Cloud Village has taken action."
As soon as he sat down, Mizuto Menen couldn't wait to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen the news.
"I've heard about it and was just about to send someone to call you when you came over."
Putting away the documents in front of him, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was calm and his tone was unruffled.
"Now is a great opportunity to retake the Land of Hot Springs. While the Third Raikage is away, our troops can easily defeat the Cloud Ninjas there."
Koharu Utatane wanted to take this opportunity to regain Konoha's management rights over the Land of Hot Springs.
"Declaring war proactively? Without a proper reason for declaring war, this will probably cause controversy."
"Humph."
Without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to finish, Danzo sneered first.
Criticism, the Hidden Cloud Village took advantage of the Sunagakure Village's weakness and launched an undeclared war, but the other side didn't receive any criticism.
Hearing his friend's sneer, a trace of displeasure flashed across Sarutobi Hiruzen's face, but he quickly suppressed it.
"Of course there is a reason. The Sand Village is our ally. Isn't it enough to help our allies?"
Stroking his chin, Danzo narrowed his eyes, his tone full of chill.
Seeing that his good friend was standing with the two advisors again, Sarutobi Hiruzen became more and more dissatisfied.
Since the Second Ninja World War, Danzo, whose methods have become much gentler, has eased the gap between the top leaders and the Uchiha clan.
I was also quite pleased, and the two of us even had a heart-to-heart talk.
However, the failure of Takigakure Village made Danzo's style return to a tough stance. Although it was not reflected internally, Danzo had already caused a lot of trouble externally.
Although Danzo deliberately concealed certain information, Hiruzen still learned about some of the Root's external actions through his own channels.
Even his own apprentice Orochimaru participated in certain human experiments.
More importantly, Danzo's power in the village has reached an extremely large level.
"That's right, Hiruzen. The Sand Village is our ally. Now that they are being invaded by the Cloud Village, we should lend them a helping hand."
Without noticing Sarutobi Hiruzen's somewhat gloomy expression, Mito Kado En tapped his cane and agreed with Danzo's statement.
The two advisors had long been dissatisfied with Sarutobi Hiruzen's repeated tolerance, and now that the Hidden Cloud Village took the initiative to attack, they were quite excited.
What kind of alliance is this? It was just a forced signing when the other side was defeated. However, Danzo was in charge of the negotiations. Could it be that he was......
With a frown on his face, Sarutobi Hiruzen found it increasingly difficult to understand his friend who was sitting there with his eyes closed.
If I had known, I wouldn’t have called these two guys back.
Seeing that the situation had become 3V1, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had pretended to be a good guy for half his life, knew that he had to toughen his attitude at this moment.
"Regarding the matter of helping our allies, I will write a personal letter and send it to the Third Raikage, and try to make peace between the two sides."
"As for the country of soup, the current situation is still unclear, so it is not appropriate to start a war. Let's wait for news from the front line."
"Besides, once we declare war on the Hidden Cloud Village, it will inevitably lead to the actions of the Hidden Rock Village, and then it will be our forces that will be lost."
In Sarutobi Hiruzen's view, this is just a war between the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Sand Village. Once he intervenes, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction.
By then, I'm afraid that the Iwagakure Village will reap the benefits.
This guy Danzo is so short-sighted that he can't even see through such a simple truth.
Looking at his friend again, a hint of disappointment flashed across Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart.
"Yeah."
After receiving the reply from Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo didn't say much, but just nodded.
Then he stood up:
"In that case, let's just wait and see what happens."
Then, under the bewildered gazes of everyone, Danzo left the office without looking back.
"Hey, wait..."
Seeing Danzo suddenly leave, the two consultants were momentarily at a loss as to what to do.
This is a bit too rude of you. You called them here, so why didn't you take us with you when you left? !
Cursing all of Danzo's ancestors in their hearts, the two consultants suppressed their embarrassment and left the office with stern faces.
When they arrived outside the gate, they saw Danzo standing not far away with his two guards, seemingly waiting for them.
"Danzo, why don't you try to convince Hiruzen!"
Leaning on a cane, he quickly came up to Danzo and questioned Danzo in a low voice.
Hearing Mizuto Menen's question, Danzo narrowed his eyes and looked at the man in front of him. The cold gaze made Mizuto Menen shiver.
"Yes Danzo, if we keep insisting, Hiruzen will definitely relent."
Seeing that Danzo was looking at her unfriendlyly, Utane Koharu hurried forward to smooth things over.
"No need to insist. Hiruzen is very firm this time."
Danzo shook his head.
Knowing Hiruzen's character well, he could hear the other's firm will from his tone.
It is not possible to impress him with just a few words.
"What should we do? Are we just going to watch the fighter plane fly away from us?"
Xiaochun was a little unwilling to go to bed.
In addition to their reluctance to see the fighter planes disappear, the two advisers wanted to use the war to consolidate the power they had finally returned.
If Hiruzen is determined to play coward, the power of the two of them will never be able to return to the time when Hiruzen first ascended the throne.
"Humph, it's not that simple."
Shaking his head, Danzo had already made a plan in his mind.
"I will give orders to Hyuga Shimizu in the name of the Hokage's assistant and have him launch an attack on the Kumo Ninja in the Land of Hot Springs."
"Yan, you are now in charge of the logistics department. You will be responsible for ensuring the supply of materials to Shimizu. Xiaochun, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be responsible for drafting a declaration to denounce the Hidden Cloud Village and declare war on them!"