Fighting requires courage!
In the famous article "On the War of Cao GUI" from "Zuo Zhuan", a few sentences explain the essence of military success.
Courage is the basis of combat.
Whether it is the ancient Chinese dynasties, the various countries in Europe and the West, or the nomadic peoples who have experienced the rise and fall of the grasslands, war courage has always been the basis for their rise.
Including the ninja world, the same is true. Whether it's a samurai or a ninja.
The battle for the mountain castle in the northern border of Grassland led by Uchiha Tokimitsu was a situation where the total force was at a disadvantage, and a large number of cores were gathered through intelligence superiority, and the ninja army was mobilized to destroy the advance force of the Iwagakure ninja army in a short time, allowing Iwagakure to move south. At this point, he settled outside the country of grass, thus successfully achieving the strategic goals he needed.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
The current Iwagakure is in the stage of "re-decline". More than two hundred advance team ninjas were wiped out. For a time, Iwagakure was greatly shocked. The ninja army that had not entered the country also stopped outside the northern border and moved towards Iwagakure asked for "tactical guidance" while building fortifications, intending to defend them forever.
The ninja army commanded by Uchiha Tokumitsu were all high-spirited and full of fighting spirit; including the grass ninjas who used to be servile in front of the powerful ninjas, under the leadership of the Uchiha people, they successfully wiped out several underground forces. After that, the cunning and viciousness in his temperament faded a lot, and he became more fierce and daring to fight.
Uchiha Tokumitsu led this coalition of Konoha Uchiha elites + Kusanagi rabble, with a thousand people setting up a battle formation on the northern border of the Country of Kusana and confronting more than 2,800 ninjas from Iwagakure.
Ninja's fighting style determines that they rarely engage in large-scale direct battles.
Non-stop team probing, infiltration, running, assassination, strangulation... This is the main theme of the ninja war.
After all, ninjas mostly rely on individual attacks to fight against enemies. Even the Iwagakure, who are united by the will of stone and use large-scale earth escape to combine ninjutsu, their favorite ninjas are still fighting in small groups.
Uchiha Tokumitsu's strategy is as simple and direct as ever, which is to build fortifications and set up traps in the main formation. First, build a stronghold for a long-term confrontation with Iwagakure, and then deploy jounin to form an elite team to sneak into the Iwagakure defense zone of Earth Country. Conduct a surprise and strangulation operation to consume the effective strength of the ninja army on the Iwagakure side.
The basis of this combat strategy is based on the fact that among the more than a thousand ninja troops led by Uchiha Tokumitsu, the number of jounin is as high as 51, which is significantly more than the 39 members of the Iwagakure ninja army. Moreover, the grass ninjas are generally of poor quality. The method of loosening and stretching will inevitably lead to failure in the face of powerful ninjas, so this formation uses it and some Konoha ninjas as a defensive force to deal with Iwagakure's possible counterattack.
The effect of strangulation behind enemy lines is quite significant.
In seven days, Uchiha Tokumitsu sent a total of 17 teams to sneak into the vicinity of the Earth Kingdom camp or material transportation and supply lines to break the engagement, and achieved a total of 89 beheadings of ninjas at the chuunin level and above.
At this time, even the older generation of Iwagakure ninja Dojo Jounin, who was led by the Iwagakure ninja army who had been ordered by the Tsuchikage to insist on controlling the border, could not sit still.
Since his family knew his own affairs, Dojo naturally knew the quality of the southward ninja army he commanded. Even the advance troops could be easily wiped out by the ninja army led by Uchiha Tokumitsu, which shows that this ninja army is really average.
However, there was nothing that could be done about it. The main force of Iwagakure had already been mobilized by the Tsuchikage Onoki under the instruction of the Daimyo of Earth Country to sneak into the direction of Rain Country, with the intention of encircling and suppressing the Rain Ninjas headed by Sansho Hanzo, and facing the direction of Grass Country. Although the number of Ninja troops dispatched was more than 3,000, they were nothing more than a smoke bomb to deceive others. The strength of the Ninjas assigned to them was relatively average. Not to mention the ace Iwagakure such as the Demolition Force, even the well-known jounin under his command were all serious. There were only a few, and most of the commanding chuunin in the grassroots team were mediocre. Under such circumstances, he felt really unsure about fighting against the famous Uchiha clan.
"Damn Uchiha, they are trying so hard to provoke a war in the ninja world!"
Holding the latest battle damage report in his hand, Jōnin, the leader of the ninja army from the Iwagakure Rain Country, was shaking with anger.
Shivering! Why is he always the one who gets hurt!
As an old antique who has survived from the Warring States Period to this day, Dojo Jounin is naturally not weak, but after all, he is old and his strength has declined a lot compared to his youth. Moreover, he is also used to the pampering style of the ninja village and fights for his life. The meaning is also indifferent and looks a lot.
""Fifty jounin, including nearly thirty Uchiha magatama jounin..."
Looking at the information compiled by Iwagakure ANBU, Dojo couldn't help but let out a wail.
Among the ordinary ninjas, although Iwagakure did not recruit elites, Dojo was confident that he could fight with Konoha. However, the proportion of ninja ninjas in the opposite ninja army was too high, and it was still A famous and wealthy ninja clan like Uchiha.
He really couldn't muster the courage to counterattack on a large scale. He was afraid that the true strength of his subordinates would be known during the battle, which would lead to Uchiha Tokko's evil plans and a large-scale attack. At that time, there would be no way to save the day.
On the other hand, Uchiha Tokumitsu continued to send out elite jounin teams to continuously attack Iwagakure's rear, striving to phase Iwagakure's supply line and try his best to effectively attack the effective force of Iwagakure's ninja army.
Although Konoha's side, the elite team composed of jounin frequently succeeded, Uchiha Tokumitsu was quite proud in his heart, but at the same time he felt that there must be something fishy. Perhaps Iwagakure was brewing some vicious plan in an attempt to defeat the Konoha ninjas.
In this way, the border war situation in the northern border of the Kingdom of Grass gradually heated up in the mutual testing and fighting between the two sides who also used the team system as the basis.
…
"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu, who was holding the seal, puffed out his mouth and spit out a sea of fire that flooded the Iwagakure patrol force that was caught off guard.
The mighty sea of fire swallowed up five Iwagakure in one fell swoop, and they only had time to let out a doomsday cry before their souls returned to the Pure Land. The other eight Iwagakure also died quickly under the joint strangulation of the Uchiha jounin.
"unusual……"
Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned and looked at the Iwagakure patrol force in front of him, which was easily surrounded and annihilated by his team. More than a dozen Iwagakure corpses were spread out in a mess on the ground. At this time, he always felt uncomfortable in his heart. Well, it felt like there was some conspiracy surrounding him.
"It's quite abnormal..."
Hinata Toshiki who was accompanying him also felt the same way.
So relaxing.
Although it was just a patrol force, the process of annihilating this Iwagakure was too easy. Moreover, Iwagakure had no intention of sending out a large group of troops to fight back.
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu personally led an elite team of 8 jounin to conduct reconnaissance operations behind enemy lines, it was not possible to wipe out several Iwagakure troops in a row. There was still no movement at Iwagakure's camp.
"If Iwagakure only has this kind of fighting ability, then how can he be able to stand upright in the Ninja Army and become one of the top five Ninja Villages in Konoha?"
Uchiha Tokko was a little irritated.
"Toshiki-kun, can you observe the situation at Iwagakure Camp?"
"Not yet, the distance is still too far..."
At this time, an Uchiha jounin took out a map from his ninja tool bag, and after some comparison, he found the location.
"Lord Tokumitsu, our current location should be about five kilometers away from Iwagakure Camp..."
Five kilometers is not that far for a ninja. There was such a big movement in Ninjutsu, there was no reason why Iwagakure should not know about the attack information here.
Uchiha Tokumitsu took the map and looked at it, his brows furrowed even more.
"...Then shall we continue our reconnaissance?" Hinata Toshiki asked timidly.
"Forget it..." Uchiha Tokumitsu thought for a while, "There is no need to risk getting into Iwagakure's trap."
Uchiha Tokumitsu looked towards the direction of Iwagakure Camp. He clearly felt that sentient ninjas were using secret techniques to spy on the situation here, but he had no means to counter the sentient ninjutsu.
Maybe... Iwagakure deliberately threw out cannon fodder to test the Uchiha's intelligence.
Uchiha Tokumitsu felt as if he had found some clues.
"That's fine..."
Even the heartless and passionate Uchihas felt a little weird at this time and were surprised by Iwagakure's style.
"When will the Ino Shika Butterfly ninja that Tofu Jōnin said will arrive?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu placed his hope on the "pig" in the Ino, Deer and Butterfly combination - the ninja of the Yamanaka clan.
I hope they can use secret techniques to spy on the memory information in the mind of the deceased from the Iwagakure corpse in the cold storage.
"Probably arrive at noon the day after tomorrow." Uchiha Jounin, the liaison clerk, said.
"Well, keep the body well, and when they arrive, let it be handed over to the ninjas of the Yamazaka clan to spy on the memory. Then we can get the strategic layout of Iwagakure."
…
At this time, in the Iwagakure camp, the leader of the Iwagakure ninja army, Territori, stared in the direction of Uchiha Tokumitsu and gritted his teeth.
As an expatriate ninja army, there will naturally be no shortage of sentient ninjas. Uchiha led his troops directly into five kilometers of the camp to hunt and kill the patrol troops. As a commander, he was unable to deal with the turmoil.
In the final analysis, it is still a question of ninja combat effectiveness.
The ninja army he led was indeed composed of mediocre ninjas from the village, and their combat effectiveness was indeed average. Uchiha Tokimitsu must not be allowed to know the inside story, otherwise once the Konoha ninja army commanded the ninja army to attack forcefully on a whim, then the rock he commanded would be The end of the Hidden Ninja Army is not good.
"Lord Dojo, the Uchiha have evacuated..."
The sensing ninja reported the sensing results with a vibrato.
As a perceptive ninja with average strength but keen senses, he felt that the boy with the strongest chakra reaction in the distance had obviously noticed his prying eyes and looked in his direction for a long time. He was so frightened that his heart trembled.
"Send personnel to clean up the battlefield..."
As a veteran Jōnin who had survived from the Warring States Period to this day, Dojo suddenly realized that he was really old.
He was actually beaten to the door by a junior, but he could do nothing but stand by and watch his subordinates being killed.
How cowardly this is!
"Wait until they are far away before going..."
Dojo's back became even more stooped.
