Iwagakure's retreat was panicky but not chaotic.
Even though Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo led the team in pursuit, most of the Iwagakure ninja army that fought and retreated successfully evacuated even though they kept abandoning the subsequent cutoff troops.
Although Iwagakure was defeated, the perseverance and tenacity shown by both the Dango ninja who knew he would die and the Iwagakure ninja army during their retreat were admirable.
Perseverance and unwavering!
This is how the Will of Stone has shaped the Iwagakure ninjas of all generations.
"After all, it's a shinobi village from one of the five major countries."
Uchiha Tokumitsu, who was showing his exhaustion, waved the blood on the sword blade, picked up the clothes of Iwagakure's body on the ground and wiped the remaining blood on the sword blade.
After chasing for nearly seventy kilometers, Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo finally stopped.
The ninjas who accompanied him on the pursuit mission also collapsed one by one, panting to regain their strength and chakra.
"The disadvantage of Iwagakure is that they seriously lack elite power at the Jonin level and above." Hatake Sakumo gave a fair evaluation: "But at the genin and chunin stages, the abilities of Iwagakure ninjas are significantly better than those of other ninja villages. Ninja."
"The popularity of Iwagakure's ninjutsu is indeed good." Uchiha Tokko nodded in agreement.
"Get ready to retreat." Hatake Sakumo looked around and saw that everyone was almost rested, so he suggested.
"Go back..." Uchiha Tokumitsu put the clean sword back into its scabbard, "I'm really exhausted."
"But fortunately, the result is still good." Hatake Sakumo also smiled.
Although the final results have not yet been calculated, the two men alone killed no less than 300 Iwagakure ninjas during the pursuit.
Judging from the comparison of the number of participants in the battle and the final results of the two sides, the war against Iwagakure jointly commanded by Uchiha Tokumitsu, Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Kamon can be said to be a complete victory.
"Let the rest be left to those who are willing to intervene in this matter." Uchiha Tokumitsu waved his hand to summon the Uchiha ninjas of Tokumitsu's red team to clean up the battlefield. "The only thing we have to do next is to ensure victory. Its fruits are neither lost nor stolen.”
"The village...isn't..." Hatake Sakumo said, he was stuck, and he sighed and said no more.
…
This war jointly planned and launched by Uchiha Tokumitsu had a particularly profound impact on the ninja world.
The blow to Iwagakure's international status and prestige was also extremely heavy.
In order to avoid the ensuing revenge of the angry Iwagakure, the Konohagakure and Kusanagi allied forces completed the post-war rest and battlefield cleaning on the second day after the war, and then burned the Iwagakure camp to the ground. After the ashes, they began to retreat to the northern mountain city in the Kingdom of Grass.
At the same time, Uchiha Tokumitsu also handed over the body of Iwagakure Commander Bakudunkari to an Iwagakure prisoner and released him, who would take the commander's body back to Iwagakure.
Instead of throwing the corpse as proof of military exploits to ANBU to dissect and decipher the secret of blast escape, it would be better to return it to Iwagakure.
At noon, the Hokage's plenipotentiary representative and Konoha consultant elder Mito Kadeni, who came from the village, arrived at the mountain city in the northern border of Grass Country after a long journey.
When Mito Monobu met Uchiha Tokumitsu, he was happily discussing the renaming of the mountain castle with Dr. Kobayakawa, the special envoy of the Daimyo of Grass Country.
The so-called northern mountain city is actually just the ruins of an old city that has been in a semi-abandoned state. In the past, it was mainly inhabited by some businessmen traveling between the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Grass and a small number of herders' families; as the war began, these Border residents with a keen sense of smell have long since fled without a trace.
"Consultant Mitomon, good afternoon." Uchiha Tokumitsu greeted Mitomon cheerfully, "You're here just in time. I'm discussing with Dr. Kobayakawa the name change of Yamashiro. Would you like to also take a look at it?"
In the previous life of Uchiha Tokumitsu, as a person from a great country, he had been familiar with and fascinated by great achievements such as killing Shi Yanran and sealing langjuxu since he was a child. It was a pity that he could not engage in such incidents in the land of earth to attract hatred, so I thought about giving myself a flower job at the border of the Country of Grass.
"Haha... Tokumitsu-kun is so elegant." Mito Kadoyan smiled forcefully.
"Fuyan, Ruishi, Dantu, Hirosaki, which Mitomon consultant thinks is better?" Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't mind Mitomon's perfunctory approach and was still in high spirits.
"It doesn't matter... Tokumitsu-kun, if you have time, please call all the jounin for a meeting." Mito Kadoyan seemed a little impatient.
Before arriving at the mountain castle, he first met with Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Kado respectively at the garrison camp, but both of them said that the Ninja Army affairs meeting could only be held with the presence of Uchiha Tokumitsu, but Uchiha Tokumitsu was not present at this time. Camp, it is recommended to hold the meeting at another time.
The impatient Mito Kaden could not wait. In desperation, he went directly to the mountain castle in the north and forced Uchiha Tokumitsu to return to his base.
"What about broken stones? It just so happens that there are broken stones everywhere here, so it's the right time." Uchiha Tokumitsu explained with great interest.
Although Dr. Kobayakawa knew the original meaning of the name "gravel" very well, he had no courage to refute it and just agreed.
"Sorry to trouble you over there." Uchiha Tokumitsu patted Dr. Kobayakawa's shoulder, as if the friendship between the two parties was good.
Dr. Kobayakawa stooped even lower.
"Consultant Mitomon, would you please go to this deserted place in person?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu and Mito Kadoen were walking and talking.
"Tokumitsu-kun, please return to the camp as soon as possible." Mito Kadoyan didn't want to go around in circles anymore and said directly, "The military affairs meeting is very important. Please return as soon as possible."
"A little later." Uchiha Tokumitsu thought for a moment, "I will return to camp after arranging the defense here. The military affairs meeting can be held at eight o'clock tonight."
"good."
Mito Kadoyan got it right and didn't hesitate, "Then I'll start back to the camp first."
"Go slowly, don't send me away."
…
This fire-earth war jointly planned and launched by Uchiha Tokumitsu and the others, although it was an undeclared war, had a huge impact on Iwagakure.
In Iwagakure Village, the Tsuchikage Building.
Ohnoki threw several water glasses angrily.
All the Iwagakure jounin didn't dare to breathe.
The demon leech's face was ashen, and he lowered his head to accept the final judgment from the Earth Shadow.
The general of the Iwagakure Southern Ninja Army, Bakudushiri, was killed in the battle, and all the units lost troops and generals. As the commander of the southern border defense force, he was even more burdened with the crime of losing his troops and losing his land.
Even if you don't die, you still have to shed several layers of skin. Although Demon Leech was mentally prepared beforehand, he was still trembling when facing the Third Tsuchikage Onoki.
"Lao Zi!" Onomu shouted angrily.
The only man among the ninjas on the field who showed a nonchalant expression lowered his legs and stood up.
As a four-tailed jinchūriki, Lao Murasaki, who also developed Melting Release based on the power of tailed beasts, has always been somewhat at odds with Onoki, who is a Tsuchikage, but after all, he is powerful and is especially valuable to Iwagakure, who lacks top combat power. , so Onoki had to hold his nose and admit some behaviors that were outrageous but did not violate principles.
"Starting tomorrow, you will lead your direct troops and the southern border defense troops southward!" Ohnoki was furious, "And rebuild the southern camp and investigate the actual situation of Konoha's garrison!"
"I will go to Kyoto to meet the daimyo first, and then lead my troops south!" Onoki said every word through gritted teeth.
"Yes!" All the Yanyin people immediately stood up and responded regardless of whether the matter had anything to do with them.
"Magic Leech Jonin..." Ohnoki's eyes turned to the trembling and crumbling Demon Leech.
"exist……"
"As a genin, you should serve under Lao Zi." Although it was a pity that Demon Leech had shown talents and talents in the past, Ohnoki, as a Tsuchikage, still suppressed his emotions. "If I survive the first five battles without dying, I Just allow you to start over.”
After saying that, he lay down on the chair with his eyes closed and waved tiredly to let everyone leave.
"Iwagakure..." Ohnoki murmured a little tiredly in the empty Tsuchikage office.
"Uchiha! Hatake Sakumo!!!" Onoki's tone became vicious.
…
After Uchiha Tokumitsu arranged the defense of the former northern mountain city and the current Gravel City, he rushed all the way back to the garrison camp. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon.
After a simple meal at the camp, Tokimitsu Uchiha did not go to discuss with Sakumo Hatake and Kamon Uchiha, but took a rest first.
He also believed that as comrades who could be trusted to support each other, there was a tacit understanding between them, so there was no need to be too deliberate.
"Lord Tokumitsu..."
In a daze, Uchiha Tokumitsu heard the soft call of an Uchiha ninja from the red team.
"knew."
Uchiha Tokumitsu stood up and looked at the clock. It was seven-thirty.
After washing up a little, he wandered towards the Chinese army's tent.
At this time, outside the Chinese army's tent, several groups of people had gathered outside and were whispering.
"Commander Tokumitsu."
"Lord Tokumitsu."
"Young Master!"
When the ninjas saw Uchiha Tokumitsu approaching, they all said hello.
Uchiha Tokko responded one by one.
After briefly scanning the crowd, it turned out that they were clearly distinguishable.
The Uchiha clan and their affiliated ninja clans gathered together, the small ninja clan who favored Hatake Sakumo and the civilian ninjas gathered together, and the medium-sized ninja clans such as Sarutobi and Ino Shikacho gathered together, while the unreliable civilian ninjas were scattered in twos and threes.
Just like the current political situation in Konoha, although they are united on the surface, in fact everyone still plays their own role.
At least Konoha really isn't as united as Iwagakure.
While thinking endlessly, Uchiha Tokumitsu opened the door of the Chinese army tent and walked in.
"Tokumitsu-kun, have you rested?"
Uchiha Kamon was busy writing in front of the papers and handling official business, while Hatake Sakumo was drinking tea leisurely. When he saw Uchiha Tokko enter, he greeted Uchiha Tokko with a smile on his face.
"I feel much better after sleeping for a while." Uchiha Tokumitsu felt much more comfortable after a good sleep. "The Mito gate consultant hasn't come yet? I saw everyone is waiting outside."
"There's still an hour until the meeting, so let him put down his airs." Uchiha Kamon pushed away a lot of documents in front of him, raised his head and observed Uchiha Tokimitsu's expression, "It's indeed much better, there are bloodshot eyes. It also dissipated a lot.”
"Really?" Uchiha Tokko raised his eyebrows. He didn't have the habit of looking in the mirror, so he didn't notice the changes in his eyes.
"Tokumitsu-kun has indeed worked hard." Hatake Sakumo nodded in approval, "After this battle, Tokumitsu-kun is really tired from handling the affairs of various ministries."
"Shuo Maojun's compliments... are all due to Uncle Huomen..."
The three of them chatted and laughed, and about half an hour later, Mito Menyan opened the door curtain and walked in.
"Mitomon Advisor."
The three of them saluted in unison.
"Will the military meeting begin now?"
Hatake Sakumo gave up the seat next to Uchiha Kamon and asked proactively.
Mito Kadoyan nodded slightly, and Uchiha Kamon shook the bell to summon the jounin from each department to come in.
Although he remained calm on the surface, Mito Kadoyan was still carefully observing the three people and the jounin in each department.
In the big tent, Uchiha Kamon is in the top seat, Uchiha Tokugutsu is in the first place on the left, Hatake Sakumo is in the first place on the right, and Mito Kamon is sitting next to Uchiha Kamon.
The seats of the jounin who entered the big tent were also very clear.
The Uchiha clan and the jounin of the affiliated ninja clan have the largest number of people. They all sit together under Uchiha Tokimitsu, and their attitude is respectful. The attitude of greeting Uchiha Tokimitsu is even better than the salute to Uchiha Fire Gate.
The jonins from the junior ninja clan and civilian ninjas who were close to Hatake Sakumo were also sitting below him.
As for the great ninjas from the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Inokacho tribes who were quite powerful in the village, they were scattered behind Hatake Sakumo.
Behind the seats of the Uchiha clan were some civilian ninjas.
What dazzled Mito Kaden the most were the two Hyuga ninjas sitting in the camp of Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo respectively; and judging from the way they calmly communicated with the people around them, they seemed to have quite a friendship. It's not just sitting there casually.
After scanning everyone's expressions, everyone looked calm and seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of division of camps.
Through a simple daily meeting seating issue, Mito Kadenyan also saw the division of power in the Grass Country garrison camp.
Sarutobi, Shimura, and Ino Shikacho, who are popular in the village, can only stand aside in the northwest border defense force.
It can be seen that if the village wants to regain actual control of the Northwest Border Defense Force, it will definitely not be as simple as changing the command.
Mito Kadoyan sighed inwardly, feeling that it was particularly difficult.
"Gentlemen, let's start the meeting now." As soon as Uchiha Huomen's voice fell, everyone in the tent who was originally whispering fell silent.
Mito Menyan's eyelids couldn't help but twitch again.
"After being summarized by various ministries, the results of this battle against Iwagakure are as follows——"
Immediately after the military meeting, Uchiha Fire Gate began to announce the results of the war.
"... In this battle, a total of 1,744 members of Iwagakure were killed and 123 were captured, including 22 jonins below Commander Iwagakure's Explosive Release Killed in a combined attack; Three hundred and twenty-eight people were killed and 559 people were injured..."
"Our unit was able to achieve such impressive results even though we were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, all thanks to your bloody battles!" Hatake Sakumo took over Uchiha Kamon's words and praised him again.
"An exchange ratio of five points and three times! This shows the elite power of our ninja army!" Uchiha Tokumitsu raised his head and praised loudly.
"loyalty!"
The family ninjas below Uchiha Tokumitsu couldn't wait to stand up and shouted in unison.
"mighty!"
The ninjas below Hatake Sakumo also shouted in unison.
Mito Menyan was stunned...
Unknowingly, we have reached Chapter 80... As a new author who has been able to write 280,000 words now, there are also some unspeakable thoughts in my heart at this time.
After thinking about it, I still have to thank all readers for your continued support.
Thank you again.
I am very ashamed that I could not meet everyone's request for more updates during the Spring Festival. Next, I will try my best to increase the quantity while ensuring quality, and strive for two updates a day.
In addition, as a side note, going on a blind date is really an extremely uncomfortable thing. It is like a product being put on a shelf for anyone to pick and choose. For people with strong self-esteem, it is simply unbearable.
If the readers are still in the ivory tower or are still young, it is recommended to resolve major life events as soon as possible.
(End of chapter)
