Just when the messenger ship of the Daming Prefecture thought it was leaving the port in the direction of the Kingdom of Thunder, the shogunate's armored ship cruising off the coast of Kinki immediately sent the information back to the shogunate's headquarters, Fubo Castle.
"Instruct all ministries to start mobilizing for war!"
After receiving the intelligence, Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately ordered: "The two border defense forces in the north and east will each send two detachments to support me, and all members of the punishment battalion will be transferred to me!"
"As you command!"
Following Uchiha Tokumitsu's order, the shogunate, which had been preparing externally and internally for a long time, began to act nervously.
Orders were quickly passed to each Ninja Army station with the order ninjas coming out. Under the orders of the jounin who had been prepared for a long time, a group of Ninja troops quickly and secretly marched to the eastern coast of the Land of Fire to lurk and wait for the next stage. Order.
Even Sanho Hanzo, who was far away in the Land of Rain and was paying attention to the war between Iwagakure and Sunagakure, once again received a mercenary contract from Uchiha Tokimitsu's envoy.
"...Is the goal this time still the Kingdom of Water?"
Sanshouyu Hanzo did not read the mercenary contract immediately, but asked directly.
"Yes, Mr. Hanzo."
The shogunate's messenger replied: "This time the target is still Kirigakure."
"Is it……"
Sansho Fish Hanzo was thoughtful.
Although the Kingdom of Water he mentioned and the Kirigakure mentioned by the messenger sounded like two sides of the same coin to others, Sansho Hanzo still understood a different meaning.
"...What is General Tokumitsu's vision for the goal of this battle?"
After Sanshouyu Hanzo waved back, he asked the shogunate's envoy.
"The general intends to replace him."
The shogunate envoy also received instructions from Uchiha Tokumitsu before this trip, so he spoke frankly.
"Is it……"
Sanshouyu Hanzo took a breath of cold air, and the gas mask on his face made a rapid "snoring" sound.
After all, Kirigakure is one of the five great ninja villages. Although it has suffered several major defeats, its outstanding performance in the recent Kumogakure conquest has refreshed the impression of it by all the countries in the ninja world.
And the word "replacement" is really shocking.
But since the shogunate's envoy said it so directly, Sanshouyu Hanzo had no way to find an excuse to refuse. Otherwise, no matter whether the shogunate would continue to attack Kirigakure or not, the Ame Ninja Village would become a thorn in its side afterwards.
"I see……"
Sanshouyu Hanzo calmed down and replied to the envoy: "I will personally lead the Thousand Rain Ninjas to participate in the battle within two days. Please ask the shogunate troops stationed along the way to help cover their whereabouts."
"Thank you Mr. Hanzo for your support!"
The shogunate envoy agreed wholeheartedly.
The reason why Uchiha Tokimitsu did not directly mobilize the northwest border defense force of Uchiha Fire Gate was to allow them to cover the whereabouts of the rain ninja and to take over the western region of the Land of Rain on behalf of Sanhoyu Hanzo, so that Sanhoyu Hanzo could have no worries. The whole army went out to fight.
…
When Sansho Hanzo decided to go to war, arsenals in various parts of the shogunate were also opened. Ninjas carrying huge seal scrolls sent massive amounts of military supplies to Fuba City and transferred them to the Southern Islands.
The pro-nin clan under the United Company also received a personal letter from Uchiha Tokumitsu and began to be ordered to assemble family ninjas.
Although the shogunate tried its best to conceal the process of gathering ninja troops, some people would still notice it; both Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Shigata were a little confused.
"Tokuguang-kun, this is..."
Hatake Sakumo asked Uchiha Fang.
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu, as the governor of Konoha, naturally has military power over Konoha, in theory, as long as he is not implementing general mobilization, he does not need to discuss with Hatake Sakumo, the rotating chief executive.
But such a large-scale mobilization of ninja troops has to make people think a lot.
"...Maybe something happened over there in the Kingdom of Water."
Although Uchiha Shifang is the clan leader and the president of the Konoha Senate, he has never had any binding force on Uchiha Tokimitsu. Even the radicals within the family have been obeying him in secret, so naturally they don't know much about the gathering of the ninja army. Inside story.
"...the issue of gold judgment payment?"
Hatake Sakumo frowned and recalled, remembering the Water Country bankruptcies that had recently caused a stir in the ninja world: "Even if the Water Country daimyo defaults on his debt, he won't have to use such a large-scale ninja army, right?"
"……I don't know either."
Uchiha Quartet replied with some shame: "But I will send envoys to the shogunate station later to ask Tokumitsu-kun what his specific plans are..."
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Sifang..."
Hatake Sakumo originally wanted to go to the shogunate to meet with Uchiha Tokumitsu in person, but due to his responsibilities, the political and general affairs that needed to be dealt with were extremely complicated, and he really couldn't get away. In addition, the Uchiha four parties said they would send envoys to inquire, so he couldn't. I gave up the idea of going east in person.
…
"Lord Tokumitsu, the shogunate ninja army has gathered more than 3,000 people. There are also 1,500 family ninjas from the United Company, 1,000 rain ninja soldiers and more than 400 people from the western frontier army are still on the way."
In the shogunate hall, the attendant ninja reported to Uchiha Demitsu.
"Has the arms transfer been completed?"
Uchiha Tokko asked casually.
And casually issued an order to transport 70 billion funds to the Kingdom of Water for payment of the gold judgment.
This was also the last and largest amount of funds raised by Uchiha Tokumitsu, which was used to completely smash the financial system of the Kingdom of Water before the war.
"They have all been stored in the Southern Islands and Midway Island, and can be transferred out of the warehouse at any time!"
The attendant ninja replied.
"Where's the battleship?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu issued another military exercise order.
"All seventy-two ironclad ships have completed maintenance and are ready to anchor and go to sea at any time!"
The Uchiha ninja in charge of the shipyard quickly stepped forward and answered.
"very good……"
Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, "Then, the assembled ninja army will take an armored ship and go out to sea for exercises. At the same time, it can also shock the daimyo nobles who are bloodbathing the water country and make them obediently hand over the gold medal!"
"As you command!"
The attendant ninja immediately took the order and left.
Uchiha Tokumitsu also knew that the large-scale gathering and mobilization of the Ninja Army could not be completely hidden from everyone, so he also deliberately leaked the traces of the Ninja Army.
Although the seventy-two armored ships can be said to be invincible in the ninja world, it actually makes sense if they are used as a background to deter the daimyo of the land of water from paying the gold.
As for whether Kirigakure would have any other doubts, it was beyond Uchiha Tokumitsu's consideration.
If they can successfully cross the sea and return to the Kingdom of Water, then Uchiha Tokumitsu might as well find a tofu and kill him!
After arranging the affairs of various ministries, Uchiha Tokumitsu came to the Whirlpool Research Institute again.
This time, Gotachibana Yagura, whose sanity was sealed by Uchiha Madara and became a "researcher" after being captured, may be of some use.
Previously, in order to avoid alerting Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Tokumitsu had only added countless whirlpool sealing spells to Goju Yagura's body, and used it as an experiment and energy source to extract the tailed beast chakra. Now that he has planned After a complete showdown, it would be a matter of course to break Uchiha Madara's seal and allow Goju Yagura to regain his self-awareness.
Moreover, if Goju Yagura is willing to switch sides, it will also help to break Kirigakure's fighting spirit.
…
"Now that the ninja army is approaching Unlei Gorge, why is the daimyo so eager to withdraw?"
In the main tent of Kirigakure in the Land of Thunder, the Third Mizukage asked with a gloomy face.
All the Kirigakure jonins had murderous looks on their faces, staring intently at Konoe Atsushi standing in the middle.
"The ambition of the shogunate has been made undisguised, and the Kingdom of Water has reached its most dangerous moment!"
Konoe Atsushi urged: "Mizukage-sama, the relationship between the Kingdom of Water and Kirigakure is inseparable. If the country overthrows, what will happen even if the expeditionary force captures Kumogakure? Kirigakure will not be able to escape destruction by then. What a disaster!"
"snort!"
The Third Mizukage snorted coldly and threw the Daimyo's urgent documents on the table. "Didn't the Daimyo recruit the ninja troops stationed in the village to wipe out the rebellious people? Do you think that the shogunate dares to risk the disapproval of the world and attack the Kingdom of Water again?"
"Mizukage-sama... the national treasury has run out of money, and the shogunate's funds are no longer able to pay the full amount of the gold judgment..."
Konoe Atsushi smiled bitterly and said: "Moreover, His Highness the Daimyo cannot continue to raise supplies to support the frontline operations. If the troops are not withdrawn at this time, the subsequent supplies will be cut off..."
The shogunate's financial and economic wars have completely disrupted the order of the Kingdom of Water in a very short period of time. Although under the auspices of the Minister of Justice, the Kirigakure Ninja Army began to kill and quell the chaos everywhere, the grassroots organizations of the Kingdom of Water They were all overturned in the turmoil. Even if the nobles from various places were not arrested by the mob, they could only stay in the castle and dare not go out.
If the Kirigakure expeditionary force does not withdraw its troops and return reinforcements, once the shogunate launches an attack, the Kingdom of Water will be unable to resist.
The Third Mizukage picked up the Daimyo's emergency document and read it again, then turned his attention to the jounin under his command.
The eyes of all the Jonin also flickered.
"...withdraw our troops in three days!"
The Third Mizukage didn't need to ask the jonins for their opinions, but he understood their thoughts, so after hesitating for a while, he issued the withdrawal order that Konoe Atsushi wanted to hear most.
"As you command!"
Although the jounin were unwilling to do so, they still loudly agreed.
"...That damn little kid! How did Setsuna little devil teach him to be so insane!"
The "Third Mizukage" was so angry that he was itching his teeth. At the same time, he did not forget to hate the elder Setsuna who was living in Konoha.
"Pity……"
After everyone in the tent retreated, the body of the "Third Generation Mizukage" slowly leaned on the back of the chair.
"Absolutely!"
An old and awe-inspiring voice came from the mouth of "The Third Mizukage".
"Madara-sama~I'm here~"
A strange humanoid creature that was pale and covered with bone spurs emerged from the feet of the "Third Generation Mizukage".
"...Is the Tokumitsu brat planning to launch an attack on the Kingdom of Water?"
"The Third Mizukage", Uchiha Madara lowered his head and asked.
"I don't know~ Konoha hasn't started mobilizing yet~"
Bai Jue said with a playful smile: "And I can't get through the shogunate across the sea~"
"snort!"
Madara Uchiha snorted coldly, waved his hand to Bai Zetsu to retreat, and then closed his eyes to rest.
"...What an outstanding junior!"
"Pity……"
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