Facing the ninja troops of the Kingdom of Ghosts, Sunagakure arranged his position into a three-stage concentric circle formation, divided into three lines of defense from the outside to the inside.
A total of one thousand sand ninjas are stationed on the first line of defense, and their main responsibility is to warn and monitor the enemy. Once the ninjas of the Ghost Country attack, the enemy's attack route can be determined.
Then the 1,500 Suna ninja placed on the second line of defense will move in response, ready to support at any time to block the enemy's invasion.
The third line of defense is located at the core, and is also the last line of defense in Sunagakure's formation. It exists as a command post, with 2,500 Suna ninjas stationed there, and is personally led by the Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
In the core headquarters area, a large amount of supplies that Sunagakure brought to the front line are stored, as well as a simple field hospital that has been established. They are all Sunagakure key protection areas. The Sunagakure protection force in these two areas is also the strongest. Adequate.
In the conference room set up in a simple tent, the Suna ninjas headed by Kazekage Rasa and the Konoha ninjas headed by Jiraiya started an extremely rigorous discussion on tactics.
Since the Country of Wind is Sunagakure's home turf, Jiraiya can only focus on Sunagakure's strategic layout most of the time. Occasionally, he will put forward his own opinions to supplement the deficiencies in Sunagakure's strategy.
"According to what the investigation team members saw with their own eyes, the ninja troops from the Kingdom of Ghosts have established a huge base thirty miles north of the camp. Judging from their appearance, they should be planning to start a long-term stalemate with us. .”
Luo Sha took out a few photos and spread them out on the table. The photos showed what a base looked like.
Judging from the size of the base, it is not a problem to accommodate five thousand people for long-term garrisoning.
In addition, the outer walls of the base are very tall, and protective barriers are placed in the sky and underground. With the ninjas of the Demon Country occupying a favorable location, it is definitely not a wise move to attack this base, and there will definitely be casualties. heavy.
"Are they planning to delay the war through a stalemate?"
Jiraiya asked curiously.
Although he couldn't say anything, the strategic layout of the Kingdom of Ghosts in the Kingdom of Wind was weird and confusing.
"This kind of thing is not clear, but from the very beginning, we, Sunagakure, fell into the trick of the Kingdom of Demons. As a result, the vanguard army composed of a thousand ninjas is still uncertain about life and death. Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that they will Already captured by the Kingdom of Ghosts.”
As for the fate of the captives, Luo Sha couldn't help but feel sad when she thought about it.
In such turbulent times, prisoners had no human rights at all.
Although the five major powers jointly formulated the so-called humanitarian principle of not killing prisoners of war in the past, and it was affirmed by the Five Kages at that time, this humanitarian rule of not killing prisoners of war actually did not have much binding force on ninjas.
The so-called humanitarian principle of not killing prisoners of war is nothing more than an anesthetic formulated by the five major countries to allow small countries to comfort themselves.
In the Ninja World War, it has long been a tacit truth among the five major nations to kill enemy prisoners at will.
Unless some special prisoners would receive preferential treatment, such as medical ninjas, most prisoners would only be tortured and die miserably in endless torture.
Therefore, Luo Sha most likely believed that the vanguard army to which Ma Ji belonged had been completely wiped out and no one survived.
Even if he survived, he would probably be in a situation where life would be worse than death, and it would be better to die happily.
After hearing this, Jiraiya also sighed lightly, with a hint of gloom in his eyes.
He certainly knew how prisoners would be treated in times of war. Once you pry open their mouths and get the information you want, you can imagine how they will be treated.
Especially some female ninjas, after being captured, will end up more miserable than male ninjas.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya became more disgusted with war and vowed to prevent these tragedies from happening.
As long as the true son of the prophecy can be found and guided to the path of the savior, war can be avoided, the ninja world will usher in true peace, and no one will bear the pain caused by war.
Just when Jiraiya was about to say something, suddenly there was a sound of firecrackers outside, and the pattern of fireworks exploding was reflected on the tent's cloth.
What this scene foreshadows is self-evident.
Rasa immediately said to Jiraiya sternly: "Jiraiya Jonin, please use the transformation technique immediately to transform into our Suna ninja and move to a safe area. No matter what, your whereabouts and identities, no matter what, We cannot let the Kingdom of Ghosts notice it at this time, otherwise our surprise attack plan will be in vain."
The alliance with Konoha was carried out in secret and was not publicly announced.
When Jiraiya and others entered the Sunagakure camp, they were also cautious and did not attract the attention of the Demon Country.
They came here as a surprise attack force, used at the most critical moment.
If the ninjas from the Kingdom of Ghosts find traces at this time, it will also affect Sunagakure's next layout.
The arrangement of the surprise attack was completely meaningless.
Jiraiya also knew the importance of the matter, so he nodded solemnly to Luo Sha.
After saying that, he, Takashi Sarutobi and Tsuruko Sarutobi used transformation techniques to transform into Suna ninjas according to Rasa's instructions.
Follow a Suna ninja to leave the tent and go to where the other Konoha ninjas are. Let them also use the transformation technique to change their original appearance and stay away from the upcoming battlefield to avoid getting caught in a battle and exposing their identities.
As the previous fireworks exploded in the night sky, it was the Suna ninja at the first line of defense who sent out a warning signal, proving that there was an enemy invasion.
Not long after, a second firework also exploded in the air.
The enemy broke through the second line of defense and rushed towards the headquarters.
Luo Sha, who was leading the headquarters of the Sand Ninjas to prepare for the attack, had a slightly gloomy look on his face.
It was too fast.
The enemy almost ignored the two lines of defense he had set up outside and directly attacked the headquarters.
So, from what direction does the enemy attack? If you can ignore the two lines of defense in the outer circle, you can get the correct answer basically without thinking.
in the air.
Sure enough, in the sky above the second line of defense, two black shadows rushed towards the headquarters here like meteors at extremely fast speeds.
"Don't even think about it!"
Luo Sha clapped his hands and rushed forward. A single pedestal made of placer gold gathered under his feet and drifted rapidly into the air.
Behind him, a huge sand-gold hand broke away from the shackles of the desert and grasped the void in front of him, as if to crush the body of the invading enemy.
Boom!
A dull scratching sound spread through the air.
The two figures shifted their flight direction, one to the left and the other to the right. Golden sand particles fell partially from the sky, and their sand-gold hands grabbed a ball of air.
When Luo Sha saw that his attack failed, he was not discouraged. Instead, he dispersed small streams of gold from his hand, chasing towards one of the black shadows like a long, agile snake.
The placer gold snake moved extremely fast in the air, like golden lightning, and heard a harsh scream as it rubbed against the air.
A light bullet appeared next to the pursued black shadow, and collided with it at a flying speed that was not weaker than the Gold Snake.
boom!
Fierce flames scattered in the air, and sand gold flew everywhere, completely shattered by the shock wave after the light bomb exploded.
Luo Sha looked intently and realized that the enemy appearing in the night sky was not a human being, but a mechanical humanoid whose entire body reflected metallic luster.
The red jade on its chest made a clear beeping sound, and its semicircular head, which looked simple and honest, also flashed red light, as if it was warning of danger.
"What's this?"
This was the first time Luo Sha had seen this strange mechanical creation.
No matter how you look at it, this guy doesn't belong to the category of normal creatures.
The Kingdom of Ghosts can always create some weird fighting tools.
The tail gas of gradually changing colors was sprayed out from behind. Destroyer 001 seemed to be aware of the danger of Luo Sha, and moved to high altitude. During the transfer process, the air around it began to twist, and a large number of red light bombs appeared like phantoms, scattering flowers like a goddess. method, causing the light bombs to fall on the desert in an irregular manner.
Sand and soil flew into the air, people flipped over, and the cloth tents burned up in an instant.
The sand ninjas kept yelling and cursing, and they quickly took action against them.
The arrows are attached with detonating symbols, which push out the ballista that can hit targets at ultra-long range, pointing high into the sky, aiming at Destroyer 001 to launch a counterattack.
A series of explosions produced an extremely brilliant sea of fire, lighting up the night sky into daylight.
Tianyu Girl, who was separated from Destroyer 001, launched a raid towards the warehouse area where Sunagakure's headquarters was located.
A red scroll fell out of her white sleeves. Tianyu Nu did not hesitate to untie the rope and open the scroll.
The scroll is inscribed with dense incantations. Surrounded by a large number of incantations, there is an eye-catching word 'fire' in the center.
The moment the scroll was opened, the word 'fire' came into contact with the outside air and immediately burned, with the font flashing with the brilliance of flames.
Immediately, thin flames began to fill the air, seeming to ignite the void.
There was no movement on Tianyu Nu's face. A violent hurricane was generated around her, and at the same time, the flames spitting out of the void were also involved in the hurricane.
Like the exaggerated trend of a spark igniting a prairie fire, the hurricane turned red and spread from the sky to the endless sandy land below.
Led by the storm, the terrifying flames raged everywhere in the Sunagakure camp, swallowing up the warehouses storing supplies in the camp, and making the surrounding Sunagakure ninjas bleed.
The Sand Ninja stationed in the warehouse area was in a hurry for a while, but they still could not stop the spread of the flames.
Sunagakure, who was in a defensive state, originally had to take into account many aspects, and this was an extremely important warehouse area. Many of their violent methods were unable to be used and were restricted.
boom!
During the fire, some explosive items in the warehouse seemed to have detonated. There was a terrifying explosion, which caused the fire to spread faster. Some sand ninjas had no time to dodge and were swallowed up by the fire. When they escaped, their faces and bodies were covered in fire. There were black burn marks, and his posture was awkward.
Seeing this scene, Luo Sha abandoned Destroyer No. 001 without a second thought and ran directly towards the warehouse area.
Placer gold gathered in the form of huge waves from all directions and rushed towards the warehouse area in an attempt to extinguish the fire burning in the warehouse area.
Just when the placer wave was preparing to extinguish the fire in the burning material warehouse area, light bombs penetrated the layers of the atmosphere and struck from the air.
The cores of these light bombs are white, and their outer skins glow with fiery light.
These light bombs landed and directly collided with the waves of placer gold.
Along with the terrifying explosion, countless placer gold turned into gold powder and flew into the night sky. The bright golden light and the scorching firelight shone with each other, making people unable to open their eyes.
The hurricane swept in all directions with a scalding heat wave. The warehouse burned in the fire, and the corners collapsed, causing a large number of sand ninjas to shout in panic.
In less than a minute, the Sunagakure headquarters turned into a battlefield filled with smoke.
Luo Sha witnessed the scene in front of him and deeply felt the horror and difficulty of the ghost country.
The warehouse that suffered from the gas fire was basically hopeless and could only watch the materials being destroyed.
Although he was furious at the enemy's methods, Luo Sha calmly controlled the placer gold and deployed a thick layer of placer gold wall around and above the unaffected warehouse to block the enemy's invasion of the warehouse area.
Tian Yunv released the storm, spreading the fire in Sunagakure's headquarters, causing commotion.
These actions did not bother Luo Sha.
As long as the remaining warehouse supplies are kept intact, it means that the enemy's action failed and Sunagakure's defense was successful.
Since he had to protect the warehouse area, Luo Sha had to focus most of his energy on maintaining the operation of the sand gold technique, so that he could not distract himself from attacking the enemy.
The jounin of the escort team noticed this and formed a 'swastika' formation to protect Luo Sha in the middle, alert to the explosive light bombs that might fly from the air at any time.
The red light flashed continuously on the huge jade. Destroyer 001 gave people a feeling of despair at this moment, like a moody child. Just when he was about to make the next move, a sudden sound of breaking through the air reached his ears. , subconsciously turned his body sideways to dodge the sudden attack.
The black shadow almost flew past the mechanical body and disappeared in a flash, as fast as lightning.
Destroyer No. 001 twisted the bearing on its neck, turned its head, and saw the body of the black shadow flying past its body.
It was a puppet wrapped in black clothes. Eight arms were exposed from the bottom of the black clothes, swinging randomly in the air. The tentacles like octopuses began to extend the eight arms at the bottom of the clothes and wrap around its mechanical body. .
Naturally, Destroyer No. 001 would not let himself fall into the trap of the puppet. When he was about to move his body backward, his body suddenly stiffened.
As if restricted by some kind of art, he couldn't move his body.
On the ground, an old Sunagakure ninja smiled as if his plan had succeeded.
He controls a puppet with eight arms with one hand, and condenses tough chakra threads with one hand, which is connected to the mechanical body of Destroyer 001 to restrict the opponent's movements.
Although the restraint of chakra is only for a moment, it is enough.
Eight arms that were like extended octopus tentacles quickly wrapped around the body of Destroyer No. 001, and the wrapping became tighter and tighter. The binding force generated by each arm was no less than that of a python.
In each extended arm, there must be a spell to harden the arm, so that such a terrifying restraining power can be displayed.
"Attack quickly, I can't restrain it for too long!"
The other party's chakra gave the old Sand Ninja a very heavy feeling. His puppet was like restraining a wild beast that was gradually going berserk. The other party was using a terrifying brute force to break free from the restriction of his puppet. Action techniques.
He hadn't seen this kind of guy for a long time.
This reminded him of the scene when he fought with the One-Tailed Shukaku in the past, although the pressure was not as exaggerated as the tailed beast.
Seeing the weird mechanical figure restrained by the puppet, the sand ninjas became excited and immediately turned the launch track of the ballista, and countless arrows flew towards the body of Destroyer 001.
Each arrow was attached with a detonating talisman, and everyone had already expected the enemy to be shattered to pieces.
Just as the sand ninjas showed joy on their faces, a figure flashed in front of Destroyer No. 001, clasping his hands together, the natural energy and chakra in the body began to merge, producing a large amount of magic chakra, which was concentrated in one fell swoop. in the body.
The owner of this figure is none other than Tianyu Nu.
The long black hair is flying in the air, and the pupils are emitting an inorganic light that changes from deep purple to blue and spreads out layer by layer in a gradient circle pattern.
Immortal magic·ash!
Under the operation of Tianyu Nu's technique, a strange white light was rendered in the entire night sky like ink.
In that vast expanse of white, an extremely terrifying energy was brewing.
The sound in my ears dissipated.
The air around him was still.
Pushed by the arrows, the detonating talisman flying into the sky began to explode. You could see the fierce fire and the shock wave that destroyed the atmosphere, but the sound was swallowed up by the white light.
After lasting for a few seconds, the firelight was also swallowed up by the white light curtain.
People's vision also lost color in an instant, falling into a pale world, losing their sense of direction.
"Then, what is that?"
"Are you kidding me?"
The sand ninjas looked at the scene happening in the sky with some confusion.
It seems that some people can't believe all this, and they can't understand what technique the enemy used to swallow up the flames and shock waves produced by a large number of detonating symbols, as well as the sound of explosions.
The white light was like bubbles in the water, slowly dissipating in the night sky, returning to the normal night sky.
Tian Yunv took a gentle breath. Although it was a little forced, she finally intercepted it with a technique.
If this stupid brother gets hit hard here, my father will be very angry.
It's really not easy to take care of such a stupid brother.
Destroyer No. 001, who was behind Tianyu Nu, broke free from the shackles of the puppet at this moment, and its eight arms turned into wooden parts and fell from the sky.
On the sand, the old sand ninja who was watching this scene was panting heavily and coughing, with a look of resentment on his face.
"Damn, it almost worked!"
However, no matter how much he regrets the passing of the opportunity at this time, failure is failure, and this ending will not change with his regret.
Suddenly, valve-like mechanisms opened on both sides of Destroyer 001's metal arms, and round metal warheads were exposed to the air without warning, giving people a cold and dangerous feeling.
Click, click, click, these metal bullets ejected from the grooves on both sides of the arms, and pushed by the flame exhaust gas, they flew around in the air in an irregular orbit, with no rules at all.
Then, all these warheads rushed towards the sand, causing the nearby Sand Ninja to jump away in fright.
Just when they thought that these warheads would hit the ground and explode, under the surprised eyes of the sand ninjas, the metal warheads penetrated the sand layer and disappeared directly.
When the sand ninjas were confused, Luo Sha, who was responsible for using the placer gold technique to protect the warehouse, realized something, his face changed drastically, and he quickly evacuated the placer gold that surrounded the warehouse.
Boom!
At the moment when the sand gold was withdrawn, explosive flames erupted from the ground, and warehouses were engulfed in fire. The fire burning the warehouses shone on the gloomy and angry expressions of countless sand ninjas.
In the sky, Tianyu Nu and Destroyer 001 ignored the anger and killing intent of the enemies on the ground and flew away into the distance, leaving the enemies with a relaxing and comfortable background.
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The next morning, Sunagakure's troops evacuated.
At noon, Shiraishi and Liuli led a team of one hundred ninjas and began to raid Sunagakure's station.
They said it was a sweep, but in fact they came to inspect the traces left by last night's battle.
The sand was covered with charred remnants left by the explosion, and the smell of burning things lingered in the air. Although the air raid last night did not kill many enemies, the area covered by the firepower was still quite intense.
Especially in the Sunagakure camp, there are many flammable and explosive buildings. After being attacked by such fierce firepower, it will inevitably leave many traces of embarrassment.
"I thought we would have to maintain a stalemate for a few more days, but in the end, we retreated more decisively than expected. That Kazekage-sama is really cautious."
Shiraishi looked at the messy land and said with a smile.
Although he had known this would be the result, he still hoped that Sunagakure could persist here for a few more days and retreat.
In this way, he can use the aerial combat capabilities of Destroyer 001 and Amaha-me to further reduce the number of ninjas in Sunagakure.
After all, in order to hide Konoha's unexpected surprise attack force, Rasa would definitely not let Konoha ninjas show up at this time.
Showing up means being exposed, which means that Sunagakure and Konoha's surprise attack failed.
Although Konoha's support has long been exposed to the Demon Country, this is also a place that can be used in the subsequent occupation.
Liuli did not refute. After such heavy losses of living materials, Sunagakure and the Demon Country troops here have been deprived of their capital for a long-term war.
Strategic shift is a wise move.
Sooner or later, this is bound to happen.
Sunagakure's next course of action should be to continue to mobilize supplies from Sunagakure Village and send them to the front line.
It will take at least three days to complete this process.
This three-day window is enough for them to do a lot of things.
Shiraishi held a handful of sand in his hand and looked at the direction of Sunagakure's retreat.
"A new batch of construction materials mobilized from the Hoshi Ninja Village has also arrived. We cannot waste this time. We will continue to move forward and further extend the deep front. It depends on whether Sunagakure can seize the next opportunity. It’s better not to disappoint us.”
Fine sand leaked out from between the fingers, and under the influence of the wind, it flew into the distance together with Shiraishi's murmured words.
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