Chapter 156 Take the Initiative! Rushing to Die? (5K, Please Subscribe! Please Vote!) (1/2)

After convincing Jiraiya, Chiho and Jiraiya left Myoboku Mountain together.

When they were summoned back to the Ninja World, they had already appeared at the outpost in the northern part of Konoha.

There are three main outposts in the northern part, each with a tall watchtower. The one in the center is the command post of the Konoha 300-man brigade, where the ninja assistants are.

At this time, that's where they are going.

That's where Kawashima Kaede and Sarutobi Shinnosuke are.

"Who is it?"

As soon as they approached the watchtower, they were discovered by the night watch ninja.

"It's Jiraiya-sama!"

When the searchlight shone over, they recognized Jiraiya at the first time, after all, his appearance was too iconic.

Although it was already night, it was obviously not time to go to bed.

After discovering Jiraiya and Chiho, Kawashima Kaede and Sarutobi Shinnosuke came out to greet them.

Because they knew that Jiraiya's arrival at this time was obviously something big.

When they gathered everyone to the first floor hall of the watchtower, Jiraiya announced a shocking news:

The leader of the Kumogakure envoys was killed on the spot by the clan leader Hyuga Hiashi for intending to kidnap Miss Hinata of the Hyuga clan.

Another Kumogakure jonin was also killed by Chiho for attacking Miss Ayane of the main family.

The Kumogakure envoys threatened to go to war and demanded the bodies of Hyuga Hiashi and Chiho to be handed over.

What's more serious is that the Kumogakure army, led by the fourth generation Raikage, has arrived in the northern part of the Land of Fields today, and is expected to reach the southern border of the Land of Fields tomorrow morning.

As long as they pass through the Hulu Valley in the south of the Land of Fields, the first to be hit are the three watchtowers of the Land of Fire. Once the Hulu Valley is lost, the watchtowers and outposts will obviously not be able to defend.

Then there is a flat land in the Land of Fire, and for a while, the Land of Fire is in crisis again.

And this action of Kumogakure is obviously a long-planned conspiracy.

All the ninjas in the field were elites who had experienced war, but they were not blinded by anger because of the shamelessness of Kumogakure.

Because they were now thinking about the three thousand Kumogakure troops that Jiraiya mentioned.

And they only had three hundred people.

One against ten? Not possible!

"Master Jiraiya, what do you say we should do?"

Everyone was silent for a long time. Kawashima Kaede took a deep breath and spoke first to break the oppressive atmosphere that had dropped to freezing point.

Jiraiya came late at night and brought the secret order of the third generation. Obviously, the top leaders had a way to deal with it.

At this time, they only need to obey orders, even if the order is to let them die, they will not hesitate. Kawashima Kaede is ready for this at this moment.

Seeing Kawashima Kaede speak first, Sarutobi Shinnosuke on the side continued:

"Jiraiya-sama, now all of us will obey your orders.

I think you should have a plan to deal with it."

"The third generation will personally lead the team to support.

But it will take at least one day to arrive.

That is to say, he will come to support tomorrow night or the morning of the day after tomorrow.

As for the follow-up troops, it will take at least two days to arrive one after another."

Jiraiya's first sentence made everyone feel relieved. With the third generation and Jiraiya, they have a backbone in their hearts.

But the following few sentences made them feel cold.

It will take at least one day, what should they do?

"Then what do you think, Jiraiya-sama? Should we hold on here and wait for reinforcements to arrive; or should we evacuate here first, meet up with the reinforcements and then counterattack?"

Another senior ninja asked cautiously.

Everyone looked heavy and nervous.

Because Jiraiya's next answer will determine their life and death.

Everyone knows that the main function of the outpost and the watchtower here is to guard, not to serve as a defensive barrier, because there is no place to defend.

Facing an enemy that is ten times their own, if they don't leave, they will be wiped out.

However, if they retreat first and the enemy occupies this place, when reinforcements arrive, they will lose the initiative, and the casualties of the counterattack will be huge, and they may even fail.

Neither of the two options is a good solution, but it seems that only the second one can be chosen.

It's just that they can't take the initiative to propose such things, but the leaders must make decisions.

They must obey orders, even if Jiraiya chooses the first one.

Although they are not afraid of death, no one is willing to die in vain and make such a fearless sacrifice.

They would rather serve as the vanguard in the counterattack and fight a bloody way for the village, rather than die in such a suffocating way, which would be meaningless.

"We don't choose either of these two roads!" Jiraiya shook his head.

"Then what should we do?"

At this time, Qianhe saw that Jiraiya seemed to be organizing his words to make everyone believe the absurd choice that followed, so he took the lead and said:

"We take the initiative to attack!"

"What?!"

"Take the initiative to attack???"

"We only have 300 people! The other side has 3,000 people!"

As soon as Qianhe finished speaking, the surrounding ninjas all looked unbelievable. If the words just now were said by Jiraiya, they could only be prepared to sacrifice.

But these words were said by Qianhe, not only did they not have enough weight, but they were also very ridiculous.

But what they didn't expect next was that Jiraiya nodded with a gloomy face, confirming Qianhe's statement:

"Qianhe is right, we take the initiative to attack!

It's unbearable to defend here, and giving up here will be a big trouble when counterattacking.

Moreover, Sandai could only lead an army of a thousand people at most.

It is difficult to resist the follow-up attacks of Kumogakure's army, and it is almost impossible to counterattack.

At that time, if Kumogakure is allowed to station troops in our territory, the daimyo will definitely be angry, and then the Ninja World War may happen again.

After all, several other shinobi villages had to be guarded against.

The village simply could not afford to send more people to fight over long distances.

We can only take the initiative to keep Kumogakure's army out. "

"Jiraiya-sama, are you saying that we take the initiative to guard the border? Calabash Valley?" At this time, Kawashima Kaede on the side quickly reacted. After all, he is also a veteran.

He took out a map from his pocket, spread it out on the ground, and then pointed to a location fifty miles away from the outpost. The mark there was a valley.

"Gourd Valley?" Sarutobi Shinnosuke's eyes lit up, but then his face became sad and he sighed:

“If three hundred people are stationed at Hulukou, it is still feasible to defend seven or eight hundred people.

But facing an army of three thousand people, we need at least a thousand people to guard the entrance.

Moreover, the other party can send a small group of elites to sneak attack our rear while we are guarding Calabash Valley.

If the front is lost by then, when we retreat, we will inevitably be attacked from both front and rear, and the losses will be even heavier!

Therefore, people must be stationed at the rear, which means that we only have less than 200 people who can actually be sent to guard the valley!

And if the opponent's army has ninjas who are proficient in earth escape ninjutsu, it will be even more difficult for us to hold on to the entrance to the valley. "

There is another sentence that Sarutobi Shinnosuke did not say, even if the enemy is a Kumogakure ninja, he is good at thunder escape, not Iwagakure ninja.

But for the opponent's army of 3,000 people, it is obviously easy to find a dozen or dozens of ninjas who are proficient in earth escape.

After Sarutobi Shinnosuke's explanation, all the ninjas present understood that Jiraiya actually chose the first method.

It's just that they changed from sticking here and waiting to die to dying in two batches.

However, this was Lord Jiraiya's decision and none of them objected!

This is the backbone of Konoha ninja!

Afraid of returning.

Cowardly?

Don't be a coward!

Jiraiya pointed at the map and said: "Now our troops are divided into two groups, one hundred people guard the outpost, and two hundred people guard the entrance to the valley.

Shinzuki will lead you to guard the outpost, and Kaede-kun will guard the entrance to the valley.

Leave the Fourth Raikage to me and the army of three thousand to Qian He!

Mr. Feng, what you have to do is lead the team to deal with the fish that slipped through the net from Qianhe.

So you are not facing three thousand people with two hundred people.

Do you understand? "

quiet!

Quiet!

There was silence, and you could hear a needle drop.

Facing Jiraiya's order, everyone seemed to feel that there was something wrong with their ears.

It is reasonable and normal for Lord Jiraiya to deal with the Fourth Raikage, there is no problem.

Qianhe against an army of three thousand? ? ?

They just need to defend against sneak attacks and cover leaks from behind.

Is that what you mean?

The literal meaning is easy to understand, but are you sure you got it right?

A pair of three thousand?

This is a child who looks to be only eight or nine years old, not the first Hokage Senju Hashirama.

And no one here has experienced the era of the first Hokage, and no one has seen the first generation take action.

The strength of the first generation is only recorded in the Konoha Chronicles.

They only regarded the contents recorded above as novels, which only glorified and mythologized the first generation Hokage of the village.

No one takes it seriously.

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One person against one country?

Does such a person really exist?

"Do you understand?" Jiraiya's face suddenly darkened at everyone's reaction, and he said sternly.

"I understand!!!"

Everyone shouted back.

Kawashima Kaede quickly recovered from the shock. He knew that Qianhe's strength was comparable to that of a Jonin before.

He hasn't played against Qian He for more than half of this year, so his strength must have improved by leaps and bounds.

Although Kawashima Kaede was able to suppress Qianhe when he fought Qianhe before, he knew that Qianhe had reservations, but so did he himself.

So he thought he knew Qianhe well. This child was strong, ridiculously strong. There was no child in the history of Konoha who was as good as a Jonin at the age of 8.

But how can one man stop an army of three thousand? !

Kawashima Kaede asked himself, he could hold back dozens of people with his life, literally hundreds of people.

But three thousand people, even if they were all chuunin and genin, could pile him up to death.

This is different from ordinary battles. What Qian He has to do is to block 3,000 people, not escape from 3,000 people!

With his accomplishments in the Flying Thunder God technique, even ten thousand people can come and go with ease.

But now he is required to block 3,000 people. Even if he can let some people pass, he still has to confront 3,000 people head-on.

These are completely two concepts!

However, Kawashima Kaede did not express his thoughts, because Master Jiraiya seemed to have made up his mind.

He seemed very confident in Qianhe.

Although Kawashima Kaede couldn't think of any way Qianhe could stop three thousand people, he could only obey the order.

In his opinion, it would be okay if he died, but at Qianhe's age, he would definitely grow into a towering tree that protects Konoha in the future. It would be a pity if he died here.

There was still plenty of time now, so he secretly made up his mind to persuade Jiraiya-sama later on the road.

As for not saying anything at this time, it is because I don't want to affect the morale of the military.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down and was mentally prepared, Jiraiya stood up and said:

"Now, start assigning the two teams of ninjas.

First, the ten Hyuga ninjas were divided into two, with five people on each side of the two teams.

I will distribute the rest of the ninjas, the jounin, and the chunin will join both teams on their own free will.

According to the principle of distribution, the frontline ninjas should be mainly speed ninjas, because you need to chase the ninjas that leaked from Qianhe.

The ninjas guarding the rear are mainly ninjas who are proficient in wind release ninjutsu, followed by earth release ninjutsu.

Let’s start forming the team and set off in half an hour! "

After finishing speaking, Jiraiya walked towards the outside of the watchtower.

Originally, he could distribute it according to his own wishes, but firstly, he did not know all the ninjas here, and secondly, he also gave them a chance to make their own choices.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the front line is more dangerous.

The same ninjas, some are alone, some are alone, and some have families with children.

How to distribute, the two captains Kawashima Kaede and Sarutobi Shinnosuke know better than him.

Although Jiraiya believed in Qianhe, he had no confidence.

Qianhe was still sitting on the ground, preparing to close his eyes and rest, but as soon as Jiraiya left, the originally quiet hall suddenly became noisy.

"Captain Maple! I'm going to the front line!"

"And me!"

"I'll go too! I'm fast!"

"You are a ninja who is good at earth escape, but your speed is as fast as a feather. I think your speed is just as fast!"

"Brother, don't be like this. You have bullied me since I was a child and robbed me of everything. Even if you die, you will rob me!"

"Hmph, how can an older brother lose to a younger brother? Let me do it. My thunder ninjutsu is so strong, so I should let Kumogakure's cubs see the strength of Konoha's thunder ninja!"

...

"Captain Shinnosuke! Don't choose me! I want to go to the front line! I don't want to stay in the rear!"

"Kousuke! Just don't go. You just got married this year. I remember that when you came out, your wife was just pregnant. You don't want your child to be without a father as soon as he is born!"

"It's okay! He will know that his father is a hero in the future!"

"Aren't you afraid that if you die, your wife will remarry?"

"???"

"...This...should...not be possible..."

Faced with everyone's quarrel, Qian He was a little helpless, but also a little relieved.

How distrustful of him!

But thinking about it, Qianhe himself wondered whether there was something wrong with his brain when he made this decision.

But he was determined.

Through everyone's performance today, he also realized it clearly.

The leaves may have rotten roots, but they are still lush.

Especially the last conversation just now, Qian He almost laughed out loud when he heard it. If the atmosphere wasn't wrong, he almost couldn't help it.

One by one, it was as if they were going to die.

The most admirable thing is that they are obviously going to ‘die’, but they are rushing to do it one by one.

It's like a supermarket clearance sale, and you won't be able to buy it if you arrive late.

The atmosphere suddenly became anxious...

"Okay! Stop arguing! Anyone whose name comes to mind, come to me! Shintaro, Shohei, Kota..."

At this time, Kaede Kawashima reprimanded loudly, but despite his harsh tone, his eyes were full of relief.

On the other side, seeing that the scene was a bit chaotic, Sarutobi Shinnosuke also began to name his team members: "Kurokawa, Yonekura, Kato..."

Soon Kawashima Kaede and Sarutobi Shinnosuke finished reading their names.

Among the people whose names were read out, most of those who went to the front had happy faces, while most of those stationed at the rear had gloomy faces.

At this time, the ten-man reconnaissance team composed of members of the Hyuga clan was divided into two teams under the assignment of captain Hyuga Tengen.

Hinata Tengen led four team members to stand next to Kaede Kawashima.

Kaede Kawashima looked at Hinata Tengen walking next to him, his face immediately darkened, and he frowned and said:

"Tian Yuan, you shouldn't have come to my team!"

Hinata Tengen is a young man who looks to be in his twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is quite handsome.

Facing Kawashima Kaede's reproachful words, he raised his eyebrows:

"Tch, Teacher Feng, do you think I don't know that you owed me two drinks and a barbecue for playing cards before? Do you want to default on the debt!? Huh?"

Kawashima Kaede heard this and sighed: "Can I pay you back when I go back? You can go to another team."

Although they also have to go to the battlefield, Konoha's ninjas have an unwritten rule during war, which everyone acquiesces to.

That is, during the war, once the battle is defeated, the medical ninjas and the ninjas of the Hyuga clan can retreat without having to live and die with the position.

Because if one medical ninja survives, he will be able to save dozens or hundreds of ninjas in the future.

As for the ninjas of the Hyuga clan, even if they are injured, as long as their eyes can still be used, their role in the battlefield in the future will be immeasurable.

Such BUG-level reconnaissance strategic talents should be kept alive as long as possible.

Hyuga Tengen is also a genius-level task in the Hyuga clan branch. In his twenties, he has the strength close to that of an elite jonin. Of course, the most important thing is that his Byakugan is very pure.

Even though his talent is restricted by the "bird in a cage" curse, he is still not inferior to the people of the main family.

When he reaches the age of thirty or forty, he will be a leading figure in the Hyuga clan branch.

He used to be Kawashima Kaede's student, and now he is also Kawashima Kaede's friend. He doesn't want him to sacrifice like this.

Facing Kawashima Kaede's answer, Hinata Tengen shook his head, no longer looking joking and frivolous. He said solemnly:

"Teacher Feng, I can only feel relieved if I am sure you can survive. I want to go back with you."

As he said that, he returned to his frivolous look and said with a smile: "I can't ask for debts from the dead."

"Well...Okay." Kawashima Kaede, who knew his character, nodded and stopped persuading him.

......

After the distribution was completed, Jiraiya walked into the hall and said in a deep voice:

"Get ready to go!"

At this time, Qianhe, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes, then stood up and walked behind Jiraiya.

An hour later, everyone rushed to the Hulu Valley on the southern border of Tianguo under a rapid march.

The clocks carried by everyone showed that the time was 1:30 in the morning.

Looking at the towering steep slopes on both sides of the valley and the narrower and narrower stone walls as they went in, everyone stopped.

Quack~

A little toad hopped to Jiraiya's side and said in human language:

"Jiraiya-sama, it will take about five hours for the main force of Kumogakure to arrive here."

"Okay, I understand, Chuyuumaru, thank you for your hard work, you can go back first."

"Yes, Jiraiya-sama, I wish you good luck in martial arts!"

As he said that, the little toad turned into smoke and dissipated, returning to Myoboku Mountain.

Then, Jiraiya ordered everyone to deploy the troops according to the plan.

Jiraiya and Qianhe crossed the valley and stopped about a mile outside the valley exit.

Before leaving, Kawashima Kaede was still ready to say something to Qianhe, but after Qianhe gave him a look, she didn't wait for him to speak and followed Jiraiya to leave.

......

Looking at the flat and bare ground and the two gradually shrinking cliffs, Qianhe slowly untied the storage scroll tied to his arm and took out a few things that stunned Jiraiya.

"Qianhe, why did you bring these things?"