Konoha's New Third Hokage

Chapter 273 The beginning of the counterattack

After the Water Kingdom's army withdrew, they would not attack again in a short period of time. Sarutobi Hiruzen began to rectify the city, carried the seriously wounded down for treatment, and cleaned up the corpses. After this period of hard work, everyone felt very tired and almost sat down on the ground immediately after the break was announced.

Seeing this scene, Hiruzaru Sarutobi frowned slightly. He could understand the performance of the defenders. After all, the enemy's attack pressure was very high, and it would look like this after relaxing, but this is not a good signal, because it means The endurance of the defenders is already very low, and they may cross the limit at any time.

Standing on the edge of the city wall, Hiruzaru Sarutobi felt a bit of anxiety in his heart as he watched the Water Country army stationed in the distance. Although his appearance had dealt a certain blow to the opponent's morale, it was not overwhelming. Yes, it won't take long for the other party to reorganize.

Once the opponent attacks again, they will definitely not repeat their previous mistakes and take Sarutobi Hiruzen into consideration. In this way, even if there is a ninja like Sarutobi Hiruzen, it may not be able to support it for a long time.

There is only one thing that can change this situation, and that is the arrival of reinforcements from the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi's biggest problem is the lack of available manpower. Although the Uzumaki family has made achievements in defense, they lack the necessary offensive capabilities and are good at frontal combat. There are not many Konoha ninjas and Fire Nation warriors fighting.

Just now, Hiruzaru Sarutobi counted the battle damage. Nearly two-thirds of the elite warriors brought by Miyamoto have been lost, including nearly half of the Konoha ninjas he brought!Even if the battle loss ratio is the same or more than doubled, the number of enemy troops is still far greater than that of the defenders. As long as there are one or two more attacks, Hiruzaru Sarutobi will probably fight alone.

Although Hiruzaru Sarutobi has the awareness of sacrifice, it does not mean that he is a pedantic person, especially now that he still has the opportunity to retreat - as long as he is willing to give up most of the people, he can leave with the Uzumaki family at any time Here—to be honest, the people of the Uzumaki family are really important, and the people are just incidental to maintaining the reputation of the village.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is not an impersonal person, he is also very sympathetic to these people, but he is also a ninja and always has to make a choice when necessary.If reinforcements are delayed, he can only choose to abandon the people and leave with the most important Uzumaki family.

If you blindly preserve the reputation of the village, no matter how critical the situation is, you have to take the people away. In that case, no one will be able to leave. Hiruzaru Sarutobi can still tell the difference in this respect. He believes Masaki Fengmori knows that If this is the case, I will also express my understanding.

After conveying the order, Hiruzaru Sarutobi took a deep breath, went back to the room and sat down, and after a while, took out the cigarettes. The pressure of the war was too great, and the ape who was already a heavy smoker Fei Ri Zhan, smoking more and more frequently at this time, basically he would smoke in his free time.

While smoking a cigarette, Hiruza Sarutobi was thinking about the next move. Now, the first thing to do is to contact the reinforcements, and the second is to monitor the enemy's every move. The former is the most important, while the latter is to avoid as much as possible. , I just hope that my appearance can deter the opponent for enough time.

In Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart, his bottom line is two days, which is the maximum protection time he can guarantee, beyond this time, he can only leave with the Uzumaki family and leave the people here, he can imagine What kind of things will happen to the people who stay here, but he does not regret his choice, this is a decision that a ninja must make.

Of course, Hiruzaru Sarutobi would still feel guilty in his heart. After all, he is not a cold-blooded and ruthless person. Fortunately, he does not need to bear that kind of responsibility, because just one day later, the reinforcements he has never forgotten finally arrived. It should be said , it was the contacts of the reinforcements who arrived first.

In the canal in the capital, a toad suddenly jumped out and fell to the ground. Someone saw this toad and was shocked, because this toad was very big, almost half the height of a person, obviously not Normal creatures, no wonder it can surprise passers-by.

The guards patrolling the streets in the city ran over quickly, and then they saw an incredible scene. They saw the toad opened its mouth, a hand protruded from it, followed by a shoulder, a head, and then a toad came out of it. People, the guards were stunned and didn't know what to say.

"It's finally here." The man who came out of Toad's mouth heaved a sigh of relief. This is a young man with long snow-white hair, red marks on the corners of his eyes, and Konoha on his head. The ninja's forehead, proving that his identity may be Konoha ninja.

"Who are you?" Although the leader of the guard saw Konoha Ninja's forehead, he was not sure. After all, ninjas are a group of guys who are good at deceiving people, so he hurriedly asked.

"Ah, look at this and you'll know, I'm a ninja from Konoha Ninja Village." The man pointed to his forehead and said, "I'm a student of Sarutobi-sensei, called Jiraiya, if you doubt If so, just take me to Mr. Sarutobi to recognize him."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the commander of the entire capital's defenders, is naturally known to everyone, and everyone knows it. Seeing this strange man who claimed to be a student of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the guard leader was dubious, and asked someone to bring Ziraiya to meet him. Sarutobi Hiruzen, of course, did not bring him in directly, but monitored him and asked others to notify Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After hearing the description, Hiruza Sarutobi knew immediately that this guy was that kid from Jiraiya. He took the members of the Hinata family there, and first identified it. He just appeared in front of Jiraiya, and before he could smile, he reached out and knocked him on the head, saying, "Good boy! You're finally here, let me wait here for a long time."

"I can't help it, Sarutobi-sensei, Kirigakure Ninja's blocking ability on the water surface is still very powerful, I managed to sneak in." Jiraiya said with a wry smile, covering his forehead.

"You mean that the blockade of Kirigakure ninjas hasn't been torn apart yet? There's no way for reinforcements to come yet?" Hiruzaru Sarutobi frowned immediately.

"No, no, what I said with great difficulty was the breaking of the enemy's blockade." Jilai also quickly corrected himself, saying: "Now the blockade on the sea has been torn open, and the reinforcements are coming soon. You can enter soon, and you don’t have to worry about Kirigakure Ninja blocking it again, Uncle Danzo will solve this matter.”

Hiruzaru Sarutobi's expression suddenly eased, he took Jiraiya into the room, asked him to sit down, sat on the other side, and asked: "Speaking of which, I have been fighting here all the time, and I don't know where Danzo is. How is the situation on the side, please tell me well."

"Okay." Jiraiya cleared his throat, and talked to Hiruzaru Sarutobi about the situation of the coastal defense line. Since the outbreak of the war, Danzo Shimura first used Hiruzaru Sarutobi's face to confuse the enemy, and sent three generations of Mizukage The attention has always been on this side, and when the battle report from the country of the vortex came, the strategic policies of both sides changed.

The Nation of Fire side, which was originally on the defensive, immediately switched from defense to offense after receiving the battle report, and launched a fierce attack on the army of the Nation of Water. However, the enemy army could not adapt to this rhythm for a while, and gradually fell into a disadvantage.Under such circumstances, Sandai Mizukage naturally couldn't shift his attention to the Uzumaki Country battlefield. Apart from sending some troops to stop Konoha's reinforcements, he had to wholeheartedly deal with Shimura Danzo's attack.

And Shimura Danzo also abandoned his hidden face, and appeared openly in front of everyone. This high-ranking Konoha who had made great achievements in Konoha Anbu, naturally no one would not know him, and he was different. Kirigakure Ninja, who initially thought that the enemy commander was Sarutobi Hiruzen, was very uncomfortable with his unique combat style.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's combat style tends to be frontal combat. Whether it is offense or defense, he is stable and can't find any faults. However, Shimura Danzo is different. He used to be Anbu and he is better at assassination style. The unique combat style, reflected in the war is a surprise attack, which caused the Kirigakure ninja to suffer a lot.

"Although we can't tell the winner for a while, Sandai Mizukage doesn't have the energy to take care of the business here." Jiraiya said with a smile, "They can't stop us from sending reinforcements here, hehe, teacher, You don’t have to worry about being short-staffed now, it’s the other side’s turn to worry.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression is already very relaxed, as long as there are people, he is not afraid of anything, the enemy's advantage no longer exists, he said with a smile: "Hehe, boy, you don't know how much trouble I have encountered here, Just in time, before retreating, we have to counterattack again, you might as well take a look."

Jiraiya really couldn't imagine the difficulties Hiruzaru Sarutobi encountered. He stayed in a large army, and at the beginning he focused on defense. Even when he started to attack, due to the constraints of the battlefield, he basically didn't encounter any difficulties. It was a situation of last stand, and that kind of situation was often encountered by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Okay." Zilai said without hesitation.

It didn't take long for Konoha's reinforcements to arrive, and they entered the capital through secret channels, including two other students of Hiruzaru Sarutobi - Orochimaru and Asuki.Looking at the capable Konoha ninja in front of him, Hiruzaru Sarutobi felt tears welling up in his eyes. Except for the time when he just arrived in Uzumaki, he hadn't seen such an energetic Konoha ninja for a long time.

"Everyone, it's time for the other party to see how strong our Konoha ninjas are." Hiruza Sarutobi said to everyone.

Just two days later, Guideng Lengyue and others reorganized the army, and the three-tailed Jinchuriki had fully recovered, and they could attack again. Guideng Lengyue looked at the distant city gate and thought in his heart, this time, the capital of the country must be captured. The city gate was broken.

The tactics adopted by Ghost Lengyue are the same as before, the three-tailed Jinchuriki directly releases the Tailed Beast Orb, and only Hiruzaru Sarutobi can block the Tailed Beast Orb, and Hiruza Sarutobi's five-element Dalian bullet technique is very threatening Big, must be ruled out from the beginning.

Although I don’t know how Sarutobi Hiruzen uses to quickly restore Chakra, judging by the common sense of the ninja world, Sarutobi Hiruzen must pay a certain price, which may have a negative effect on the body. Therefore, this method cannot It will be a long-term solution, and consume what should be consumed.

Sure enough, after Sarutobi Hiruzen used the five-element Dalian bullet to offset the Tailed Beast Jade, the Three-Tailed Jinchuriki fell immediately, and Sarutobi Hiruzen himself retreated to the rear. At this time, Ghost Lengyue ordered all the troops to rush forward , the intensity of its attack was even higher than before, even the ghost lamp Lengyue and Jing themselves no longer watched from the sidelines, but rushed into it in person.

The last time it was because they were watching the battle from the sidelines and did not maximize the attack power of Kirigakure Ninja, so that Sarutobi Hiruzen had time to recover. Now they will not make such a mistake, but Ghost Leng Yue doesn't know, Konoha Ninja also had a new hole card.

I saw a person jumping out from the city wall. He bit his finger, quickly formed seals, and shouted: "Psychic art! Come out, Toad Jian."

With a loud bang, a huge purple-red toad appeared in the sky, and then fell heavily on the ground. The huge weight seemed to shake the ground. The enemy army stared dumbfounded at the huge toad that suddenly appeared. It seemed extremely small in front of it.

"I'm counting on you, Toad Ken." Jiraiya said standing on top of Toad's head.

"Although I'm stupid, I'll do my best." The purple-red toad called Ha Toa Jian said in a muffled voice, then swung his weapon and slammed it hard on the ground.

Before Ghost Lengyue was surprised, another person appeared on the battlefield, stretched out his hand and slapped the ground, and with a bang, a giant purple snake appeared on the battlefield, and the giant snake spoke arrogantly Said: "Hmph, Orochimaru, I didn't expect you to call me out. Then, you should know what is the condition for calling me?"

"If you want people's lives, you can have as many as you want on the ground." The person standing on top of the giant snake's head is Orochimaru, he said expressionlessly.

"Wow, Orochimaru, when did you have such a psychic beast." Jiraiya on the other side said in surprise.

"Are you only allowed to have it?" Orochimaru did not answer Jiraiya's question. In fact, he accidentally rescued a snake when he was out, and that snake happened to be a member of a certain ethnic group. In order to thank Orochimaru, sign a contract with it, so as to contact its ethnic group.

Orochimaru didn't know that the place where he signed the contract was the place where immortal art was inherited as famous as Mt. Miaomu - Ryuji Cave. Although there are descendants who signed a contract with humans, none of the high-level officials of Longdi Cave came forward.

The only high-level snake that Orochimaru can come into contact with is this giant snake called Ten Thousand Snakes. Although it is powerful, it says that to order him, it must use human life as a sacrifice.It happened that there were people on this battlefield, and Orochimaru didn't care about them, so they called them out directly.

As a result, the two giant psychic beasts, the Mt. Myogi Toad and the Giant Snake of the Ryūchi Cave, started to move, and began to attack the enemy below. Except for the Kirigakure Ninja, the momentum of the samurai army that had finally stabilized was shaken again. This kind of monster-like creature, ordinary people can't help feeling afraid.

(End of this chapter)