Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch Uchiha Zongxian

"Yinyan, how many people do we have now?" Faced with the doubts of everyone in the tent, Zongxian did not answer directly. He turned his attention to Nara Yanyan. This young man from the Nara clan is not as mature and capable as Nara Suzaku, but he is also worthy of his reputation. The name of the Nara clan's think tank.

"Including the 1000 people brought by the Hokage to assist you and the troops of the Yu nin, the total is more than [-]." Nara Mizuno replied in a deep voice. In the period since the last battle in the Kusatsu Mountains, the Kumo ninjas No more large-scale offensives were launched, but the battle between the outposts of both sides never stopped.

The war has not been extinguished for a day in the border area between the Yukawa Plain and the Kusatsu Mountains. Every day, the number of casualties on both sides here ranges from thirty to forty to as many as fifty or sixty. This loss accumulates day by day. By the time Zong Xuan When they arrived, the strength of Konoha and Yunin had increased from nearly five thousand to nearly four thousand.

Now including the 1000 people brought by Zong Xian, the number is less than [-].

There are more than a thousand Yu-nin among them. Just thinking about the meager combat power of Yu-nin makes people worry.

"There are four thousand, seven hundred people. How many genin are there? How many chunin are there?"

"There are two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine genin, one thousand, six hundred and twenty-two chunin, and a total of 930 seven jounin."

"Is it accurate to single digits? He is indeed a rising star of the Nara clan." Zongxian praised Nara Yanyan for his conscientiousness, and then asked: "Then how many troops are there about the Kumo ninja?"

"...According to a rough estimate based on the intelligence we have collected, the current total strength of the Kumo ninja in the country of Yu is probably more than nine thousand." When Nara Mizuno said this number, his expression was quite solemn, and there was a huge disparity. The disparity in strength was like a huge boulder pressing on the chest, making people almost breathless.

"More than [-] and [-]...are almost twice our strength! And if the Kumo ninjas need it, they should be able to mobilize more troops from the village, right? But we have no more troops. There are a lot of reinforcements. To tell you the truth, we cannot expect the village to give us greater support in a short period of time. We can only rely on the few troops we have to deal with the Kumo ninja. "

Hear this,

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became heavy.

The face of Yanquan, the leader of Tangyin Village, suddenly turned into a bitter melon face.

"With just such a small number of people, how can we defend ourselves against the attack of the Kumo ninjas? If we spread out our troops, they will be easily defeated by the Kumo ninjas individually. But how much territory can we hold if we gather our troops together? The Kumo ninjas can completely divide their forces and directly invade the country. At that time, people like us will be called trash."

"Hyuuga Clan Leader, this is not nice to say, but it is the fact. Our few troops used to support the attack of Yun Ninja are simply stretched, blocking this place and missing other places. Therefore, let me say that it is better to be attacked by Yun Ninja. Rather than leading the way, it would be better to say that our side takes the initiative and takes the initiative in our hands."

There is no saying that the attack and defense between ninjas can stop most of the enemy's legions with a small number of troops.

The geographical advantage cannot be said to be useless, but its usefulness is really lackluster. The most important thing is that the Konoha ninjas who retreated to the Yukawa Plain are infinitely defendable. The Kusatsu Mountains, which is barely considered a dangerous place, is now the territory of the Kumo ninjas.

"Hokage, your Excellency, we understand what you are saying, but...if the attack fails, we will probably be unable to defend ourselves, and the Kumo ninja will really have to march all the way into the country." Hinata Hizashi Frankly expressing your concerns is a common concern for most people.

Everyone knows that being beaten passively will definitely lead to losses.

However, if you choose to take the initiative, it is impossible to send only a few hundred or more than a thousand people. Then adding troops is simply giving snacks to Yun Ninja. If you want to influence Yun Ninja's position, it will be difficult to do it without more than 3000 troops. But now Konoha's total military strength is less than five thousand. If 3000 or more people are deployed to attack, if there is a slight mistake, their army will be destroyed.

Ninjas are professional tools of war, and even genin have very high combat literacy and combat awareness.

During the Third Ninja War, only four of Konoha's defense forces were beaten by the Iwa Ninja, and none of them collapsed and fled. If you want to rely on dozens or hundreds of people to create a miracle of defeating nearly ten thousand enemies, unless there are thousands Monsters like Tehashirama and Uchiha Madara are rampant in the ninja world.

otherwise,

It's better not to daydream like that.

The Sandaime Raikage was able to fight against [-] Iwa Ninjas on his own because the top Iwa Ninja masters did not end up. They just used their numbers to consume the Sandaime Raikage's chakra and physical strength. And Konoha is now facing more than just Kumo Ninjas. The Fourth Raikage is personally in charge, along with two major jinchūriki and a group of experts from Kumogakure Village...

If Iwa Ninja's 1 troops at that time had experts as strong as Kumo Ninja now, not to mention killing the Sandaime Raikage, even the Sandaime Raikage's subordinates at that time would definitely be able to defeat them together. .

"Furthermore, Yun Ninja has not launched an attack recently. Maybe he is giving us time to wait for our counterattack so that he can annihilate us in one fell swoop. Of course, this is just my guess. It does sound a bit alarmist... ··But I still feel that it is too risky to take the initiative. Hokage assists you, please think twice before proceeding." Hinata Hizu spoke very sincerely.

"Hokage Assistant-sama, I also agree with Hizu-sama's opinion."

"Hizu-sama, your worries are the same as mine. The Kumo ninja has indeed been acting suspiciously recently! The previous attacks were fast and fierce, but there hasn't been much movement in recent times. I feel like I'm holding back some bad news!"

"It makes sense, I think the same thing."

The Jonin who participated in the meeting expressed their support for Hinata Hizashi one after another.

"That's it! Head of the Hyuga clan, your worries are not unreasonable... It's just that I don't like to be beaten passively. I'm sorry, everyone, before the meeting started, I had already sent an advance force to attack Kusatsu. It’s mountainous.”

When Zong Xian finished speaking, a murderous smile appeared on his face. He looked at the people with astonished expressions and continued: "If nothing unexpected happens, we will soon receive the news of the victory in the Kusatsu Mountains. Calling a meeting with you all is just to let everyone know, but it is also a good thing to take this opportunity to understand your concerns."

"It's just... I'm sorry to say this, but I have to say that your worries are meaningless. Even if you can't completely defeat the Kumo ninja, as long as I am here, there is absolutely no way that the Kumo ninja can eat me in turn. us."

Zong Xian said loudly.

If you want to ask why Zongxian is so confident,?

The answer is simple.

Because this time, among the one thousand reinforcements that Munexun attracted, there were [-] ninjas from the Uchiha family, including more than [-] jounin. Even Uchiha Fugaku, the former clan leader, was brought out by Soxun. The Bo clan can be said to be the best of the best.

Of course, this is only part of the source of confidence.

The most important thing is Zongxian's confidence in himself.

Ever since I gave the Mist Ninjas a showdown at the port of the Land of Water, I have basically not had any contact with anyone these days. In my spare time, I have only been able to compete with people to the point where I can't even use the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan. He had used it before, but he could clearly feel his increasingly diligent practice.

Mastered [Flame Ball Fan].

It is equivalent to holding the key to peering into the essence of the sacred tree.

The mystery contained in this branch cut from the intact sacred tree cannot be explained clearly in a few words, but so far, his biggest gain since studying the flame ball fan is to confirm that [ Sharingan] This blood inheritance limit is traced back to the sacred tree.

Unlike the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, which was inherited from the Otsutsuki clan, the Sharingan, the blood inheritance limit, comes from the sacred tree. Kaguya Otsutsuki ate the fruit of the sacred tree and opened the reincarnation sharingan, and this power was passed on to her. Otsutsuki Hagoromo's eldest son, and Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, inherited Otsutsuki Hagoromo's 'Senior Eye', which is the Sharingan.

While confirming that the source of the Sharingan is the sacred tree,

Zong Xian also learned the secret method of perfecting the Mangekyō Sharingan from the flame ball fan.

Although due to time constraints, he has not yet allowed his eyes to evolve to the level of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he is still just one step away from it. He just needs to wait patiently and it will happen sooner or later. In addition, he has further improved. Gained understanding of Yin Escape and Yang Escape.

To be honest,

Compared to his ancestor Uchiha Madara when he founded Konoha with the First Hokage, except for his eyes that have not yet evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he asked himself that he was not inferior to his ancestor Uchiha Madara in any other aspect.

The biggest difference between the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan is actually stability.

Apart from this problem, there is no huge difference between the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and the Mangekyō Sharingan. Sozuru, who has the ability to restore the consumed pupil power at any time with Samehada, has found another way to temporarily make up for such a shortcoming. .

That is,

Zongxuan said in the meeting in the conference room of the Hokage Building that he was only one-tenth of the ability of the first Hokage. He was really self-effacing. If he really wanted him to go against the Senju Hashirama in his heyday, Zongxian wouldn't He can definitely win, but he thinks that his performance will probably not be much worse than Uchiha Madara. At most, his actual combat experience is not as rich as Uchiha Madara.

but,

This is an era without Senju Hashirama.

Furthermore, since he mastered the Flame Dan Fan, the enemy in Soxuan's heart is no longer the five great ninja villages. His opponents are Uchiha Obito, the temporarily dead Uchiha Madara, and the long-haired man with the Samsara Eye. The gate is Black Zetsu who has been lurking in the ninja world for thousands of years, and it is Kaguya Otsutsuki who is still sleeping in the moon...

Of course, Zong Xian understands that the meal must be eaten one bite at a time and the road must be walked step by step.

Before going to compete with Uchiha Obito and others, the chaotic situation in the ninja world needs to be calmed down as soon as possible, and then you can consider how to deal with Uchiha Obito, Nagato and more enemies.

The meeting ended in a way that no one could have imagined. The Supreme Commander's arbitrary actions made everyone feel dissatisfied. However, when they saw Zong Xian's murderous scarlet eyes, they were unable to utter a single word of objection. , even Hinata Hizu seemed to open his mouth to speak several times, but in the end he closed his mouth and chose silence.

that's it,

Following Zong Xian's uncompromising instructions, everyone started to take action with complicated emotions. However, when they were worried about the future, many people had a small hope that maybe there would be a chance to recapture Kusatsu. Good news came from the mountains.

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Just as the meeting ended, the advance troops sent by Sogen had arrived at the junction of the Yukawa Plain and the Kusatsu Mountains, where ninjas from Konoha and Kumo ninja patrolled day and night, looking for opportunities to hunt each other.

"Zhisui, Zongxian, do you have any plans to explain?"

After rushing all the way, the advance troops temporarily stopped to rest near the junction area.

Uchiha Fugaku found Uchiha Shisui, who was the team leader, and asked for the detailed action plan. Although he was a former clan leader, as the saying goes, once an emperor and a courtier, the current Uchiha Fugaku was just an elder in the clan, and he was in the vanguard of the clan. Zhong is not even the number one person, but Uchiha Shisui's deputy.

"plan?"

Shisui looked strange.

"That's right. We've already come this far. There's no need to worry about leaking information. Can we almost tell you the action plan?"

"That... Elder Fugaku, I'm sorry, Zong Xian didn't tell me anything like an action plan."

"Shisui, you mean you don't have a plan?"

Uchiha Fugaku's eyes widened.

"According to Munexun, our actions don't need to be planned at all. We must use the most violent method to defeat the Kumo ninja who guard the Kusatsu Mountain Range." As he spoke, Shisui subconsciously touched the bandage on his back. The entangled sword, Samehada, couldn't help but replay the previous conversation with Zong Xian in his mind——

"Just use Susanoo to crush me all the way!"

"Don't worry about the consumption of pupil power. The same shark muscle is temporarily left to you, and it will help you replenish the consumed pupil power."

"Use absolute power to defeat the first generation of Kumo ninjas in the Kusatsu Mountains, and let the barbarians on these mountains understand what a wrong decision they made to go south!"

Shisui was not given any time to think about it.

Zongxuan had already made a decision for him. With the Uchiha clan as the core, he also mobilized experts from civilian ninja factions such as Metkai who were not from the family to form an advance force of less than three hundred people. Of course, it would be impossible for just such a small number of people to defeat the entire Kumo ninja army.

But it is not impossible to deal with the two thousand Kumo-nin stationed in the Kusatsu Mountains.

at this point,

Even Shisui is confident. If he uses Susanoo with all his strength and regardless of losses, even the tailed beast can get through Shisui in person.

If this were not the case, Shisui would not agree to carry out such a crazy mission even if he was killed. He did not care about his own safety. Sacrifice for the village was a great happiness for him, but he was unwilling to carry so many The tribesmen and their companions in the village went to die together.

"You young people... are so crazy!"

Uchiha Fugaku took a deep breath, stared at Shisui for five or six seconds, and finally shook his head helplessly and sighed, "That's it! I hope your decision is correct and don't waste the essence of the family in vain."