Chapter 137 (1/2)
Konoha's front camp.
In the central tent.
Orochimaru stood in front of the map and thoughtfully moved the small colored flags.
Each flag represented a squad of Iwagakure, and the color of their specialization, there are reconnaissance squads, assassin squads, as well as strike squads.
There was a rather heavy atmosphere in the tent, Danzo was sitting nearby and also thoughtfully looking at the map, several Elite Jounins were standing nearby with gloomy expressions on their faces.
”Shinobi Sunagakure's activity is putting too much pressure on us...”
Orochimaru stopped moving the flags and said in a hoarse voice.
They were in a terrible situation!
The other day, Suna began to show activity on the southern border, taking advantage of the fact that Konoha is already under huge pressure due to the joint actions of Willow and Ame!
These forces were sent by the Kazekage Race with a rather peculiar purpose, he was determined not only to fight, but also to eliminate the objectionable.
As a result of a full-scale clash with Konoha, Chiyo was killed and Ebizo's reputation was severely damaged, which led to the stabilization of the Race's precarious position.
But having established himself as Kazekage, he was not going to stop increasing his influence and power, by bribing and intimidating the upper strata of the village, Rasa in a short time took control of most of Sunagakure.
Those who could not be controlled formed groups...Similar to the isolated Uchiha Clan of Konoha, all these forces were sent to the front, with the task of invading the Land of Fire.
Sunagakure has not yet terminated the peace treaty with Konoha
The sent forces operated only in the border area and in neutral territories, without clashing with the Konoha shinobi and without beginning to conduct active military operations.
But the problem is that even if Suna doesn't take the initiative, the troops just stationed on the border are already putting a lot of pressure on Konoha!
It is impossible to ignore this!
Orochimaru was forced to separate part of Konoha's forces, in case of movement from Suna, which made the confrontation with Willow extremely tense!
Tsuchikage Oonoki is extremely calculating and cunning. After Yeruashi and Minato became famous in the world of shinobi, he was extremely reluctant to go to a full-scale clash, preferring the tactics of small skirmishes.
Thousands of Willow Shinobi were divided into hundreds of small units, operating in the border area and sometimes penetrating deep into the Land of Fire.
Protection from the Yellow and Silver Flash of Konoha.
Even if Yeruashi and Minato were to become active on this front, they would at best be able to destroy a few small detachments before the enemy reacted and retreated.
Due to the conduct of the war on several fronts, there were no more than eight thousand Konoha Shinobi present on the front of the Earth Country, and given the recent losses and numerous injuries, their actual combat power fell to less than six thousand.
And the Iwagakure side has about ten thousand Shinobi.
The small number of troops does not allow you to launch a decisive offensive, because if the enemy has a superiority in numbers and is not going to engage in a full-scale clash, you will not be able to conduct an effective counterattack.
Thus, Konoha has no choice but to deal with these small Willow squads one by one. Small elite units of Konoha, led by Danzo and Orochimaru, regularly move to the border, but the results are far from desirable, because Oonoki also occasionally leads elite units of Willow, raiding Konoha's forces.
”Suna's actions deserve close attention, most likely they will attack us as soon as a good opportunity presents itself.”
Danzo looked away from the map and said softly.
Now it is very clear that the four Great Villages have no intention of attacking each other, their goal is only the Land of Fire, because once the two villages get involved in a war with each other, the remaining two will not be able to contain Konoha and will be crushed one by one.
”Having dealt with the Ame, it would be possible to stabilize the situation...But Hanzo is a Salamander...”