Chapter 124 Chiyo: The Land of Rain? What a Rotten Fish and Rotten Shrimp? (Seeking Monthly Votes!!)
Crash!
At the border of the two countries of Wind and Rain, in the camp where Sand Village was stationed, the curtain of the tent was lifted.
It was almost dawn outside, but the tent was already brightly lit.
Looking at the light purple-haired woman who was beginning to show signs of aging, everyone in the tent stood up respectfully and said in unison: "Good morning, Master Chiyo!"
"Good morning, everyone."
Chiyo walked to the conference table and pulled out a chair, but after greeting her, she did not sit down. Instead, she looked at the brown-haired boy sitting in the corner and smiled: "Luo Sha, I didn't expect the third generation to be willing to send you here."
After saying that, she suddenly paused, looking at Luo Sha's youthful face with a little calmness, and said with some emotion: "If I remember correctly, you are thirteen years old this year, right? It is indeed time to go to the battlefield."
"But I remember that the last time I saw you, you were only ten years old, and you were followed by Karu to pan for gold everywhere, hahaha."
The third generation of Kazekage sent this precious apprentice to her, obviously intending to let her help take care of him a little.
After all, the River Country is a scattered team stationed in a complex terrain. It is too difficult to protect one person.
In contrast, the Rain Country has a flat terrain and is fought by a large group of troops. It is not easy for the enemy to attack the rear.
Ye Cang, who is of the same generation and the same period as Luo Sha, also has a blood limit and is known as the twin prides, does not have such treatment and can only go to the battlefield of the River Country.
Thinking of this, Chiyo secretly shook her head in her heart and planned to write a letter to her son and daughter-in-law, asking them to pay a little attention to Ye Cang.
"Chiyo, I send you my regards on behalf of the teacher and Karura."
Hearing Chiyo's ridicule, Luo Sha's stiff face pulled out a smile and said helplessly: "You use this kind of emotion as an opening remark, which always makes me feel like a mother who sees her child finally grow up, so she is very relieved."
Luo Sha should have seen blood not long ago, and his body was stained with the hostility that belongs to the battlefield, but his attitude in front of Chiyo was still humble.
"Haha, sorry, sorry." Chiyo laughed insincerely, "I'm over 40, and I like nostalgia more and more. Please be considerate of the old man, hahaha." She was laughing, but the moment she saw Luosha, she was thinking of her grandson. Scorpion, he is also six years old this year. Oh, no, it should be seven years old. Scorpion had already celebrated his seventh birthday in November, and at that time, she and her son and daughter-in-law had not yet arrived at the front line. Her son took a family photo with the four of them. Maybe it was because of what she called "ninjas need to be low-key", or maybe it was because of the uneasiness and fear in her heart. She was reluctant to take the photo at that time, and even used the chakra line to knock the camera down a second before the shutter was pressed. But Chiyo didn't expect that the three of them would all leave home, and the only thing left for Scorpion was the crooked family photo. If Tsunade hadn't been transferred away from the front line due to injury, which made the Third Kazekage want to gamble, she would have continued to stay in the Sand Village as a consultant. "If I had known, I would have taken a photo honestly, at least I could have left a memory for the child." Thinking of Scorpion who was alone at home and the child's pitiful and lonely expression, Chiyo sighed in her heart. However, it seems that it is not a good thing to think of someone when seeing something. "Ahem, sorry, I was distracted." Chiyo sat on the chair at the end of the conference table, and her tired but still sharp eyes swept across the faces of those Sand Village senior ninjas, and smiled: "I don't want to make the atmosphere too serious, so don't always tense your body." Hearing this, the Sand Village ninjas present all smiled, but there was no smile in their eyes. Chiyo is not the only one who misses home and hates war. The weather in the Rain Country has begun to turn cold, and everyone's passion for fighting has gradually decreased. In this country with year-round rainfall, once winter comes, it will be much colder than many countries. Moreover, this suicidal combat method that uses human lives to fill the pressure will not only put pressure on Orochimaru, but also on those who actually give orders. It is only because many people share this responsibility that they can hold on until now.
Kill all the enemies as soon as possible so that they can go home earlier.
"Then, let's officially start the combat deployment."
Seeing Chiyo who was serious, everyone present sat up straight, and the atmosphere in the tent suddenly stagnated.
"Ahem, first of all, the first point."
Chiyo lowered his eyebrows and scanned the documents in his hand. He cleared his throat and said in a calm and indifferent tone: "Increase the degree of looting of the Rain Country, not limited to the border and the marching route."
This is a heavy news. Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and their faces changed instantly after they came to their senses.
"This, this is absolutely not allowed, Master Chiyo!"
An anxious senior ninja hurriedly said: "Although our current resources are not abundant, if we continue to loot the Rain Country, they may be forced to the point of being intolerable and directly defect to Konoha and the Fire Country."
Even rabbits bite when they are anxious.
It is the wisest decision to stop at the right time.
Anyway, as long as the Sand Village's camp is still within the territory of the Rain Country, the Rain Country can share the pressure for them, which can greatly save the Sand Village's daily expenses, and the Sand Village's consumption will always be kept to a minimum.
But if the Daimyo of the Land of Rain and Musashi are pushed into a corner and forced to choose to cooperate with Konoha to fight against them, this war will most likely become a protracted war in the end. Without the supplies of the Land of Rain, it will be difficult for them to survive.
"Yes, Lord Chiyo."
"This is totally not worth the loss!"
Others also thought of this and began to echo and dissuade.
Chiyo looked at them as steady as an old dog, then pulled out a stack of information from his arms and threw it in the middle of the conference table.
Pah!
The paper fell on the table with a crisp sound.
Everyone calmed down instantly, like a chicken with its neck strangled, and suddenly fell into a dead silence.
"Let's take a look."
Her eyes swept over the quiet people, and a suppressed smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Konoha was attacked, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki lost control and ran away, and fell into a coma after being sealed. The loss is completely immeasurable."
Hearing this, Luo Sha's pupils shrank and turned over the information in front of him.
The Sky Army, invading Konoha, flying ninja tools, aerial bombing, intimidation, the Nine-Tails rampage, the destruction of Shadow Rock, fear of poison gas, heavy casualties, and serious damage to vitality...
These shocking words are simply unbelievable, but looking at the information written stroke by stroke, Luo Sha seemed to be able to see the shock of the person who wrote it, which should be the same emotion in the hearts of everyone present.
"Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo have been isolated and helpless, and are at the end of their strength."
Chiyo folded her arms in front of her, showing a gloating smile: "Don't talk about the follow-up support, they should pray now that the Third Hokage will not withdraw troops to defend."
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki lost control and ran away. One of Konoha's biggest trump cards has been played. In order to prevent accidents from happening again, the Third Hokage will definitely stay in the village. Konoha's biggest trump card has been played."
"As long as the news spreads, Konoha's military will be in chaos, morale will gradually decline, and the Rain Country will choose to live in a different tree."
The Daimyo of the Rain Country has already surrendered to the Daimyo of the Wind Country and begged for mercy, and Chiyo has probably figured out the bottom line of the Daimyo of the Rain Country and Musashi.
The two of them have no choice.
At that time, there is no need for Sunagakure to plunder again. As long as the Rain Country hands over resources and materials, they will exploit the civilians themselves.
"By the way, although it feels redundant, I still want to ask."
As if he suddenly remembered something, Chiyo looked up at everyone, narrowed his eyes slightly and asked: "Before this, none of you should have done some small actions that I strictly prohibited in private, right?"
"I remember I said that looting is allowed, but slaughter is absolutely not allowed."
When these words came out, hearing the chill in Chiyo's tone, everyone present was shocked and shook their heads at the same time.
"No, absolutely not."
"I have warned the group of people under my command many times."
"Don't worry, Master Chiyo, we know what's going on."
Everyone was so excited that they wanted to raise their hands and swear to show their loyalty.
"Very good." Seeing that no one showed any strange expression, Chiyo's expression eased and she smiled, "Now is the critical period of the plan. We must not lose the big picture because of the small, and finally let the enemy find an opportunity to take advantage of it." After that, she looked at the senior ninja in charge of logistics and asked, "Have the medicines, ninja tools, food and other materials needed for the follow-up been prepared?" Ninja battles are not only about ninjutsu and the quality of the ninjas themselves, but also the quality of ninja tools. The quality of ninja tools is very important for a battle. However, the cost of ninja tools is not small. An ordinary kunai is worth 100 taels, and a good one can even sell for 300 to 500 taels. A good kunai is worth more than 1,000 taels. Each person needs at least five to ten kunai. This is just the cost of buying kunai, and there are also shuriken, detonating talismans, etc. The Wind Country is not as rich in available resources as the Fire Country. Most of the country is a desolate desert with no use value. The economy can be said to be the bottom among the five major countries. The Land of Earth still has rich mineral resources, the Land of Lightning can make full use of electricity resources, but the Land of Wind can only guard the desert and is so poor that it has to eat sand and drink wind.
Even with the strong support and trust of the Wind Country Daimyo, resources are often stretched.
After all, the accumulation of various weapons is an astronomical figure, which is also the main reason why she wants to plunder the Land of Rain.
"We have communicated last week. The medicine was bought from a drug dealer named Meiyu. An elite team has been sent to pick up the goods, which is enough for us to use for a long time."
The Sand Village Senior Ninja nodded and reported truthfully, explaining: "We have cooperated with him many times before. The purchase and transportation are all through his channels, and Konoha will not discover the traces in advance."
Have you cooperated before?
Hearing this, Chiyo nodded with satisfaction and did not ask any more details.
But after a moment of silence, he warned in a serious tone: "Since he is a trustworthy drug dealer, you must maintain a good relationship with him. It is best to sign a priority and stable supply agreement with him in the name of Sunagakure." "It doesn't matter if the price is a little higher, as long as the conditions are not too excessive." In this special war period, the price of medicine is much higher than in the past, and it is still hard to find. It is good enough to be able to buy it. After all, the largest supplier of herbs in the ninja world is the Nara clan of Konoha.
At present, the Sand Village is almost at war with Konoha. Those pharmaceutical companies have to consider Konoha's attitude to some extent. Even if they can sell, they can only sell some to them secretly.
A partner who can not be influenced by Konoha's attitude and can provide stable supply of medicines is too important for the Sand Village now.
Orochimaru's progress is too fast. At the beginning, he was in a hurry to face their offensive, but now he is gradually adapting to their rhythm, and even taking advantage of the gaps between their attacks.
This young man who commanded a large-scale war for the first time was more difficult than the Third Kazekage and Chiyo expected, and even more difficult to deal with than Tsunade, who has her own prestige.
It's like an indestructible snake. If you hit him, he will hide, hide in the dark and spit out snake tongues, and bite you when you relax.
Fortunately for Chiyo, this snake is not poisonous enough, and the person who drives the snake is too weak.
"We don't need to rush for quick success now. After all, we are still in a stable advantage. All our energy should be focused on Konoha. We just need to keep moving forward."
Chiyo's tone was full of confidence and ambition. The current situation was still under her control.
If nothing unexpected happens, they will mobilize all the remaining troops in the village to launch a comprehensive general attack on the Konoha defenders after the supplies are transported.
Use the new poison she developed to try to completely defeat Orochimaru's defense line in the shortest time.
Then enter the territory of the Land of Fire without stopping, cut off the supply of the River Country's White Fang troops in the rear, cooperate with the Third Generation Kazekage to sandwich them from both sides, and naturally win the victory of this war.
Finally, station troops in those relatively rich territories, force the Land of Fire to sign a treaty to cede territory, reduce commodity taxes, open trade and compensate military expenses...
"That, Lord Chiyo."
Just when Chiyo was thinking about the name of the treaty, a hesitant voice interrupted her drifting thoughts.
Chiyo subconsciously frowned, looked up at Luosha who had spoken, and asked, "Is there any problem, Luosha?"
A trace of doubt flashed across Luosha's face, and he asked, "Don't you try to get the cooperation of the Rain Country?"
The Rain Country?
Hearing this, Chiyo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but soon came to her senses, and felt a little unconvinced.
After a while, another two thousand ninjas will be transferred to the front line, plus the remaining more than 5,000 ninjas on the front line, they will have a full 7,000-plus troops.
What kind of rotten fish and shrimp is the Rain Country, what is there to care about too much? She couldn't find a reason why Sunagakure would lose.
However, in order not to undermine the confidence of the young people, Chiyo still pondered for a moment, and then looked up at Luosha and smiled: "Then write a letter to the Daimyo of the Rain Country and the old guy Musashi."
"Just say that if they can always stand firmly behind Sunagakure and provide assistance, then we will open trade with them after we enter the Fire Country."
When saying these words, Chiyo's tone was full of arrogance.
But the next moment, a subtle sound was heard.
Snap! Snap!
The tent curtain made a slight flapping sound, and everyone turned their heads subconsciously to see the rain curtain outside, which was originally falling straight, gradually tilted.
It was not the door curtain that was flapped by people, but the message brought by the cold wind.
The cold wind blew into the tent, carrying a light rain.
"Is it windy?"
Chiyo took a breath through her nose, and the air seemed to become colder.
Inhaled into the nasal cavity, along the respiratory tract, all the way to the lungs.
It brought a stinging pain like an ant bite.