Wood Release Erupts on the Battlefield

"I think we should split up the troops." Just as the jonin were deadlocked in their argument, Mu Yue spoke.

In Mu Yue's view, defeating Karatachi Yagura and his Hidden Mist Village forces would not be difficult. The difficult part was making Karatachi Yagura willing to fight him head-on.

Based on the intelligence currently available, Hidden Mist Village's strategy was to wear down Konoha's strength. Only when they were certain of victory would they engage Konoha in a large-scale shinobi battle.

If they directly brought their main force over, Karatachi Yagura would definitely avoid battle.

The previously even situation shifted after Mu Yue spoke.

As the commander of the entire force, Mu Yue possessed absolute authority within the army.

Some of the jonin opposed to splitting the troops fell silent.

"But splitting up the troops makes it easy to..." Mimura Hamaki still felt that dividing their forces was unreliable.

"The previous defeat was mainly because we were suppressed in terms of intelligence, wasn't it? This time, the village has sent more manpower, so something like that shouldn't happen again." A jonin in favor of splitting the troops seized the chance to retort.

Though Mimura Hamaki was the deputy commander, Mu Yue, who shared his opinion, was still the chief commander.

Mimura Hamaki opened his mouth, unsure how to refute him.

Question Konoha's intelligence capabilities? If they still lost to Hidden Mist Village in intelligence while fighting on their own soil, that would be underestimating Konoha's intelligence network too much. Besides, if they were crushed in intelligence, the battle would be difficult even if they did not split their troops.

In the end, Mimura Hamaki fell silent as well, and the plan to divide the forces was approved.

Mu Yue chose a troop-splitting strategy nearly identical to Mitokado Homura's, having Teacher