No matter how worried Ōnoki was, one thing he guessed correctly was that Land of Wind's Konoha troops would not support other battlefields for the time being.
In the battle of Kikyō Pass, Konoha suffered too many losses. At least more than 2,500 ninjas were killed in the battle, and a large number of ninjas suffered varying degrees of injuries.
If there were no Slug from Tsunade, this number would probably double.
It is not unreasonable for Konoha to become the top ninja Five Great Nations, and Ninja War to maintain victory several times in a row.
In addition to the abundant resources, the ninjas in the village are also really powerful. Each generation has a few that are enough to support the scene.
The most frightening thing is that the Tsunade generation is still on the rise, and the next generation of ninjas are beginning to stand alone.
After Kikyō Pass Battle ended, the Konoha Ninja troops did not stay in Kikyō Castle, but retreated a bit to prevent Hidden Sand Village from being too sensitive.
After all, with a large army stationed not far from other people's villages, anyone would be nervous.
Konoha does not want to fight Hidden Sand Village anymore, so a slight retreat is inevitable.
Finally, on the third day, Third Kazekage sent an envoy.
The purpose is self-evident, to seek peace.
Yes, Sunagakure sued for peace, sincerely sued for peace. Just as Shinobi World other villages thought, the war on this side of the battlefield was over.
After receiving Hidden Sand Village's request for peace, Konoha retreated again and directly withdrew his troops to Land of Rivers.
This is not Hidden Sand Village's request, but Konoha's active evacuation.
Land of Wind Although I have stayed here for more than two years, this is really not a place for people to stay. Supply transportation is also a huge consumption, which is a test for Konoha logistics.
Third Great Ninja War It's not over yet, just save as much as you can to the village.
But all the Land of Wind fortresses along the line were completely destroyed by Konoha. It is conceivable that these fortresses cannot be restored without a few years of effort.
Therefore, if Hidden Sand Village wants to violate the agreement, it is impossible. Konoha can break in again at any time.
What happened after that was very simple. The two sides sent out the first batch of negotiation teams in full swing. Of course, Hokage would not come forward in this kind of early contact. The same was true for Third Kazekage on the opposite side.
The meeting between the two films will not begin until the basic conditions are negotiated.
Konoha Year 38, October.
Konoha had seven frequent meetings with the Sand Ninja's envoys before finally finalizing the peace talks.
Unlike Hidden Mist Village, Konoha had too many ninjas die in the battle of Kikyō Pass. Even Third Hokage was extremely angry.
Therefore, the agreement signed by Hidden Sand Village is much more stringent than that signed by Hidden Mist Village, but it is much looser than the agreement signed by Second Great Ninja War.
This made Hidden Sand Village breathe a sigh of relief.
Overall, the content of the agreement is nothing special.
In addition to Sunagakure submitting a formal letter of surrender to Konoha, signing an alliance treaty, and prisoner exchange, the other issues are war reparations.
These were all within Hidden Sand Village's expectations. There was only one thing that caused a dispute between the two parties.
That's the problem with Shukaku.
The importance of Tailed Beast is self-evident, and it is also the ultimate power of Hidden Sand Village. The focus of this agreement is that they hope to exchange Tailed Beast.
Hidden Sand Village is unfortunate enough to say that Second Great Ninja War had to pay to redeem Third Kazekage, and now it has to pay to redeem Shukaku.
But how could Konoha return Shukaku so easily.
Ōnoki is worried about Hidden Sand Village's rebellion, and Konoha is also worried. Hidden Sand Village is the most untrustworthy one. Every time Ninja World War is provoked, they are the ones who start it.
Keeping Shukaku in your hand can contain Hidden Sand Village.
Of course, this is just a perfunctory wording.
The real reason is that Konoha also needs Shukaku and this Tailed Beast.
The remaining two villages both have two Tailed Beast, and they have also been sent to the battlefield.
In order to balance the power, Konoha also wants to use the power of Tailed Beast, but it is absolutely impossible for Kushina to be sent out, but Shukaku is different.
It's not my own thing anyway, so I won't feel bad if it dies.
Third Hokage really has the intention not to let Shukaku return to Sunagakure alive.
That's too cheap Hidden Sand Village!
Send it to the battlefield first and use it to death. Anyway, if you die, Shukaku will be resurrected in the end, and there is a high probability that he will be reborn in Desert of Land of Wind.
In this way, Konoha has completed the agreement!
After that, how Third Kazekage was captured and how many ninjas were lost have nothing to do with Konoha.
Of course Suna Ninja disagrees with this, but Konoha is also very determined.
This is a very substantive item. We can discuss other things, but Sunagakure must agree to this item.
After the dispute between the two parties, Sunagakure still agreed. There was no other way, the formality was forced, and it was impossible to disagree, but they also achieved certain results.
Third Hokage guarantees that Shukaku will return to Land of Wind completely!
After the specific conditions have been negotiated, the next step is to meet with the leaders of the two great ninja villages, Hokage and Kazekage. Only if the two people sign the agreement in person will it have the due effect. Otherwise, it will be a dead letter.
Soon, the two parties signed an agreement at Land of Rivers.
The Land of Wind war has officially come to an end.
At the end of October, Land of Rivers's troops began to withdraw Konoha in batches.
From commanders Orochimaru and Tsunade to ordinary Genin, they will have a period of rest before entering other war zones again.
The surrender of Hidden Sand Village can be said to be the turning point for Third Great Ninja War.
After the war, Konoha's overall strategy is not to launch a large-scale war against Cloud or Iwagakure to directly force them to withdraw from the war.
The situation is just the opposite. Konoha is now one against two, and the situation is much better than at the beginning of the war.
Now, a protracted war is more beneficial to Land of Fire. After all, although peace is the focus, putting ninja first is the core and center.
As long as the current trend can be maintained, Konoha will be able to win in the future.
Therefore, instead of taking advantage of the enemy's weakness to attack, Konoha began to shrink the defense line and adopt a defensive posture while maintaining a balance of combat power with the enemy.
At this point, the war has entered a relatively peaceful stalemate stage.
But this is probably the last calm. The next fight will be even more brutal.