The next day, when Tsunade announced that he would return to Konohagakure with Orochimaru, no one expressed surprise.
On the contrary, their expressions were a bit strange, either raising their eyebrows or blinking, and they seemed to be secretly communicating with each other.
After drinking too much last night, Tsunade and Orochimaru came back just before dawn. At this time, Tsunade was catching up on his sleep in the carriage, and Orochimaru also sat on the top of the carriage and fell asleep lightly.
"Good guy! Asuma, you really can guess all this!"
Shizune gave a thumbs up to Asuma.
"That's not true! According to the book Lord Jiraiya, the best way for a man to convince a woman is naturally... um um um, you know."
Asuma winked.
"I didn't expect Asuma, a fool like you, to be able to guess things right sometimes. Seeing as they came back at dawn, now they even have to rest while on the road. I think they must have been exhausted last night!"
Anko said with a look of amazement.
"By the way, Asuma, is the book you just mentioned written by Lord Jiraiya the one you have?"
Kurenai Yūhi asked curiously, pointing to a book with a yellow cover in Asuma's hand.
"No, no... no, no, Hong, that's another one. What I'm reading now is Lord Jiraiya's first book "The Gallant Enduring Ninja Legend""
Asuma blushed and stammered.
"Eh? Didn't Teacher Orochimaru say that this book is very average? And Kushina told me that Minato was reading this book recently. It is said to be about a ninja with strong perseverance. How come there is a plot about the relationship between men and women?"
Kurenai Yūhi asked in pursuit.
"Well, this, this, um..."
Asuma hesitated and was speechless.
"Let me be healthy!"
Mitaraishi Anko snatched the book from Asuma's hand and looked at the cover.
"Huh? Icha Icha Paradise? It's not the Asuma one you just mentioned..."
"Ugh——, what are you doing, Asuma!"
Asuma covered Anko's mouth to prevent him from continuing to speak, and at the same time snatched Liu Xuande back from Anko's hand.
Cars rattled, horses roared, and the boys and girls laughed and played, and the group set out on their way home.
"Goooooo!!!"
The pigeon chirped and landed at Anbu's intelligence base. It landed on the outstretched arm of one Anbu, and kept pecking the palm of this Anbu gently.
Opening his palm, the pigeon finally got the coveted food as he wished. He nodded and chirped twice to express his gratitude to Anbu, and then returned to the nest with the food.
Anbu's eyes narrowed. This is the highest priority information and needs to be submitted to Hokage for review immediately.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took the information from Anbu who looked hurriedly, and started reading while smoking his pipe.
"Xiao Gang agreed to come back? Fourth Raikage? Xuanyuan Clan? This is... Raikage actually agreed to Orochimaru's conditions to send troops Iwagakure?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi I didn't expect that my disciple would give me such a big surprise this time.
The return of Tsunade is undoubtedly a good thing, and Orochimaru actually successfully persuaded Fourth Raikage to send troops to Land of Earth, which will undoubtedly greatly speed up the progress of Konohagakure in ending the war.
"Lord Hokage, urgent report from the border!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around sharply.
"Kirigakure is sending troops to the eastern coast of Land of Fire. Seven Ninja Swordsmen has already appeared on the eastern coast. The border situation is critical. The garrisoned ninjas hope to send support as soon as possible!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi walked towards the map, first looking at the location of Land of Fire on the east coast, and then at the location of Land of Gold.
Even if a message is sent to Orochimaru to hurry up, it will probably take a certain amount of time to get back to Konohagakure, and it will also take a certain amount of time to get from Konohagakure to the east coast.
Land of Gold happens to be located directly upwind and to the left of Konohagakure. Even if it is not completely opposite to the location on the east coast, it does not arrive so quickly.
"Kirigakure has already hit somewhere."
"A small island surrounding Land of Fire has been captured, and large forces have begun to log in."
At the speed of the ninja's advance, if we really have to wait until Orochimaru comes back, this period of time will be enough for Kirigakure to occupy a base area and nail it to the east of Land of Fire like a nail.
No more hesitation!
After years of war, Konohagakure has suffered heavy losses. A large number of backbone troops have been lost. Ninja Academy has also cut batches of leeks. Now smarter civilians are afraid that they will not send their children in before the end of the war.
The only one who still has power now is Uchiha, who was suppressed by him from the beginning and was not allowed to go to the battlefield.
Having experienced the blood and fire, sorrow and joy, love and hate in the war, Uchiha may suddenly have many more open-minded tribesmen, and by then Uchiha may have an inflated mentality.
But now, I'm afraid Security Force's Uchiha will really go to the battlefield, and I have no more soldiers on hand.
"Go and notify the Fugaku clan leader of Uchiha to come to Hokage's Office."
Before Anbu could answer, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued:
"By the way, Shikun Mitarashi and Might Duy are also coming together."
These two people are both confidants who were single-handedly promoted by Orochimaru, and both have strong strength.
Now that I have recognized Orochimaru as Fourth Hokage, they are also an extremely important member of Konohagakure in the future and can be used with confidence.
Uchiha has always been the boss, and my second child's character will definitely expand if not suppressed by a strong person. These two people are strong enough to completely suppress Fugaku Uchiha and his gang of Uchiha.
Just like this, I'm afraid it's not enough.
Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed his anger and looked at the map to analyze the situation, hoping to find the key points to break the situation.
Originally, with Kumogakure sending troops to Land of Earth, the situation began to become clearer and the war would soon end. However, Kirigakure caused chaos again.
Looking at a place name on the map, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought of a plan that Orochimaru handed over after Chunin Ninja Exams.
Send an elite team to blow up Kannabi Bridge, completely cutting off Iwagakure's logistics supply route and turning the tide of the war.
At that time, I thought that although Orochimaru was extremely smart and astute, he was still a little too young after all, and compared to the old Hokage like myself, he was still a little behind.
I have never personally been to the battlefield where Iwagakure fought, how could I judge the situation for you so easily?
What's more, Kannabi Bridge is the top priority of Iwagakure's defense. Even the most elite Jōnin team will probably never come back. If the enemy is alerted, it will be even more difficult.
But now it seems that this is the only best way to quickly reverse the situation on the Iwagakure front.