The next day, when Beichen Haotian saw Tsunade, she kept avoiding him a little. Beichen Haotian also stopped teasing her. He acted as usual, and only then did she slowly return to normal.
That day, under Orochimaru's command, Konoha launched an unprecedentedly fierce offensive. With all three Legendary Sannin present, Konoha's morale soared, and its combat strength rose significantly.
More than half of Konoha's ninja during this period had experienced the Second Shinobi World War, while the rest had extensive mission experience. They were nothing like the Konoha at the beginning of the story, when its personnel had dwindled and it was struggling to maintain its ranks. Konoha had yet to suffer the heavy losses of the Third Shinobi World War, and in terms of overall strength, this was arguably its strongest period. Both its individual and team abilities surpassed those of any other shinobi village.
For several consecutive days, aside from Orochimaru directing the battle and Tsunade staying out of it for personal reasons, all combat personnel joined the fighting.
The frontal forces, led by Jiraiya and several veteran Jonin, rapidly charged the Sunagakure forces, while all the Anbu were led by Beichen Haotian in attacks against Sunagakure's Anbu and elite ninja. Under Konoha's powerful assault, Sunagakure began losing one position after another, and its ninja suffered heavy casualties as well.
The continuous losses left the newly appointed Fourth Kazekage frantic with worry, but he had no particularly good solution. Even with Chiyo, Ebizo, and the puppet forces taking action, they could only reduce their losses. They had no chance to counterattack at all.
With no other choice, Sunagakure could only gradually tighten its defensive line and adopt a delaying strategy, avoiding battle with Konoha as much as possible. Everyone in Sunagakure knew that they were not fighting Konoha