Within Iron Tower Fortress, as the battle continued, the thick smell of blood, mixed with murderous intent, filled the air. At this time, the color of the space seemed to be rendered somewhat dark red.
There are many corpses lying on the ground, but most of them are Land of Iron warriors.
"Iai Slash!"
With a shout, Mifune used extremely fast sword skills to kill another Hidden Village ninja.
However, after completing this blow, Mifune's palms slowly trembled and his chest continued to rise and fall. It was obvious that he had reached his limit.
On the battlefield, samurai's offensive methods rely on body speed. Once the body reaches its limit, death is not far away.
"Master Mifune, I am afraid that the fortress cannot be defended. Our warriors have suffered heavy casualties!"
He stabbed his body with a knife on the ground. When Mifune wanted to take a few breaths and rest, Rokkaku, Okisuke and others came to him and said urgently.
This time, there were only seven or eight hundred samurai guarding Iron Tower Fortress. The guarding force was not very strong. In fact, Mifune originally thought that the Hidden Village ninja army would attack tentatively, but he did not expect that they would attack fiercely at the first opportunity. Naturally, he would not be able to defend it.
Glancing at everyone, Mifune sighed and said in an indifferent voice, "Retreat to the capital."
Hearing this, everyone else was stunned. Retreating would have a huge impact on morale.
"Mifune Master" was confused, and some people hurriedly spoke out.
"I, retreat! Retreat now." However, before these people could ask the question, Mifune's sharp eyes glanced over and said in a cold voice, "We will think of a solution after we return to the capital!"
Being caught by those sharp eyes, everyone felt a chill running through their bodies. They quickly swallowed the questioning words in their mouths, dispersed one by one, and issued the Mifune order to every corner of the warriors.
When Sasuke, Kimimaro and others on the fortress looked at the warriors who suddenly began to recede like a tide, they were stunned for a while and looked at each other. No one knew what happened.
However, while they were stunned, the Hidden Village ninja army burst out into cheers of surprise. They couldn't help but feel the excitement in their hearts. The cheers of victory soared into the sky.
"Mr. Zabuza Momochi, we won the first battle." After seeing the warriors retreat, Bai let out a long sigh of relief and said with some relief.
"We must win."
Zabuza Momochi smacked his lips, but there was still unconcealable joy on his face. He knew very well that if the warriors of Land of Iron continued to fight to the death, they might have to retreat first to avoid excessive casualties.
"Anyway, it's finally a good start." At this time, Shisui rubbed his forehead and said with a smile.
"Hehe, hehe... Hehe... After today, our Hidden Village's reputation as a country has spread. We were the first to win Iron Tower Fortress. Such a feat is enough to make other ninja villages look up to them."
A Hidden Village ninja said with a smile.
Hearing this, the other ninjas all smiled and nodded.
After the battle, the news that Hidden Village's ninja army captured Iron Tower Fortress was the first in the ninja army spread like flying throughout the entire ninja world.
For a time, every country and every ninja village was discussing this matter.
During this battle, the name Hidden Village naturally spread to everyone's ears again, and with the help of this, Takigakure, which had been merged into Hidden Village, all felt proud, and the villagers also felt a little more confident when talking to people from other villages.
After receiving the news, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki also held an emergency meeting in the conference hall.
There were not many people in the hall, but they were all ruling members of Iwagakure.
Ōnoki sat in the first place, looking around the audience. After a casual conversation, he asked with a serious face, "After losing Iron Tower Fortress, now Land of Iron is in danger!"
"I didn't expect the Hidden Village ninja army to be so powerful. It only took one day to defeat Iron Tower Fortress!"
Nodding, Elder Shihan suddenly sighed.
"Now Hidden Village is so powerful before it has become a phenomenon. Once they annex Land of Iron, it will definitely threaten us."
At this time, consultant Jing Shi, who had always advocated the reinforcement of Land of Iron, said seriously.
"Threaten us? No way?"
Hearing this sentence, everyone including Ōnoki stared at Jing Shi in shock.
"This is by no means alarmist. The person who is now in charge of Hidden Village is Uchiha Fugaku. This person has great ambitions and will definitely continue to expand."
Looking at the expressions of Ōnoki and others, Jing Shi said solemnly.
Hearing this, Ōnoki immediately fell into deep thought. As Tsuchikage, he naturally wanted to think further. He knew that if Hidden Village continued to develop, it would definitely become stronger and stronger. It would be nice for Hidden Village not to be an enemy of Iwagakure, but he was afraid that conflicts would break out between the two villages in the future...
"In that case, let's send the ninja team to reinforce Land of Iron!"
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Ōnoki announced his decision after a moment.
"Lord Tsuchikage, I don't object to the reinforcement of Land of Iron, but we have to sacrifice a lot of ninjas, Land of Iron should spend more money to make up for it."
Under normal circumstances, no one would object to the decision made by Ōnoki. However, the conference hall became quiet for a while, and Elder Shihan suddenly spoke.
Looking at Elder Shihan, Ōnoki asked, "Then how much do you think should be reasonable?"
"Double the promise of Land of Iron."
It seemed that he had already calculated it, Elder Shihan responded with a smile.
"Elder Shihan is still smart, there is no free lunch."
"Yes, Land of Iron should pay more!"
Other dignitaries did not object, they all nodded in agreement.
In fact, what Elder Shihan did was tantamount to taking advantage of the situation, but everyone else knew that in order to keep Land of Iron, Mifune would definitely agree.
"Okay, then I will immediately send someone to notify Land of Iron. As long as they agree to double the money, we will send ninja troops to reinforce them."
Regarding the greed of Elder Shihan and others, Ōnoki shook his head helplessly, and then agreed.
"Lord Tsuchikage, it will take a while to wait for Land of Iron's reply. We can send out the ninja troops first, otherwise it will delay the important event."
I was also worried that Hidden Village's ninja army would attack too hard and Land of Iron couldn't defend it, so Jing Shi reminded me.
"Jing Shi You're right!"
After Jing Shi finished speaking, Ōnoki nodded in agreement, and then ordered, "Elder Shihan, after the meeting is over, you immediately summon three hundred ninjas and let two elite Jonin lead the team to Land of Iron."
"Lord Tsuchikage Don't worry, leave this matter to me!"
Elder Shihan stood up and responded respectfully.