Yugakure's decision, Konoha Ninja who are running all the way will naturally not know about it, and in fact they don't need to know.
More than half of this force are members of the martial arts faction. They will not consider Yugakure's attitude at all. There is only one thing they want to do, and that is to rush into Yugakure and kill all the Cloud Ninja who are entrenched there as well as other Hot Water Ninja who dare to show hostility to Konoha.
Just after entering Land of Hot Water, these thousands of Konoha Ninja arrived near Yugakure at a speed comparable to some of the means of transportation in Qi's previous life.
The first thing Konoha Ninjas who have arrived here is of course not to attack, but to hold a pre-war meeting. After all, this is a military operation.
Soon, the captains and elites of each team received the summons, and hundreds of ninjas gathered together. The other Konoha Ninja rested on the spot, and patrols were sent out to investigate the surrounding areas.
"Yugakure is ahead. Now, we need to confirm the situation here."
As the leader of this unit, also known as the commander-in-chief, Konoha Ninja naturally made the first remarks.
"Hanai, come and introduce the situation of Yugakure to everyone."
He pointed at Konoha Ninja, who was wearing glasses and seemed a little dull.
"Yes!"
Hanai, who was named, responded and stood up.
"Then, let me first introduce to you the current situation of Yugakure."
He spread a map on the ground, and what was shown on it was the rough floor plan of Yugakure.
"As you can see, Yugakure's defense system is quite in place. It is considered a very good one in the country. This is also thanks to their ancestors."
Adjusting his glasses, he felt satisfied when he saw that the map had attracted everyone's attention.
"Yugakure was once one of the very powerful medium-sized ninja villages during the final war that ended the Warring States Period. With the power of Hot Water Ninja, Land of Hot Water annexed more than ten countries. Among the northern countries of Land of Fire, it and Land of Waterfalls were the most powerful at the beginning."
Hearing this, everyone nodded. Anyone with a little knowledge of history knows that even the so-called countries were considered powerful countries in troubled times. The difference lies in who is stronger. There were hundreds of countries in the Warring States Period, but now there are only a dozen or so left including Five Great Nations.
If it were not a strong country, it would be impossible for it to survive in that era of crazy mergers and acquisitions.
"But that was in the past. Now Yuzhi's equipment has been completely destroyed. Yugakure is getting worse day by day. Their current strength is third-rate at best. Including the reserves, they only have a few thousand ninjas at most. If you exclude Genin, there are not even a thousand ninjas."
Hanai laughed with some disdain,
"Their strength has even declined to the point where they cannot even fully maintain the village's defense system. Of course, Shimogakure on the other side of Kumogakure is not much better. Shimogakure was originally weaker than Yugakure. Since the end of the Troubled Times, it has become equally corrupted. The two of them often fight, but they are not competing against who is stronger, but who is worse."
Next, he told everyone all the information about Yugakure that Konoha had collected.
I have to use rotten to describe Yugakure, which is actually kind of polite...
Everyone also fully understood what the so-called "who is worse than others" was like.
This makes them feel like they are killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. Thousands of their elites are actually here to deal with such a group of trash. They can only be trash...
But what is rare is that Yugakure has become so bad that a group of young martial arts factions have emerged in recent years, claiming to restore the glory of the ancestors and rebuild Hot Water Ninja. This time Cloud Ninja has entered, it is the fault of this group of martial arts factions, and Yugakure is now in the hands of this group of martial arts factions.
However, there are too few people in the Fighting Faction. Although they have taken control of the village, they have only forcibly seized the command of the village. It is impossible to cover everything. Otherwise, Konoha's side would not have such detailed information. This was all secretly leaked to Konoha by the "moderates", and the Fighting Faction can't stop this at all.
Their own strength is too weak, and what they rely on is, after all, the force of those Cloud Ninja, but Cloud Ninja cannot help in this regard...
"It's hard to believe... Are these guys really ninjas? No wonder they are so weak! They are actually weaker than Grass Ninja!"
"This is really the first time I've seen this. Land of Hot Water's territory is larger than Land of Rain and Land of Grass combined. I didn't expect their ninja army to be so bad..."
"These guys are really worthless. Is it possible that because we and Land of Lightning always fight on their border, we don't even plan to maintain the ninja army anymore?"
After listening to what Hanai said, everyone couldn't help but start talking. Although they knew that the enemies this time were the militant faction, they were also surprised by how useless Yugakure's so-called "moderate faction" was...
What kind of gentleness is this? It's more like just eating and waiting to die...
"Okay, everyone, please be quiet. This is nothing strange."
The captain also had a smile on his face. He patted the map on the ground to call back everyone's attention.
"Without pressure and getting used to a comfortable life, you will naturally become weak. And isn't this a good thing for us? Konoha doesn't need Yugakure to be strong in the first place. It's just right for them to surrender."
He sneered,
"The purpose of introducing this to everyone is to make everyone understand that the martial arts faction of Yugakure, whose mission is to restore the glory of the ancestors, must not have some strong guys. I don't want anyone to take it lightly just because Hot Water Ninja is weak now. Remember, you only have one life!"
"Yes!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Since those martial arts sects are such a promising group, this situation does make sense. After all, Hot Water Ninja was once tyrannized, and the inheritance of ninjutsu has not been cut off. They just lost their enterprising spirit and no one has been willing to practice hard for many years.
"Then, we will attack from these places. This is the weak link of the defense system. Yugakure is seriously short of manpower. This is their current weak point. The ones defending here are just some civilians Genin, which can be easily solved."
The captain pointed at several locations on the map,
"The attack time is set at night. There are still a few hours left. Everyone should have a good rest and recharge their batteries. As soon as the order comes, kill him! No one of those Cloud Ninja can be left alive. All of them will be killed!"
"Yes!"
Everyone laughed and responded in unison.
Night battles undoubtedly test the quality of military personnel the most. Hot Water Ninja obviously does not have this quality, but the ninjas of Konoha are just the opposite. Almost all of them are veterans who have survived the battles with Sunagakure Ninja army and Rock Ninja army. Night battles are as normal as eating and drinking.
In fact, apart from children and the elderly, there are basically no new recruits among young and middle-aged ninjas in Konoha now. Although the war has brought great losses to Konoha, it has also cultivated a group of real elite soldiers. The elite level of the Konoha Ninja Army is now at its peak in more than ten years.
"Then disband. Remember, give me a good rest. This is an order."
Seeing the high fighting spirit of his subordinates, the captain waved his hand with satisfaction, thus ending the meeting.
A few hours later, this Konoha Ninja Army ended its rest and officially began its attack on the Yugakure ahead.
Just for a moment, when the Hot Water Ninjas were still chatting absentmindedly and guarding the city wall as before, hundreds of fireballs suddenly appeared in the dark night sky from several different directions. They hit the city wall at the same time. Dozens of patrolling Hot Water Ninjas were killed before they had time to react!
"What's wrong!?"
"It's Fire Release Ninjutsu! Enemy attack!"
They have not been attacked for many years, which undoubtedly caused great panic to the Hot Water Ninja on the city wall. At this moment, they did not act like ninjas, but like farmers.
They ran around in panic, yelling and screaming like girls. They were so clumsy that when the second wave of attacks from the Konoha Ninja Army arrived, they were still unable to find where the enemies who attacked them with Fire Style were...
"Rumble..."
Wave after wave of vibrations, accompanied by the roar of cracking soil, attacked the city wall again, but this time, it was attacked from underground. The Earth Release technique jointly performed by hundreds of Konoha elites who were proficient in Earth Release, easily tore apart the earth and the building standing on it - the Yugakure city wall.
I have to say that Yugakure's ancestors were very considerate when building the village. The city wall was built very solidly. Fire Style's power can only kill people but cannot cause any substantial damage to the city wall. Unfortunately, after losing its foundation, it becomes more fragile than paper.
Without any surprise, an entire section of the city wall collapsed, and the Hot Water Ninja people standing on it were also fed mud...
[dedication]