With the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, even a genin of average talent from the Branch Family could scout things a kilometer away.
With the Hyuga Clan possessing such powerful scouting abilities, reconnaissance and defensive surveillance duties naturally fell to them.
In the end, Konoha chose the cautious approach because its lower- and middle-tier forces were far weaker than Sunagakure's.
Although Tsunade and Kushina both supported Uchiha Yin, most people ultimately chose the cautious approach.
The ninja could hardly be blamed for that. After all, not everyone understood Uchiha Yin's true strength.
Uchiha Yin was happy to take it easy, too.
Nor did anyone deliberately try to make trouble for him.
"Oh no! Enemy attack!"
A piercing cry shattered the stillness of the early morning.
Beneath the bright moonlight, an army ten thousand strong surged toward the Konoha camp where Uchiha Yin was stationed, like a black dragon winding its way forward.
The Sand Ninja had launched a full-scale assault!
"How could this happen? Sunagakure may have the advantage in strength, but they couldn't possibly launch a surprise attack now!" a Konoha ninja shouted in alarm.
"Exactly! Aren't their reinforcements supposed to arrive next week?" another Konoha ninja said.
"Unless our intelligence was wrong, and their reinforcements arrived long ago!" a Konoha elite jonin said, his expression grim.
This attack involved virtually all of the Sand Ninja's forces.
Apart from a small number of ninja left at the border camp to guard their provisions, the rest of the Sand Ninja had all marched out.
With so many Sand Ninja, there was no way they could sneak close to the camp as Konoha had done when it launched a surprise attack on Sunagakure during the Second Shinobi World War.
Besides, with scouts as unfairly effective as the Hyuga Clan on Konoha's side, pulling